SCOOP: Rick Perry-led group files plan with NRC to build world’s largest data center campus, including 4 new AP1000 nuclear reactors near Amarillo. With perhaps a dose of flattery. The placeholder name in the filing? Donald. J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus. wapo.st/4458IEB

California is subsidizing Smithfield's pig farms under the pretense of cutting climate emissions. But these "carbon credits" are cloaked in secrecy & are making life miserable for neighbors. Terrific reporting by @evanhalper.bsky.social @samueloakford.bsky.social Gift link: wapo.st/4jiFvem

California asks drivers to pay for methane offsets at factory farms. While the climate benefits are often illusory, the impacts on people and places are anything but. Please take a moment to read this deeply reported story from @evanhalper.bsky.social. California can do better. (gift link)

Smithfield Foods was drowning in pig manure. How a Calif program turned the problem into a cash cow — generating millions for climate gains many scientists say are dubious. Welcome to the opaque, secretive world of factory farm carbon credits. wapo.st/42k8OXX