He Wanted a Data Center Ban. He Got Banned From City Council.Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, a congressional candidate and high-profile opponent of local data center sprawl, filed suit Thursday against his hometown’s City Council after the council threw him, his brother, his mother, and other locals out of a meeting earlier this month for protesting delays to a vote on a data center moratorium—and […]Mother Jones22h agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentdata center moratorium vote
Trump’s SEC is Threatening Big Investors That Pushed ExxonMobil on Climate RiskThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Securities and Exchange Commission issued an unusual warning this week to the country’s largest asset managers and a climate-focused investor group over their roles in a 2021 campaign that replaced board directors at…Mother Jones1d agoWhole story →Planet
Build, Baby, Build? California’s Hottest Races Are Battles About Housing.Nithya Raman and Scott Wiener believe voters want more homes. Karen Bass and Connie Chan believe voters want more homes…somewhere else.Mother Jones1d agoWhole story →BuildKaren Bass
