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Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment at center of data center fight

Original: Pa.'s Environmental Rights Amendment is the focus of a Lackawanna County data center fight

A fight over a proposed data center in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania has become a test of the state's Environmental Rights Amendment, the constitutional provision guaranteeing citizens clean air, water and a healthy environment. Opponents are invoking the amendment to challenge the project, and the dispute is drawing attention to how far the amendment's protections extend in land-use and development decisions.

Why now: The case could set a precedent for using Pennsylvania's constitutional environmental protections against large data center developments.

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