How Mad Are Voters About Data Centers? Watch These Races. [1]
"Data centers have become political napalm. Election Day will show how far it’s spread."

"Data centers have become political napalm. Election Day will show how far it’s spread."

Whether it's pipelines bringing leaks, coastal erosion and storms bringing displacement, or now, increasingly, data centers bringing loss of sovereignty, the central relationship that Indigenous communities have with place is under constant peril. Voices columnist Yessenia Funes urges fellow environmental journalists during Native American Heritage Month to refocus on the rich stories of Indigenous struggles and victories.
"Farmers around the world are spraying more chemicals than ever on their crops as they battle insect pests. Many of these small, hungry creatures have benefited from climate change, which has expanded their range, extended their breeding season, and made them harder to control with pesticides."
"Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear."
"Soon, weed-killing chemicals will start falling from the sky over the Red Hill area of Boulder county, Colorado."
"A group of California lawmakers and state oversight officials have admonished Los Angeles County health authorities for failing to attend a public hearing on their response to a toxic chemical reaction within Chiquita Canyon Landfill."
"Big Oil reaped more than $50 billion in windfall profits as conflicts in the Persian Gulf and Russia roiled energy markets and drove refining results to record highs."
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the review."
"At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical background level, according to a new study."
"Utilities, developers and technology companies have spent tens of millions to pass Prop 45, which fast-tracks “essential” projects by limiting public and environmental review."
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