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#EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on #datacenter plans

By MATTHEW DALY
Updated 1:37 PM EDT, September 3, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — "A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape.

"The EPA proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that states notify the public and seek comment before issuing #AirPollution permits for data centers and other #IndustrialFacilities. States could still offer opportunities for public comment, but the EPA would no longer mandate them as a condition for states to grant permits.

"Critics say the move could thwart local residents from learning about proposed data centers or making their voices heard before projects are approved and construction begins. The move comes during a widespread backlash as #TechGiants build hundreds of massive #ServerWarehouses to fuel #ArtificialIntelligence and #CloudComputing.

" 'By eliminating the long-standing federal requirement for public notice, this proposal continues efforts by the Trump administration to turn its back on the fundamental EPA principle of transparency,' said Mike Koerber, a former deputy director of EPA’s air quality office.

"If made final, the plan could create 'an unlevel playing field where citizens in one state are kept completely in the dark about new data centers and heavy industrial emissions in their backyards, while neighboring states maintain oversight,' he said.

"Under the EPA plan, states with weak or no requirements for #PublicComment could speed permits for data centers, #PowerPlants and other #PollutionSources without consulting the public or even informing communities where the facilities are located, Koerber and other critics said."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/epa-data-centers-ai-public-comment-states-947eb927ae81162ad4cc3e828915c804

#USPol #EPAFail #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #EnergyWaste #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #DatacenterMoratoriums #Datacentres #Hyperscale #PhysicalMedia #NoPublicComment #SneakyTechGiants #AI

Friday, July 3, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/friday-july-3-2026/

Trump issues ultimatum to Iran over Strait of Hormuz closure

President Trump now issuing *** new ultimatum on Saturday, giving Iran 48 hour…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #energyfacility #Energyinfrastructure #gasprice #GasPrices #hormuzclosure #Iran #iranwar #Israel #ldnd #newthreat #Oil #oilprice #Pentagon #powerplants #PresidentDonaldTrump #Region #saturday #strait #StraitofHormuz #Trump #Trumpadministration #u-s-central-command #u.s. #ultimatum
https://www.newsbeep.com/447056/

Trump issues ultimatum to Iran over Strait of Hormuz closure

Trump issues ultimatum to Iran over Strait of Hormuz closure President Donald …
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #energyfacility #Energyinfrastructure #gasprice #GasPrices #hormuzclosure #Iran #iranwar #Israel #ldnd #newthreat #Oil #oilprice #Pentagon #powerplants #PresidentDonaldTrump #Region #saturday #strait #StraitofHormuz #Trump #Trumpadministration #u-s-central-command #u.s. #ultimatum
https://www.newsbeep.com/446793/

HT @rmblaber1956

#EnvironmentalGroups sue #Trump’s #EPA over repeal of landmark #climate finding

Lawsuit from #health and #EnvironmentalJustice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’

Dharna Noor
Wed 18 Feb 2026 07.10 EST

"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.

"Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback of the '#EndangermentFinding', which states that the buildup of heat-trapping #pollution in the atmosphere endangers #PublicHealth and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from #vehicles, #PowerPlants and other #industrial sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the #ClimateCrisis.

"The suit was brought by the American Public Health Association [#APHA], #AmericanLungAssociation, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund, the #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil [#NRDC], the #SierraClub and 11 other public health and environmental organizations. The lawsuit was filed by green legal organizations #CleanAirTaskForce and #Earthjustice and it names the EPA and the agency’s administrator, #LeeZeldin, as defendants.

" 'EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding and #safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the #CleanAirAct,' said #GretchenGoldman, president and CEO at the #UnionOfConcernedScientists, another one of the groups behind the lawsuit. 'This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science.' "

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuit

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/kp4pY

#USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #FossilFuelIndustry #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporatePolluters

Sunday, October 12, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/sunday-october-12-2025/

Monday, September 29, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/monday-september-29-2025/

Here's how #extremeheat can impact the grid and #renewables – and what's being done to protect them
#Heatwaves can also impair efficiency of power generation and transmission. Both renewable and conventional #powerplants may operate less efficiently under high temperatures. Likewise, #electricity #transmissionlines can lose efficiency due to higher resistive losses at elevated temperatures. Battery systems, particularly #lithiumion, can suffer in high temperatures as well
https://electrek.co/2023/07/19/extreme-heat-grid-renewables/

Who needs #wildfires to muck up the air? Burning #FossilFuels can mess up your #AirQualityIndex all on its own.

"This morning, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality alert for the #NYC Metro area – not caused by Canadian wildfires or Fourth of July fireworks, but by pollution from #PowerPlants and gas-powered #cars trapped in hot, stagnant air."

https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2023/07/06/climate-change-causing-dangerous-nyc-air-quality-again/