WTF?! Ohio EPA to let data centres dump wastewater & biocides into state waters; five-year blanket permit would let data centres pollute *Lake Erie* with biocides, heavy metals and PFAS. Much life lives in Lake Erie; it’s shared with Canada, New York, and Pennsylvania. Has EPA’s John Logue consulted with his soon to be poisoned neighbours? I bet he thinks “Fuck Canadians Fuck Aquatic Life.”

I bet Pedo Trump asslickers Mark Carney and Danielle Smith support this crime by Ohio EPA, and will do same in Canada.

@brnewm.bsky.social:

Not just Ohioans – bordering water users ! ! Lake Erie, ohio River, et al.And Canadians! And other species. Humans are not the only species that dies from cancer caused by PFAS, benzene, heavy metals, etc.

States like Pennsylvania, indiana, New York would have a stake! Contact their AGs !
Stake holders .

this is why we have law section 401 Water Quality Act

Dr. Sandra Steingraber @ssteingraber1.bsky.social:

Ohioans! Stand up and go apeshit!

“Ohio’s EPA has filed a draft blanket permit that, if passed, will allow data centers to dump wastewater into state waters, including biocides, heavy metals, perfluoroalkyl, and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), into Lake Erie.”

Trump isn’t just pushing AI data centers, he’s invested in them.Financial disclosure records show he personally owns millions of dollars in companies tied to the data center industry, including operators, hardware suppliers, and power and cooling infrastructure.It doesn’t stop there…1/2

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-07-26T15:41:29.196Z

@usmarinevet.bsky.social:

@epc124.bsky.social:

Build one next to Mar-a-Lago then.

@cwebbonline.com:

Trump isn’t just pushing AI data centers, he’s invested in them.

Financial disclosure records show he personally owns millions of dollars in companies tied to the data center industry, including operators, hardware suppliers, and power and cooling infrastructure.

It doesn’t stop there…

Don Jr. and Eric also launched American Data Centers through Dominari Holdings as the Trump administration accelerated a massive expansion of AI infrastructure.

meme with text:

"If a politician supports a data centre project, ASK WHY, WHO BENEFITS?WHO PAYS? HOW PROFITS?

WHO SUFFERS THE CONSEQUENCES?"

@eawade.bsky.social:

When Trump says, “you’re going to make a tremendous amount of money, your community is going to be rich”, he means “I’m going to make a tremendous amount of money, and you’re not going to stop me. So, stfu and deal with that!”

I'll believe these numbers matter when the criminal motherfucker is impeached, removed from office, and in jail.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 (@emmettmacfarlane.com) 2026-07-30T13:22:47.683Z

@gregsargent.bsky.social:

Trump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll:

66% say he puts himself over country
61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc
57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!)
73% say he’s out of touch w/regular people (!!)

His personalist project is over.

New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137…

@frankedson24.bsky.social:

Actually, he’s wrong, or lying, or bullshitting, or all of the above. You can indeed fight these AI data centers. Many locales across the country have shut them down or prevented their erection due to the persistence and perseverance of outraged local residents and citizens fighting against them.

@blustar62.bsky.social:

@auntieem.bsky.social:

These data centers are going to be empty, hulking, abandoned buildings in five years. I haven’t heard one good reason that they’re necessary.there are none, and they’re losing money like crazy, which is why our gov’ts are stealing from us (our health, peace, education, etc) to give to the tech billionaires

@moriah1121.bsky.social:

Trump— the same corrupt, lying, moronic, anti-environmental stooge who fights Solar & Windmills.Alberta’s corrupt Trump-worshipping Nazi Danielle Smith is mirror image of his shit.

If Data Centers are so good, why are they being built in secret.

Ironically, the ‘data’ on them is shockingly negative!

MobsterTrumpIsaLiar

photo of massive data centre with text "I find it funny that the same people who complained about solar panels being a waste of land and farm space, have no issue with opening data centres 3x the size."

3x the size and a million times more noisy, toxic, health harming, peace, water and life destroying.

Ohio EPA drafts permit allowing data centers to dump wastewater & biocides into state waters, The five-year blanket permit would let data centers discharge biocides, heavy metals, and PFAS into Lake Erie by TJ Denzer, July 14, 2026, ShackNews

photo of a massive data centre

Ohio’s Environmental NotProtection Agency (EPA) has filed a draft blanket permit that, if passed, will allow data centers to dump wastewater into state waters for the next five years, including biocides, heavy metals, perfluoroalkyl, and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), into Lake Erie.

This draft permit OHD000001 was submitted by Ohio EPA Director John Logue, as spotted by Gadget Review.

Creepy Nazi Pedo Trump asslicking Mother Fucker

cartoon with black cat giving the finger and lighting grenade with his smoke, text says "take your data centre and shove it"

Named the General Permit Authorization for Discharges from Data Center Facilities Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, this permit would replace an old system in which each data center needed its own discharge permit, with a review analyzing the river in which it will discharge, the stream depth, and the watershed receiving the discharge.

The new system would require one application and involve heavily reduced review and analysis and the permit even anticipates a “decline in water quality” as companies continue to aggressively expand data center plans.

Ohio EPA logo
The Ohio EPA expects that water quality will decrease once its new permit for wastewater discharge has been passed. Source: Ohio EPA

If Ohio EPA’s draft passes, it looks like one of the few provisions to protect the environment call for permittees to “evaluate potential prevention methods and install the latest pollution prevention technology if it is economically feasible.”

That is to say, pollution prevention seems to be optional if a company can show it can’t “feasibly” absorb the cost.and capitalism under Nazi USA (and Mark Carney’s conned Canada) guarantees profit raping polluters can never “feasibly” absorb any pollution prevention or clean up measures.

This move looks set to create several more situations such as what we’ve seen in the class-action lawsuit against a Microsoft data center in Wisconsin for noise pollution and legal action in Tennessee against a SpaceX data center over air pollution. Regardless, artificial intelligence remains in high demand humans knowingly using AI or forcing AI on others are fucking evil, lazy and or beyond stupid and tech companies show no signs of slowing down, especially with the current US presidential administration leaning heavily into the AI sector.which is why eager Nazi Mark Carney is forcing AI on all Canadians even though we DO NOT WANT the racist, Nazi, misogynist evil shit, that and the company he serves/served, Brookfield, is investing 100 fucking billion dollars in stupid stolen child and women abusing AI.

Shacknews Shackshop's Clean Water > AI shirt.
Clean Water > AI, as found in the Shackshop alongside our anti-AI collection of merch.
Source: Shackshop

Ohio Draft Permit OHD000001 is still just a draft at this time of writing. Stay tuned for further updates via the AI topic.

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@shanahstone.bsky.social:

Why exactly is the State of Alaska so desperate for #DataCenters? Why are our politicians so eager to find new ways to destroy beautiful Alaska and literally poison our water? Because they’re bought and owned by polluters, except perhaps not Spain’s PM.

Why exactly is the State of Alaska so desperate for #DataCenters? Why are our politicians so eager to find new ways to destroy beautiful Alaska and literally poison our water? #akleg

Shoshanah in Alaska (@shanahstone.bsky.social) 2026-07-30T16:59:55.090Z

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