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Voters OVERWHELMINGLY pushed back on AI data centers at the ballot box. Now the Senate is weighing a bipartisan bill that could speed up approvals for the power plants and transmission lines that serve them.
Status Coup's Jordan Chariton breaks down the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) and why opponents say the bill would weaken environmental review and leave communities with less say. We take you from the protest outside Chuck Schumer’s home in Brooklyn to the council meeting in Kenilworth, New Jersey, where officials walked out before opponents could speak.
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0:00 The bipartisan push for data centers
1:05 Congress' test on energy policy
3:04 Mounting opposition to BAAJA
4:28 Protesting outside Schumer's home
6:57 Big Tech's influence on policy
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