‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms
"Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races."
Source: POLITICO, 09/28/2026
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Pennsylvania’s AI Boom Is Repeating Old Patterns of Exploitation
"Pennsylvania’s data center industry has promised economic growth and a revival of the state’s industrial strength. But a new report issued Tuesday finds little evidence of job growth and warns that adding more of the massive computer complexes could repeat a long history of industrial facilities exploiting the communities that house them."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/24/2026
Duke Energy Wants To Build A New Gas Plant. Regulators Said Not So Fast.
"The 255-MW plant in North Carolina was meant to help meet data center demand. Regulators took the rare step of rejecting the permit amid a growing national backlash."
Source: Canary Media, 09/24/2026
Climate Forward: Energy Secretary Dismisses Idea of Diesel Export Ban
"Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking on Wednesday at the Climate Forward live event in Manhattan, dismissed reports that President Trump was preparing a total ban on U.S. exports of diesel in a bid to lower energy prices before the midterm elections."
Source: New York Times, 09/24/2026
Climate Week Talks Balance Hope For Clean Energy Against AI Uncertainty
"As scientists calculated that Earth is getting sicker, global leaders on Monday kicked off a week of talks about how to fix it and fast, pointing to hope from a renewable energy boom."
Source: AP, 09/23/2026
House Passes Bill To Put Data Center Electricity Costs On Tech Companies
"The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers"
Source: The Hill, 09/17/2026
America’s Air Monitors Are Disappearing — With Power To Expose Polluters
"Laws in Louisiana and other states now curb the use of community-collected data. In Louisiana, public air monitors are often located miles from major industrial polluters and fail to test for some of the most dangerous chemicals."
Source: Floodlight, 09/14/2026
AI Boom Poses Growing Public Health Threat, Former EPA Officials Warn
"A group representing more than 800 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday sounded the alarm over the health consequences of data centers. It warned that Trump administration policies to weaken pollution safeguards and speed up approvals of the facilities threatened to exacerbate those health harms."
Source: New York Times, 09/11/2026
U.S. to Loan $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa
"The Energy Department said on Tuesday that it would lend up to $1.9 billion to help restart a shuttered nuclear power plant in Iowa, in the Trump administration’s latest move aimed at reviving nuclear energy in the United States." "No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so."
Source: New York Times, 09/09/2026
How The Data Center Backlash Is Growing In U.S. Statehouses
"As legislation is introduced at a record pace, public opposition is driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants."
Source: Washington Post, 09/08/2026
