Data centers, which enable the world’s internet use, hold more than people’s vacation photos or sensitive data. They contain rows and rows of computer servers that use “forever chemicals.” PFAS, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that it will push back the deadline for reporting unpublished health and ...

The Trump administration unveiled proposed changes to the first-ever PFAS reporting rule, which requires companies to hand over private chemical data. EPA will continue a Biden-era initiative to ...

In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more data centers. Among other things, this has involved ordering rollbacks of clean water ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week a new initiative in which the agency will prioritize the review of new chemicals under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) intended for use ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency this week began prioritizing chemicals used in data center infrastructure over others in its Toxic Substances Control Act reviews. The prioritization program is ...

The Trump administration’s move to address the chemicals review backlog is meant to boost artificial intelligence and other technological developments. New chemicals used to build data centers will ...