Tuesday, July 28, 2026

US allowing data centers to be built on public land

Data center to be built on public land.

burning pyre

An Incomplete List of Successful Anti-Data Center Legislation, Matthew Gault, 404 Media, May 25, 2026

Here's a bit of good news www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08...

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— John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) August 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint. Emily Atkin, HEATED, Aug 12, 2026

They are dirty everywhere

A new London datacentre will produce as much annual CO2 emissions as 8,480 flights to New York www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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— Greg Jenner (Historian) (@gregjenner.bsky.social) August 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM

"A new rule proposed by the Trump administration aims to kill public notification for datacenter air pollution, public health advocates warn, and allow emission permits to be issued behind closed doors." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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— Jonathan Cohn (@jonathancohn.bsky.social) August 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM

New guidance from the EPA about “islanded” power plants — those built to serve a single facility rather than the electricity grid — shows there aren’t as many reliable safeguards against the environmental and climate impacts.

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— Truthout (@truthout.org) August 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Stunning in scale and speed. @emilypont.bsky.social has a good report on the rush to build new fossil gas plants to power data centers in the US, and massive implications for our climate goals. @heatmap.news

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— Ross Macfarlane (@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social) September 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM

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