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Despite Abbott Moratorium, Texas Kept On Issuing Data Center Permits. Now, The State Agency Is Shutting Down Its Automatic Filing System.
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First seen
Oct 22, 12:22 PM CDT
updated Oct 24, 5:20 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by San Antonio Report, KTPR and KENS, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
The Texas environmental agency is shutting down its online, automatic permit filing system following a controversy over data center permits issued despite an Abbott moratorium, KENS, KTPR, and the San Antonio Report reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 24, 8:20 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Texas environmental agency shuts down online permit filing system after data center controversy · KENS
- Despite Abbott moratorium, Texas kept on issuing data center permits. Now, the state agency is shutting down its automatic filing system. · KTPR
- Despite Abbott moratorium, Texas kept on issuing data center permits. Now, the state agency is shutting down its automatic filing system. · San Antonio Report
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