@bradracino.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief at Floodlight; Board Member, NY Coalition for Open Government
Past: ME/Publisher/Reporter/Director: NY Focus, NY Cannabis Insider, Syracuse.com, inewsource
@bradracino.bsky.socialWhen NJ fined DataOne last week, they didn't say how much pollution the site put out while evading regulators over the past year. So we figured it out. Spoiler: It's a lot.
@bradracino.bsky.socialLast month, we flew our thermal drone over NJ's largest data center and found it operating a fleet of unpermitted generators. Now, on the heels of that investigation, state regulators have issued that facility their largest-ever fine against a data center. floodlightnews.org/new-jersey-d...
@lailluminator.comReposted by @bradracino.bsky.socialHow a Louisiana law is paving the way for other states to weaken community-based efforts to monitor air quality near industrial sites ... from @amesalex.bsky.social and @bradracino.bsky.social with @floodlightnews.org
@bradracino.bsky.socialAs America's public air monitoring network declines, it's getting harder and harder to know what you're breathing. And now, the chemical industry is moving to restrict one of the only options citizens have left for holding air polluters accountable. floodlightnews.org/toxic-air-mo...
@maddow.bsky.socialReposted by @bradracino.bsky.social"The largest planned AI data center in New Jersey is accused of violating federal law...
"Located roughly a mile from two schools...
"Running dozens of tractor-trailer-size gas-powered generators...
"None have permits...
@bradracino.bsky.socialWe're making a habit of catching these guys ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
