Florida lawmakers weigh AI data center expansion amid calls for more oversight
The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters
Moms Tell EPA No New Polluting Facilities Without Public Input
If a new polluting facility is moving into your neighborhood, you’d want to know about it, right? Moms would. We gave testimony at a recent EPA hearing to oppose a new rule that could allow polluters to get permits without even notifying local communities.
Testimony: Cynthia Palmer, EPA’s Minor New Source Review Program Public Participation Requirements for State Implementation Plans, July 22, 2026
By: Cynthia Palmer, Senior Analyst, Petrochemicals Date: July 22, 2026 About: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0001 To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Good morning, I’m Cynthia Palmer, Senior Analyst for Petrochemicals at Moms Clean Air Force. I oppose EPA’s plan to gut public participation requirements for so-called “minor …
Win in Wisconsin: Data Centers Must Pay for Their Own Electricity
The following is an uplifting story of what local grassroots advocacy can win: Making sure new data centers pay for the energy they need instead of passing the costs on to families.
Cómo se alimentan los centros de datos de la IA
La inteligencia artificial (IA) está en todas partes. Para hacer frente a este auge frenético, los centros de datos a gran escala se están expandiendo rápidamente por todo Estados Unidos. Estos espacios gigantescos, los cuales albergan las supercomputadoras y la infraestructura necesaria para alimentar, entrenar e implementar la IA, están generando una demanda de electricidad sin precedentes.
How AI Data Centers Are Powered
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. To meet the frenzy, hyperscale data centers are rapidly expanding across the United States. These gigantic spaces that house the supercomputers and infrastructure needed to power, train, and deploy AI are driving unprecedented electricity demand.
Tell Congress: Protect Families From Dangerous Data Center Air Pollution
The data centers needed to support artificial intelligence (AI) require enormous amounts of energy and, if powered by fossil fuels, can release significant harmful pollution. Our leaders in Congress must commit to building a future that includes safe, healthy, and sustainable AI …
Oil Refineries, Highways, and Now AI? How This Denver Neighborhood Fights for Clean Air
Alfonso Espino’s northeast Denver community is fighting compound pollution threats—an oil refinery, two giant railyards, highway redevelopment, and now a massive fossil-fuel-powered data center campus.
Transformed Springdale data center design meets leery response among residents
Georgia’s AI Data Center Boom Is an Environmental Justice Nightmare
Georgia is one of the fastest-growing hubs for data centers in the nation. Advocates say this uptick in Big Tech construction is the latest example of Black communities having to endure policies that prioritize polluters over people’s health.