Biden Signs New Law Exempting Some Chip Projects From Environmental Reviews

The new law exempts certain semiconductor chips from strict federal environmental reviews.

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It wouldn’t be a big deal if we made watering lawns illegal. Americans waste billions of gallons of water on fucking grass, often in the desert. Also golf courses should be illegal, etc.
- Does anyone seriously think Biden is ever going to propose any of those ideas to offset this?
  
  Why would Biden propose this? When will people wrap their tiny brains around the fact that in a democracy, politicians do what the voters want. And voters want big expensive cars, suburban blight, lawns, and meat.
Chip fabrication uses TONS of water.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/the-water-challenge-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-and-big-tech-what-needs-to-be-done/
- And there are 11 separate wastewater streams that result from production.
- And here I thought jeans were problematic.
- And much of that wastewater will be now free of regulation.
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