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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

An industrial facility with metal stairs, pipes, and tanks behind a chain-link fence with a no trespassing sign
The Chemours Company's PPA facility at the Fayetteville Works plant near Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2018. Photograph: Gerry Broome/AP

A coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast-track for approval for use in cooling datacenters, and would almost certainly pollute regions around the facilities.

In formal comments submitted to the agency, the groups accuse Chemours of using bad science to downplay the chemical’s toxicity and climate risks. Approving Chemours’ application as it is would violate the law, the Earthjustice legal non-profit, a lead author of the comments, wrote.

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