by Mike Ludwig | Jun 26, 2026 | Alaska, Arctic, Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Climate Crisis, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Indigenous Activism, Indigenous Peoples, Liquified Natural Gas, LNG, Mike Dunleavy, News, permafrost, Pipelines, Republicans, subsidies, Tax Breaks, Trump Administration, Wildlife, Willow Project
Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy of Alaska has ordered state lawmakers to attend special legislative sessions over the summer and pass lucrative tax breaks for Alaska LNG, a proposed massive fossil gas export terminal on the Cook Inlet with an 800-mile pipeline across pristine wildlife preserves and much of the state. With plans to export liquified “natural gas,” or LNG, to Asia…
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by Paul Cobler | Apr 8, 2026 | big tech, data centers, News, Tax Breaks, Texas
Texas will lose out on at least $3.1 billion in sales tax revenue over the next two years thanks to an exemption for the state’s booming data center industry, according to the comptroller’s office. That figure is likely a vast underestimate given the explosion of new facilities being built, but already makes the tax break one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most…
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by Madyson Fitzgerald | Feb 24, 2026 | AI, data centers, energy bills, Michigan, News, Tax Breaks, Virginia
After years of states pushing legislation to accelerate the development of data centers and the electric grid to support them, some legislators want to limit or repeal state and local incentives that paved their way. President Donald Trump also has changed his tone. Last year he issued an executive order and other federal initiatives meant to support accelerated data center development.
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