Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to change the air permitting requirements to allow Big Tech to start construction on certain components of data centers before air quality permits are issued. We can’t let that happen. Air quality permits are required to protect the air we breathe from polluting industries — whether it’s a pipeline…
In the article, Gay Nicholson responds to how decisions to implement AI data centers in small towns are often made by volunteer planning boards who may not have the time to fully learn about the details of the projects. “We were all making the point that these deep-pocket billionaire developers target rural small towns, and…
As part of the Trump Administration’s support for developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure and power generation, they have rolled out a new proposal that would allow companies to start building industrial facilities before receiving an air pollution control permit. This would contradict the Clean Air Act policy, where the law requires companies to refrain from…