Welcome to Boiling Point. I'm Hayley Smith, a reporter on The Times’ climate team filling in for my colleague Sammy Roth. Artificial intelligence technology is guzzling water and energy in California and around the globe, yet most tech companies have not been forthcoming about the actual environmental costs of their applications, my colleague Melody Petersen reports.
State and federal officials said they are taking action to address the rising threat, but heat continues to be the deadliest of all climate hazards in the U.S. Here's my story. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came from green roots — spending decades as an environmental lawyer and founding a global organization that fought for clean water.