{"id":1903,"date":"2026-06-13T20:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2026-06-13T20:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:36:14","slug":"trump-administration-will-not-set-nationwide-environmental-requirements-zeldin-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1903","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration will not set nationwide environmental requirements, Zeldin says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>No nationwide environmental standards for artificial intelligence data centers will be implemented by the Trump administration, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1901\">Trump says Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday, but Iran disagrees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, he offered that responsibility to states and local governments to restrict water usage and air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTen times out of 10, I\u2019m not going to sit inside of an agency building in Washington, D.C., and that we say that we know that local community in Georgia or Florida or Arizona or elsewhere, better than everyone there locally,\u201d Mr. Zeldin said at the POLITICO Energy Summit in Washington on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Because each data center\u2019s environmental conditions, electricity needs and water usage are different, local communities should regulate the booming industry\u2019s environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t just across the board act as if every data center project is equal, like they\u2019re all following the same exact model in how they power their project in various ways, or how they cool their data center, so it really depends on how the deal gets done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Zeldin cited two reasons for passing on nationwide requirements: closed-loop data center designs and President Trump\u2019s ratepayer protection pledge.<\/p>\n<p>Closed-loop data center designs eliminate the need for water evaporation in cooling by continually recirculating a fixed supply of fluid, such as water, through sealed pipes, thus reducing daily water consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The ratepayer protection pledge is the voluntary agreement with major tech and AI companies committing them to fully cover the energy costs, power supply and infrastructure upgrades for their data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1899\">Outlining concerns, SEC\u2019s Sankey worries Senate bill could produce more lawsuits, not fewer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EPA\u2019s role regarding data centers remains advisory, aside from permitting decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEPA is not the party that is negotiating and or mediating or refereeing that deal that gets struck between the parties, but we are happy to engage as much as we possibly can to share that technical expertise and the best practices from what we\u2019re seeing elsewhere around the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Clara Vondrich, senior policy counsel for the Climate Program at Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, said that Mr. Zeldin\u2019s inaction \u201cdooms communities to higher asthma rates, noise and light pollution, and new fossil fuel infrastructure the climate can\u2019t afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the Administration insists on enabling Big Tech companies in the race to be first and fastest, cosigning their reckless buildout of behemoth AI data centers with a combination of gas, diesel, and even coal,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>As 7 in 10 Americans oppose constructing AI data centers in their local area, according to a March Gallup poll, Ms. Vondrich called the Trump administration \u201cout of touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the summit, Mr. Zeldin acknowledged the importance of following \u201cbest practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we hear these stories of the worst-case data center that is most controversial and has the most amount of opposition, we might hear less about the data center that is following all the best practices,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is important, as more builds are getting done, that they are following those best practices, not the worst practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1897\">Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that \u2018disparaged\u2019 U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA CHIEF ZELDIN: No nationwide environmental standards for artificial intelligence data centers will be implemented by the Trump 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