Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.

Massive Tech Requested for Looser Clear Water Act Allowing. Trump Desires to Give It to Them

There are presently greater than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—a few of which nonetheless require pre-construction notifications—that are renewed as soon as each 5 years. Lots of these exemptions are for agricultural actions, like cranberry harvesting and developing ponds for farms, or ecosystem and scientific companies like surveying and soil upkeep. Some kinds of coal mining and oil and gasoline exercise are additionally included in this sy…