The Trump administration’s data center push could open the door for new forever chemicals

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By Molly Taft, WIREDDec 7, 2025, 9:00 am110 ptsTrending
In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more data centers. Among other things, this has involved ordering rollbacks of clean water regulations and opening up public lands to coal mining. Now, it’s turning its eye to chemical regulation with a new…

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