Abbott branded Texas the 'epicenter of AI development' and handed data centers one of the biggest tax breaks in the country. Now, in an election year, he says he's the one protecting us from them.
Campaign finance records show nearly 30 donations to Miller-Meeks from companies tied to PFAS, water pollution, and cancer-linked products — while she cheered a ruling gutting wetlands protections and voted for a bill to shrink the Clean Water Act further.
Hageman filed the 'Stop Climate Shakedowns Act' with Ted Cruz to stop states and cities from suing energy companies over climate damage. Her donors include coal, oil, and gas companies.
A settlement in Paxton's lawsuit wiped out the dunes sagebrush lizard's endangered status. More than 95% of its habitat is already gone — and a Midland oilman is one of the top donors to the super PAC backing Paxton's Senate run.
Chemours' PAC gave Michael Whatley $5,000 — the first time it has ever spent in a North Carolina Senate race. WUNC asked him three questions about PFAS. His campaign didn't answer an email or a text.
A $10 million grant to clear dead trees in the Superior National Forest was frozen by DOGE. Now those woods are burning — and the congressman who cheered DOGE on is pointing at Canada.
A federal judge voided the Trump administration's termination of a $2.8 billion clean-air grant program. The EPA read that ruling and concluded no action was required. The judge had to order it a second time.
At least ten Alabama communities have pushed back on data centers over water, power, and noise. The Republican nominee for governor says those neighbors are repeating Chinese propaganda.
That's one of three. He also cheered on DOGE as federal grant cuts took $37.7 million from the University of Tennessee system, and after 15 years in Congress his lifetime environmental score is 2%.