The EPA Is Planning to Scrap Public Review Rules for Data Center Pollution
Despite this, the federal government is moving to make it easier for them to be built. And in some places, residents won’t even get the chance to raise concerns publicly or even know if a data center is coming to their neighborhoods. The federal Environmental Protection Agency plans to scrap a federal requirement that states tell the public — and allow public comment — before approving air-pollution permits for industrial facilities.
- ▪Despite this, the federal government is moving to make it easier for them to be built.
- ▪And in some places, residents won’t even get the chance to raise concerns publicly or even know if a data center is coming to their neighborhoods.
- ▪The federal Environmental Protection Agency plans to scrap a federal requirement that states tell the public — and allow public comment — before approving air-pollution permits for industrial facilities.
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We Write the Untold Stories of Black America Read them in Seen & Heard, our free, twice-weekly newsletter. Sign up Americans don’t agree on much, but that’s not the case when it comes to data centers. Seven in 10 Americans oppose building data centers for artificial intelligence in or near their communities. Despite this, the federal government is moving to make it easier for them to be built. And in some places, residents won’t even get the chance to raise concerns publicly or even know if a data center is coming to their neighborhoods. The federal Environmental Protection Agency plans to scrap a federal requirement that states tell the public — and allow public comment — before approving air-pollution permits for industrial facilities.
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