The Environmental Protection Agency proposed on July 1, 2026, to scrap a Clean Air Act requirement that state and local agencies publish notice and hold a 30-day public comment period before approving…
The Trump administration has stalled a nationwide survey of PFAS in wastewater that was submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget in October 2024, according to two former EPA offici…
An Environmental Protection Agency proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that states notify the public and seek comment before issuing air pollution permits for data centers and other industr…
President Donald Trump warned U.S. communities against rejecting data centers, saying in a Truth Social post that opposition could make them 'backwards and poor' and that China 'could not be happier' …
A Gallup poll published in May found that an average of 7 in 10 Americans oppose data center construction in their area, including 48% who strongly oppose such facilities being built locally, as data …
The Trump administration's EPA has proposed eliminating a federal rule requiring public notice and comment for certain industrial air permits, a move advocates say would let data center developers avo…
A study by a dozen economists published in the journal Science found that the Trump administration's cost-benefit analysis justifying the repeal of vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards contained …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is advancing a rule change that would make public notification requirements for air pollution permits voluntary, potentially affecting data centers powering t…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on July 1 to eliminate a Clean Air Act rule requiring a minimum 30-day public comment period for minor sources of air pollution, including data cente…
AI is lowering the barrier for state-backed hackers to exploit critical infrastructure, according to experts and officials, following a wave of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems and a U.K. power plan…
President Trump said communities that reject data centers are "making a mistake," arguing the facilities create jobs and money and are not taking power from the grid, in an interview with Michael Cohe…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin warned against banning data centers in the U.S., citing implications for the AI race to outpace China. He noted that some states are considerin…
Federal courts have struck down more than half of the Trump administration's recent environmental rollbacks, including a June ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that reaffirmed Biden…
The NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency issued a joint advisory Wednesday warning that threat actors are using AI to write exploit scripts targeting internet-expo…
U.S. cybersecurity agencies, including the NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency, issued a joint advisory Wednesday warning of ongoing AI-powered attacks exploiting…
U.S. agencies including the National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, Energy Department, and Environmental Protection Agency warned Wednesday that hackers are us…
AI data centers are creating a significant new electricity load in the United States, particularly in concentrated regions, but this is a regional grid issue rather than a global power crisis, accordi…
A divided federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration improperly terminated billions of dollars in funds for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $20 billion program created by t…
Donald Trump announced that about 200 entities have signed his non-binding 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge,' which now covers companies delivering 80 percent of all power to US homes and businesses, acco…
Amazon has invested more than $20 billion in North Carolina since 2010 and announced a $10 billion data center campus in Richmond County, creating at least 500 jobs, while applying for an air quality …