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How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs

Emails reveal behind-the-scenes talks with state officials to clear the way for project in Upper Merion Township.
Emails reveal behind-the-scenes talks with state officials to clear the way for project in Upper Merion Township.
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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uk/Meet the Aristocrats Helping to Fund Reform
‘They Want Us Gone’: BP Gas Field Forces Out Senegal’s Fishers 
‘Absurdly High’: Alberta Considering Almost 21 GW of Gas-Powered Data Centres
uk/OpenAI Draws Fire for Employee’s Remarks at Pro-Trump CPAC GB Event
How Big Oil Spent Decades Selling the Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas

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Inside the Grassroots Revolt Against Carbon Capture Pipelines
By Taylor Noakes
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Seemingly unlikely alliances are springing up in Canada and the U.S. to prevent rural communities from becoming a ‘toxic CO2 dumping ground’.

Seemingly unlikely alliances are springing up in Canada and the U.S. to prevent rural communities from becoming a ‘toxic CO2 dumping ground’.
us/Pennsylvania AI Data Center Developer Asked Trump Administration Official to Help Loosen Toxic Emissions Limits
ByEdward Donnelly
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Brian O'Neill asked the State Department attorney to set up meetings with state and federal officials that would clear the way for his project's gas power plants.

Brian O'Neill asked the State Department attorney to set up meetings with state and federal officials that would clear the way for his project's gas power plants.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
uk/Nigel Farage Dubbed ‘MP for Washington’ for Parroting Trump in Parliament
ByAdam Barnett
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Reform leader boosted the president’s attacks on UK Chagos Islands policy more often than raising the cost of living.

Reform leader boosted the president’s attacks on UK Chagos Islands policy more often than raising the cost of living.
uk/Rupert Lowe’s Online Child Safety Investment Clashes with Elon Musk Alliance
BySam Bright
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The tech billionaire’s Grok AI tool has been used to produce millions of explicit images.

The tech billionaire’s Grok AI tool has been used to produce millions of explicit images.
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Alberta Utility Bills Are Set To Spike And Data Centres Are To Blame
ByMitch Anderson
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Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in the country and new gas plants for AI data centres could drive costs up further.

Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in the country and new gas plants for AI data centres could drive costs up further.
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uk/Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
BySam Bright
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New controversy adds to scrutiny of party's finances.
New controversy adds to scrutiny of party's finances.
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As Climate-Fuelled Wildfires Rage, Mark Carney Cuts Emergency Response and Funds Fossil Fuels
ByMitch Anderson
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The prime minister should consider the potential outcomes of siding with his Bay Street buddies and oil industry bigwigs over climate-beleaguered Canadians.
The prime minister should consider the potential outcomes of siding with his Bay Street buddies and oil industry bigwigs over climate-beleaguered Canadians.
uk/The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
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As the company faces a landmark climate lawsuit, confidential documents show how British scientist James Lovelock warned executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels in the 1960s.
As the company faces a landmark climate lawsuit, confidential documents show how British scientist James Lovelock warned executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels in the 1960s.
Analysis
U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre
ByMitch Anderson
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Little-known company Teton Digital is pushing an AI project that could release one million tonnes of annual emissions.
Little-known company Teton Digital is pushing an AI project that could release one million tonnes of annual emissions.
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Nigel Farage Has Mentioned Clacton Only Twice in Commons During Past Year
New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 
Inside the Grassroots Revolt Against Carbon Capture Pipelines
As Climate-Fuelled Wildfires Rage, Mark Carney Cuts Emergency Response and Funds Fossil Fuels

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Tech vs. Climate

Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.

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