by Liza Gross | Nov 4, 2026 | ballot measure, California, California Environmental Quality Act, data centers, elections, Environment, Environmental Racism, environmental review, Indigenous Rights, Infrastructure, News, Oil and Gas Industry, Proposition 45, Tribal Rights, utilities
Political action committees funded by technology companies, the state’s major utilities and other corporate interests have spent several million dollars more to pass a ballot measure that would greenlight major development projects with minimal environmental or public review than public interest and labor groups have spent opposing it. Developers and other corporate interests aim to…
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by Kelly Hayes | Aug 6, 2026 | AI, big tech, data centers, Indigenous, Interview, Militarism, Native Americans, Podcast, Tribal Rights, Water
“It comes down to the stealing of everything that is and the taking of everything that is,” says Joseph White Eyes. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” host Kelly Hayes talks with Native organizers Joseph White Eyes and Krystal Two Bulls about the struggle against data centers in Native communities. The conversation explores how the AI boom is advancing a new era of colonial extraction…
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by Teresa Tomassoni | Jan 14, 2026 | Clean Water Act, Dams, Drinking Water, EPA, Fossil Fuels, News, oil and gas, Oil and Gas Industry, Oil and Gas Infrastructure, Pipelines, Tribal Rights, Trump Administration, Water, Water Pollution
The Trump Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule aimed at speeding up and streamlining the permitting process for large energy and infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines and facilities tied to artificial intelligence. The rule, which does not require action by Congress, includes a suite of procedural changes to section 401 of the Clean Water Act — a law enacted in the…
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