Food & Water Watch

Rule Changes

Called for a national data center moratorium

Voters in at least ten states decided more than 40 questions about energy, water, conservation and data centers on Nov. 3. The pattern was consistent: measures sponsored by an industry lost, and measures to restrict data centers or fund water systems won.

Updated 3 days ago

Rule Changes

Critic of the EPA's decision

For two decades, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tried to build a way to measure air pollution from large livestock farms. On October 30, 2026, it said the data it collected between 2005 and 2007 cannot support reliable national methods, and it stopped trying.

Updated 6 days ago