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[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

This bombshell dropped yesterday in Washington D.C. And if you live near a data center — or near land where one might be built — this news affects you directly.

The head of America’s top environmental watchdog agency just walked up to a microphone and told the entire country that the federal government will not protect you from data center water pollution, air pollution, or any other environmental harm.

Not now. Not ever. As long as this administration is in power.

The decision that just left 330 million Americans without a federal safety net — and handed Big Tech a blank environmental check.

🎤 THE WORDS THAT SHOCKED ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES NATIONWIDE

The Trump administration is not going to set nationwide environmental requirements or recommendations for the rapidly growing data center industry, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday at the POLITICO Energy Summit in Washington D.C. 

No requirements. No recommendations. No national standards. Nothing.

Zeldin said: “Ten times out of 10, I’m not going to sit inside of an agency building in Washington D.C. and say that we know that local community in Georgia or Florida or Arizona or elsewhere better than everyone there locally.” 

Ten times out of ten. Zeldin was not vague. He was not ambiguous. He was categorical and absolute.

The EPA — the agency created specifically to protect Americans from environmental harm — just announced it will not protect Americans from one of the fastest-growing and most environmentally demanding industries in U.S. history.

🏛️ WHAT IS THE EPA SUPPOSED TO DO — AND WHY THIS DECISION IS SO ALARMING

For most Americans, the EPA is the government agency that makes sure the air you breathe and the water you drink are safe. It sets national standards — minimum floors of protection — that apply equally whether you live in Montana or Mississippi, whether your local politicians are aggressive environmental protectors or not.

That is the whole point. National standards exist precisely because not every community has the resources, the lawyers, the political will, or the technical expertise to fight billion-dollar corporations on their own.

Just 37% of Americans would support a data center being built in their area, according to a POLITICO poll earlier this year. The reasons cited by opponents are overwhelmingly environmental: water usage and air pollution are among the most common complaints. 

63% of Americans do not want a data center near them. The EPA just told those Americans: figure it out yourselves.

🤔 AND ZELDIN’S ANSWER ON WATER IN UTAH WAS EVEN MORE REVEALING

The EPA chief’s comments in Washington were not the only time this week he dodged accountability on data centers and the environment.

Just weeks ago, Zeldin appeared before hundreds of energy leaders at Utah’s Operation Gigawatt Summit in Deer Valley — where a reporter from 2News asked him directly whether data centers conflict with President Trump’s own pledge to save the Great Salt Lake, which is rapidly disappearing due to water overconsumption. Zeldin declined to give a direct answer. “I’m not coming here today to opine and place judgment like that,” he said. “I’ve had the opportunities to go across the country where they’re doing an awesome job of water reuse.” 

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking before America’s eyes. Data centers in Utah are consuming millions of gallons of water. A reporter asked the head of the EPA a direct, factual question about whether those two facts conflict with each other.

His answer: he would not say.

The man whose job is to protect America’s environment — refusing to say whether draining a disappearing lake to cool AI servers is a problem.

😤 BUT HERE IS THE PART THAT MAKES THIS DECISION EVEN MORE OUTRAGEOUS

Zeldin’s argument sounds reasonable on the surface. “Local communities know best.” “States’ rights.” “We trust people on the ground.”

It falls apart completely when you look at what is actually happening on the ground.

Communities trying to fight data centers on their own are being outgunned at every turn. They face billion-dollar corporations with armies of lobbyists and lawyers. They watch their county commissioners vote in the middle of the night without public hearings. They discover secret water wells drilled without permits. They find out their electricity bills are being raised to subsidize facilities they never voted for.

And now the federal government — the last backstop — has officially stepped aside.

This is the same EPA that in January 2026 convened a roundtable with the Data Center Coalition — an industry lobbying group — to discuss how the rapid growth of data centers can make the U.S. the AI capital of the world. The meeting was led by senior Trump EPA officials. The agency’s stated goal was explicitly to advance data center expansion — not to protect communities from it. 

The EPA — meeting with data center industry lobbyists to help them build faster. Then standing at a podium to announce it will not regulate them environmentally.

That is not cooperative federalism. That is the government choosing a side. And it did not choose yours.

⚡ AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DISMANTLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS FOR MONTHS

Yesterday’s announcement did not come out of nowhere. It is the latest in a series of moves that have systematically removed federal environmental guardrails around the data center industry.

In February 2026, the Trump administration repealed the 2009 Endangerment Finding — the central scientific finding that has allowed the EPA to regulate climate-warming emissions for over 15 years. The move strips the agency of its most powerful legal tool to control industrial pollution. 

Making the U.S. the AI capital of the world is described as a key pillar of Zeldin’s “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative — alongside “unleashing energy dominance.” Environmental protection of communities is not listed as a pillar. 

AI capital of the world. Energy dominance. Those are the priorities. The community in Georgia watching their well go dry. The family in North Carolina whose water pressure dropped. The Nashville Zoo worried about its tigers. Not the priorities.

🗺️ SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY?

Here is the direct, honest answer to what Zeldin’s announcement means for every American community with a data center near it — or coming to it:

You are the last line of defense. Your city council. Your county commissioners. Your state legislature. Your petition. Your vote.

The federal government has officially left the building.

While there are technologies and practices that reduce air pollution and water usage, Zeldin said states and communities know what works best for them — leaving all environmental oversight entirely to local and state authorities. 

Some states are rising to the challenge. New York passed a moratorium. Illinois suspended tax breaks. North Carolina is debating protections for its aquifers. Utah passed a first-in-the-nation water transparency law.

But many states — particularly in the South and Midwest where the most aggressive data center buildout is happening — have no protections in place. No standards. No transparency laws. No moratoriums. And now, no federal backstop either.

Those communities — often the poorest, the least politically connected, the most rural — are now completely exposed.

🔮 THE BOTTOM LINE

Lee Zeldin stood at a podium in Washington D.C. yesterday and made a decision that will affect every American community targeted by the data center industry for the next several years.

He decided that the federal government’s role is to help Big Tech build — not to protect the people living around what gets built.

He decided that trillion-dollar corporations deserve a streamlined path to construction — and that families worried about their water, their air, and their electricity bills can take their concerns to whatever city council or state legislature will listen.

He decided, in his own words, ten times out of ten — that Washington will not stand between a data center and your community.

Now the question is: will your community stand up for itself?

Because as of yesterday — nobody in Washington D.C. is going to do it for you!

🎩 The Stoic Way ✨

📰 Sources: E&E News / POLITICO Energy Summit — June 10, 2026 (Published Yesterday) | Newsmax — June 10, 2026 | ABC News 4 / The National News Desk — June 10, 2026 | KUTV Salt Lake City — May 2026 | U.S. EPA Official Website — January 2026 Roundtable | Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program — December 2025

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🔥 AWESOME! Mayor Mamdani confirms a staggering $1.2 BILLION investment to deliver universal child care across all five boroughs.

The administration is actively defying the establishment by fiercely fighting for the dignity and prosperity of working families!

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: An Economics Professor Just Made A Pretty Stunning Argument About Elon Musk.

According to the professor, Musk spent roughly $250 million during the 2024 election cycle.

He claims that's just 0.025% of Musk's wealth.

In other words, the amount spent was so small relative to Musk's fortune that he could theoretically spend the same amount thousands of times over.

That's a democracy question, not just a money question.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Costa Rica has outlawed recreational hunting, solidifying its role as a worldwide leader in animal protection and a safe haven for the remarkable 5% of global biodiversity it hosts.

Home to an astonishing proportion of Earth's plant and animal species, Costa Rica stands as one of the planet's most vital biodiversity hotspots. Yet this extraordinary natural heritage faces ongoing threats from human activities—including unsustainable wildlife tourism, illegal wildlife trade, domestic animal neglect, and organized animal fighting.

As encounters between people and wildlife grow more frequent, the country's fragile ecosystems require proactive safeguards to protect their most vulnerable residents.

Costa Rica has responded with groundbreaking animal welfare laws that reflect a deep national commitment to conservation. Building on its landmark 2012 nationwide ban on sport and trophy hunting, the country introduced stringent anti-trafficking measures in 2017 to combat poaching and biodiversity loss. By imposing mandatory prison sentences for animal cruelty and creating a national registry of offenders, Costa Rica demonstrates that effective conservation demands strong legal enforcement alongside widespread societal resolve to safeguard all living beings within its borders.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

For decades, Dan Patrick has sold out the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable to enrich his donors.

Love feels like blasphemy when you worship power.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Why would anyone be against this?

[Martin Heinrich @SenatorHeinrich]

Bison are a critical part of our culture in New Mexico.

It’s been ten years since my National Bison Legacy Act named Bison as our official National Mammal. I was proud to lead that effort and am still fighting to conserve this amazing species.

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[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

2026 is the first year in 18 years in which there are zero female active duty four-star generals.

Pete Hegseth has been intervening in military promotions & fighting the military’s leaders in firing & denying promotions to women.

The military promotions board – including its Trump-appointed director – selected 31 officers for promotion as “the best qualified officers within their respective competitive category.”

Those 31 included seven women.

Nine total promotions were cancelled by Hegseth: all seven women & two black men. Not one white man was removed.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

There are over 1400 known Epstein Survivors.

The Redacted Reading Room is a library of the over 3 million Epstein files released so far and a memorial to survivors.

This week, I was honored to visit and share space with survivors, @KatiePhang , and my fellow @OversightDems warriors @RepYassAnsari and @RepJasmine to talk about what justice means and how we get there.

**If you’re in DC—please go see it!

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.

[Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh]

Vivek thinks the affordability crisis isn't real. Tell that to Ohioans stretching every paycheck. Tell that to Ohioans struggling to fill their tank, buy groceries, or pay rent.

I understand these struggles because I’ve lived them. As governor, I'll work to make Ohio affordable for everyone on day one.

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[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: New polling shows Democrat Mary Peltola leading her Republican opponent by 5 points in Alaska’s critical Senate race. Republicans would have a complete meltdown if they lost this race. Let’s make it happen.

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

During Greg Abbott's speech to the GOP convention, he made no mention of rising health care costs, utility rates, or the fact that the American Dream is out of reach for too many Texans after 12 years of his failed leadership.

The speech was just like Abbott: hypocritical, boring, and stuck in the past – 2026 will be his last year in office.

[Rep. John Larson @RepJohnLarson]

'DOGE' employees have been combing through your records for over a year. They even schemed to use confidential data to help overturn election results.

There should be a criminal investigation and real accountability for their abuses of power and reckless data breach.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Bye-bye coal — solar tops coal in U.S., and more to come. Clean costs less.

[My Lovely Horse Rescue @MyLovelyHorseR]

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[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

One document is all it took to put uranium drills on the Continental Divide Trail.

Not a vote. Not a public hearing. Not an environmental review. One filing.

Because under a law signed by Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 — written to strip-mine the West during the Gold Rush — any company can stake a claim on federal public land, and the burden falls on the government to prove harm. The company just shows up.

Gamma Resources Ltd. showed up in February. Out of Vancouver.

$29 million in debt.

Zero revenue from operations.

Their own auditors have flagged them as a "going concern" — which in financial terms means: we're not sure this company will survive.

They've changed their name twice in just over a year.

And now they have a legal pathway to drill 12 uranium boreholes — up to 500 feet deep — into New Mexico’s Carson National Forest. Directly on the Continental Divide Trail.

In the Chama Basin — the headwaters of the Rio Grande’s largest New Mexico tributary, a watershed that supplies drinking water to over half of New Mexico’s population. More than one million people.

Twenty-three tribes and pueblos. Acequia farmers who have drawn clean water from this basin for over 400 years. Families on shallow wells with no alternative water source.

They've already identified nearly 3 million pounds of "yellowcake" uranium in the ground. They want to start mining by April 2027. They put it in writing, in their own investor pitch: New Mexico’s land is “low-hanging fruit”.

This isn't a loophole. This is the door that was never closed.

The General Mining Act of 1872 still governs hardrock mineral rights — including uranium — on 350 million acres of American public land.

Under it, foreign companies can freely prospect on land held in trust for every American, extract minerals worth billions, pay zero royalties to the government, and aren't even required to disclose how much they take or what it's worth.

It has never been fundamentally reformed. Not once in 154 years.

The 1872 Mining Act itself requires no reclamation bond. Zero.

No legal requirement to guarantee cleanup. No financial assurance that the land will ever be restored. Nothing.

The current administration's "Energy Dominance" orders made it worse — declaring uranium a national priority and signaling to the industry that federal land was open for business. Gamma Resources did the math and liked what they saw.

New Mexico's entire congressional delegation has demanded a full environmental review and is drafting legislation to withdraw the Chama watershed from all mineral development.

The Continental Divide Trail Coalition has raised the alarm. The Forest Service still hasn't decided if this even requires a full review.

A 154-year-old law. A foreign company with no revenue. A watershed tended for centuries by people who were here long before any of this was possible.

How is a law written for the
Gold Rush
in 1872 —

still deciding the fate of our
Public Lands
in 2026?

#DemsUnited

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Why does the world still allow trophy hunting? We've done so much harm already. RT if you think there should be a worldwide ban on this barbaric practice.

Nature is amazing. Protect it.

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[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

After more than 100 years, beach donkey rides in parts of Wales are officially coming to an end.

For generations, donkey rides were seen as a classic part of seaside holidays. Families grew up with them, children waited in line for them – it became a tradition many people never questioned.

But over time, that started to change. More people began asking what these long days on crowded beaches were actually like for the donkeys themselves.

Concerns about heat, exhaustion, physical strain, and stressful working conditions slowly pushed the debate into the spotlight.

One of the biggest changes happened at Coney Beach in Porthcawl, where donkey rides that had existed for decades will no longer continue after new restrictions involving animals on the beach were introduced.

For some, it feels sad seeing such an old tradition disappear. But others believe traditions should evolve when animal welfare is involved.

Because memories and entertainment should never come at the cost of an animal spending its life carrying people in the heat.

And maybe this is part of a bigger shift in how society now chooses to treat animals – with more compassion than before.

#BanBeachDonkeyRides #WalesForAnimals #EndAnimalCruelty #CompassionateTraditions #ProtectDonkeys