Key Takeaways:

Trump’s AI Action Plan aims to bypass NEPA for data centers

Environmental groups warn of reduced oversight and public input

NEPA has historically required agencies to assess climate impact

Legal and public backlash expected over fast-tracking reforms

When President Donald Trump rolled out a plan to boost artificial intelligence and data centers, a key goal was wiping away barriers to rapid growth.

And that meant taking aim at the National Environmental Policy Act — a 55-year-old, bedrock law aimed at protecting the environment through a process that requires agencies to consider a project’s possible impacts and allows the public to be heard before a project is approved. Data centers, demanding vast amounts of energy and water, have aroused strong opposition in s

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