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TCEQ has shut down STEERS, its e-filing system, "to ensure all applications are reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers."
That's two days after our report with @PublicCitizenTX. We caught them doing something they shouldn't have. 🧵
These were regulatory approvals that allowed construction on over 5.9 square miles of land across Texas. We don't know if these data centers are complying with the suspensions. TCEQ needs to send inspectors to make sure they are.
The confusion surrounding these approvals further proves the need for a moratorium.
Full report and records, with @PublicCitizenTX: fractracker.org/2026/10/texa…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Our report with @FracTracker found serious problems with how ODNR handles oil and gas incidents. One well went 12 years without an inspection before a tank exploded and spilled nearly 2,500 gallons of oil. ODNR called it minor.
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FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Texas regulators continued permitting data centers after Governor Greg Abbott ordered a pause, according to a new report. It identified 35 permitting actions in the weeks following the moratorium.
truthout.org/articles/texas-…
How do you suspend a permit that was never approved? These were regulatory approvals that allowed construction on over 4.2 square miles of land across Texas, for companies like OpenAI, Amazon and other hyperscalers. The pause only got real after we caught TCEQ red-handed.
The headline says data center permits 'kept moving”
The facts: zero data center permits have been approved, and stormwater permits are suspended.
The pause is real.
Texans come first.
texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Across the country, data center power projects are receiving approval with minimal public participation by finding ways to fit into regulations written for small-scale facilities
From @KeatonPeters
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New report: Ohio recorded 2,529 oil and gas incidents from 2015 through 2025, rising from 103 a year to 268.
With @BuckeyeEnviNtwk, we went through ten years of ODNR records. Oversight isn't keeping up. 🧵
fractracker.org/2026/10/ohio…
Bev Reed of @BuckeyeEnviNtwk, on a Marietta well ODNR visited 20 times:
"If I get a traffic ticket… I have to pay it within two weeks' time or they're going to escalate. That's not the case with these oil and gas companies, and that's not right."
What we're asking for: clear definitions and open data, more inspectors, fines for long-running violations, and stop-work orders until contamination is cleaned up.
ODNR's rules go to the legislature Jan 13.
Map: fractracker.org/2026-ohio-in…
Data: fractracker.org/2026-odnr-in…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Texas’ data center industry could reverse much of the state’s progress on air quality by the end of the decade, according to report by @HARCresearch. The impact on air quality depends heavily on how data centers are powered. #txlege For @TexasTribune texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has paused issuing permits connected to construction or infrastructure “directly supporting data centers." But an advocacy group fighting data center development along with concerned residents says that some TCEQ permits have still been moving along. texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…