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Pennsylvania AI Data Center Developer Asked Trump Administration Official to Help Loosen Toxic Emissions Limits

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.
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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uk/Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
uk/The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre
uk/OpenAI Draws Fire for Employee’s Remarks at Pro-Trump CPAC GB Event

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‘They Want Us Gone’: BP Gas Field Forces Out Senegal’s Fishers 
By Hans Wetzels
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Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture

Traditional fishing grounds off-limits as government pursues high-risk gamble on gas, say experts.

Traditional fishing grounds off-limits as government pursues high-risk gamble on gas, say experts.
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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As Climate-Fueled 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/Meet the Aristocrats Helping to Fund Reform
ByMax Colbert
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Nigel Farage’s donors include Mayfair club owners, fox hunt masters, and the landed gentry.

Nigel Farage’s donors include Mayfair club owners, fox hunt masters, and the landed gentry.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
‘Absurdly High’: Alberta Considering Almost 21 GW of Gas-Powered Data Centres
ByDavid Falk and Mary Stuart
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Expert warns that would require 200 billion litres of water and explode Canada’s emissions.

Expert warns that would require 200 billion litres of water and explode Canada’s emissions.
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us/How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs
ByEdward Donnelly
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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.
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.
us/As Climate-Fueled Wildfires Worsen, Communities Wrestle With Paying the Costs
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By Karen Savage, Climate Docket. Originally published on Climate Docket. Pennie Opal Plant spent much of last weekend anxiously scanning the horizon for smoke from California’s growing wildfires, ...
Inside the Grassroots Revolt Against Carbon Capture Pipelines
ByTaylor 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’.
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us/Pennsylvania AI Data Center Developer Asked Trump Administration Official to Help Loosen Toxic Emissions Limits
Nigel Farage Has Mentioned Clacton Only Twice in Commons During Past Year
us/How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs
uk/Fracking Month of Action Unites Local and National Campaigners in Lancashire
us/Is Your Water Bottle Giving You Cancer? New Study Reveals Shocking BPA Dangers
us/Aussie Landholders Lock Gates to Keep Out Coal Seam Gas Industry

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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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