Amazon’s 3,000-acre data center in Wharton County, Texas moves forward despite Abbott’s data center “ban”An hour south of Houston, a 3,000-acre digital fortress is rising from farmland while the governor’s much-publicized data center ban dominates headlines. Regulators have approved Amazon’s campus near Boling in Wharton County, even though Gov. Greg Abbott announced his crackdown on Sept. 21. The order is a pause on new state permits, not a prohibition, […]Natural News2d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyGreg Abbotttexas data center permit pause
Inside the eight-figure plan to build data centers despite moratoriumsAcross the country, ordinary citizens are telling the data center industry a resounding NO, and the industry has answered with a war chest of its own. OpenAI, Blackstone, SoftBank and QTS have joined major construction unions to form the American Infrastructure Alliance. This “high eight-figure campaign” is designed to steer lawmakers away from…Natural News7d agoWhole story →BuildPlanetdata center moratoriums
Green groups cried foul over Endangered Species Act reforms but ignored their own turbine body countTrump administration finalized Endangered Species Act reforms in July, narrowing habitat protections while critics call it a rollback. NextEra subsidiary ESI Energy paid over $8 million and got five years probation for killing at least 150 bald and golden eagles at its wind facilities. Federal incidental-take permits let wind operators legally injure or…Natural News28d agoWhole story →PlanetGovernmentendangered species act reforms
The End EPA Abuse Act targets regulatory overreach and the climate hysteria baked into onerous regulationsU.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced the End EPA Abuse Act of 2026 on June 25, a legislative effort designed to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to impose sweeping regulations that go beyond the explicit intent of the Clean Air Act. The bill, cosponsored by Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and […]Natural News2mo agoWhole story →PlanetGovernmentMike LeeHR 9453epa regulatory reform bill
