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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.
ByEdward Donnelly
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre
How Big Oil Spent Decades Selling the Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas
us/Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer
uk/OpenAI Draws Fire for Employee’s Remarks at Pro-Trump CPAC GB Event
Leonard Leo's Anti-Climate Network Makes a European Debut

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us/How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs
By Edward Donnelly
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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.
us/Exxon’s Robert Levy Is Joining the DOJ Division That Dubs Itself 'the Nation’s Largest Environmental Law Firm'
ByRachel Santarsiero
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The longtime Big Oil attorney has major ties to conservative legal groups.

The longtime Big Oil attorney has major ties to conservative legal groups.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
uk/Farage and Truss Jamboree Backed by Crypto Lobbyists
ByAdam Barnett and Sam Bright
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CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections.

CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Pennsylvania’s Petrochemical ‘Renaissance’ Hasn’t Panned Out
BySarah Hofmann
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More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giant’s promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.

More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giant’s promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.
us/Colorado Cut $11.4 Million in Penalties for Oil Firms Submitting Fake Cleanup Data
BySarah Hofmann
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Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator, who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.

Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator, who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.
A pumpjack pumps oil in an arid steppe field on the border of Weld and Larimer counties, Colorado.
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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/The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
ByRebecca John
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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.
‘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.
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
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uk/The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
uk/Nigel Farage Dubbed ‘MP for Washington’ for Parroting Trump in Parliament
Inside the Grassroots Revolt Against Carbon Capture Pipelines
us/6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025

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Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

How MAGA Lobbying is Undermining EU Climate Rules
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
Graphic illustration showing orange outline of President Trump at a cabinet meeting around an oval table with black outlines of people seated, and two-thirds of the table covered in white with the logo Project 2025.
Q & A: Jared Yates Sexton on the ‘Weaponized Abuse’ of Authoritarianism
Understanding how autocrats and oligarchs capture and consolidate state power.
Mapped: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network
Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.

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