#the environment

A power plant planned for a new Amazon data center in Texas could become the United States’ largest single source of climate pollution.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

Aug. 8, 2026

Amazon is investing in a large-scale natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, the company confirmed on Friday, a facility that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States.

Amazon and other tech giants are racing to build enough data centers to keep up with surging demand for artificial intelligence services, and to secure the electricity to power them. A company spokeswoman said in a statement that its planned data center, in Pecos County, would be “powered by new on-site generation that won’t raise electricity costs for Texas families.”

The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release 33 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, regulatory records show, more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country…

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Save the planet. i legitimately don't fucking care about the president regardless if they're bad or not

Love and take care of the environment even straight up leave the environment alone If there's no reason to tamper with it but most humans are greedy and don't care what others want we learned that the hard way with

Kamala Harris and Joe Biden And Donald Trump and many other horrible presidents that took one look at the environment and decided they do not care what happens to the human race as long as they make money and get more oil

I get I'm no one special but at least I'm not some billionaire that takes one look at the environment that is basically the reason we're alive and decides to destroy it just for money and oil

Despite the fact taking care of the Earth is beneficial for everyone even them but they don't care until it physically affects them