"The group includes seven Republicans (Stitt plus Mike Braun from Indiana, Jeff Landry from Louisiana, Kelly Armstrong from North Dakota, Bill Lee from Tennessee, Spencer Cox from Utah, and Mark Gordon from Wyoming) and six Democrats (Shapiro plus Jared Polis from Colorado, Ned Lamont from Connecticut, Wes Moore from Maryland, Maura Healey from Massachusetts, and Dan McKee from Rhode Island)."
"A bipartisan group of 13 governors is pushing to deregulate the permitting of energy infrastructure in the U.S., arguing that doing so is necessary to "win the AI race, lower costs for consumers, and responsibly develop the advanced energy sources of the future." But in reality, deregulating energy infrastructure construction would be a disastrous mistake that would increase greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollution, further harming already polluted communities, and drive up utility bills by enabling proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers."
A bipartisan coalition of 13 governors urged federal leaders to deregulate permitting of energy infrastructure, claiming benefits including winning the AI race, lowering consumer costs, and developing advanced energy. The coalition argues that excessive regulation impedes necessary infrastructure and raises utility bills. Deregulation would enable rapid construction of fossil fuel projects and AI data centers, locking in higher greenhouse gas emissions and increasing toxic pollution. Already polluted communities would face greater harm, and utility bills could rise further as data centers expand. Scientific consensus warns that building new fossil fuel infrastructure prolongs emissions when reductions are required.
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