MCCLELLAN, WHITEHOUSE INVESTIGATE EPA'S DECISION TO EXEMPT DATA CENTER POWER PLANTS FROM ACID RAIN PROTECTIONS

Washington, Oct. 15 -- Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), last month launched a bicameral investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) guidance exempting data center power plants from the Acid Rain Program (ARP). By EPA's own admission, the decision to issue new guidance came at the behest of data center companies. And according to the EPA press release issuing the new guidance, the agency took this action to "further President Trump's agenda promoting data centers." "EPA's new ARP guidance is a handout to t...