On September 21, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of seven data center-focused bills into law that introduce new energy and water use reporting requirements, modify environmental review requirements, and direct regulators to address electricity infrastructure, interconnection, and cost allocation for certain data centers. The California legislation comes
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EPA Approves Texas Clean Air Act SIP
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After years of controversy, EPA has announced it is planning to approve Texas’ Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA had previously rejected Texas’ SIP, contending that is program was incompatible with federal requirements. In particular, Texas objected to EPA’s requirement that they install a permitting regime for…
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