<![CDATA[A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl.]]>A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl. Google, Amazon and Meta) aggressively and successfully lobbied EU regulators and politicians to keep the environmental harm caused by their euro-zone datacenters secret from the public.

https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/big-tech-data-centres-secrecy-eu-law-environment-footprint

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/75a4ec7d-3adb-43fc-ae72-9474416e6447/a-new-report-by-investigate-europe-details-how-us-tech-giants-incl.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:45:48 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 21:08:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:51:17 GMT]]>@JulianOliver we need to start blaming the eu-commission too....they are the ones making the decision and they could just have said no! And this is not the first time they put tech first.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Kjaerulv/statuses/116430279660259165https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Kjaerulv/statuses/116430279660259165Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:51:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:30:53 GMT]]>@JulianOliver

To borrow Heritage Foundation's disingenuous phrasing re: FISA,

"If tech companies have nothing to hide, why the secrecy?"
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/copy-paste-govern-microsoft-ghostwrote-eu-policy/

https://www.eenews.net/articles/states-push-to-end-secrecy-over-data-center-water-use/

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/is-your-data-center-getting-a-big-discount-on-electricity-thats-redacted/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/data-centers-confidentiality-requirements-local-state-government-tax-incentives-economic-health-impacts-secret/

https://www.wpr.org/news/4-wisconsin-communities-signed-secrecy-deals-billion-dollar-data-centers

https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/2026/04/11/minnesota-bill-bans-local-officials-from-signing-ndas-on-data-centers/89527615007/

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/environmental-law-firm-sues-psc-to-force-release-of-meta-data-center-electricity-demand/

https://people.com/widows-plans-for-final-years-upended-proposed-data-center-leads-to-28-evictions-one-neighborhood-exclusive-11948396

Republican corruption relies on secrecy
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/gop-senate-control-trump-agenda-9575f0e6

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fifteen-years-later-citizens-united-defined-2024-election

Corrupt court hide the corrupt

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/supreme-court-california-disclosure-law-donors-497554

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116422885617209925https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116422885617209925Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:30:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:12:21 GMT]]>@JulianOliver it's also in the German newspapers:
https://www.zeit.de/digital/2026-04/rechenzentren-umwelt-eu-kommission-energieeffizienzrichtlinie-microsoft (€)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/themadhatter/statuses/116422104929375787https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/themadhatter/statuses/116422104929375787Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:12:21 GMT