AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoMeta in the courtroom: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million for harms to children’s mental health, calling Facebook and Instagram a “public nuisance” and directing major design changes. AI regulation pressure: A separate Reuters/Ipsos poll finds broad public support for age-verification rules for teens, while critics warn verification can misidentify users and create risky personal-data “honeypots.” Project Jupiter bottleneck: Oracle’s massive New Mexico AI data center says it’s on schedule, but a second permit denial for the Green Chile gas pipeline pushes delivery to February 2027. Chromium plume standoff: New Mexico says Los Alamos National Laboratory hasn’t complied with state demands to stop a spreading underground chromium plume. Public health and biotech: NMDOH will keep full childhood vaccine recommendations despite a federal executive order; meanwhile, FDA authorized Simparica TRIO to treat New World screwworm in dogs. Environment and climate: A “snow-eater” heat-wave study finds spring snowmelt can nearly double, and a Rio Grande cottonwood tree in White Sands toppled after monsoon storms. Energy policy: DOE canceled National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors designations, leaving uncertainty for large swaths of NM.
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