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Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.
As Trump pushes to slash the EPAโs budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.
Utilities started reversing coal powerโs โirreversibleโ decline. Will it last?
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.
