Clean Air Act

Two data centers on San Antonio’s West Side will be powered with on-site natural gas-fired and diesel generators. Nonprofit groups are saying these data centers are trying to avoid clean air regulations and laws — and will have a negative impact on San Antonio’s air. The groups say they are preparing to sue over the projects.

The settlement comes after environmental groups sued the agency to force action on a plan to clean up haze pollution in Texas and multiple other states.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the Environmental Protection Agency which says that air quality in San Antonio is below safe health standards.

The U.S. Supreme Court has placed the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for coal-fired power plants on hold, while a coalition of 30 state attorneys…