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The EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for data centers increasingly reliant on fossil fuels. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

wired.comThe Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for PollutersThe EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for data centers increasingly reliant on fossil fuels.

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This is why the public needs to engage in changing out the government. The government is supposed to work for and at the behest of the public. Citizens are not supposed to be treated as a barrier or hindrance to those they’ve elected to govern. Citizens are the reason for government.

Of course you are correct. The polluting states eg., Louisiana, will pollute water and air with impunity, other states will have no remedy, since federal remedies will be undermined. But even worse Trump is trying to prevent, neuter and abolish any public outcry over increasing pollution.

trump/republicans do not care if the world will burn. he is just out to make money for himself and his family and the other destructively rich. Those data centers aren't being built to help humanity!!

State discretion needs a minimum public-participation floor. Require machine-readable emissions estimates, cumulative-load modeling around each data-center cluster, notice before permits are final, and a written response to objections. Otherwise venue choice becomes a way to price out scrutiny.