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Ed Markey: “75% of Americans do not want a data center in their backyard, yet Trump’s EPA has chosen to facilitate data center…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2026
75% of Americans do not want a data center in their backyard, yet Trump’s EPA has chosen to facilitate data center construction at the expense of our health, our pocketbooks, and our bedrock environmental laws.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Criticizing the EPA's actions under Trump.

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