National & Minnesota Report
The primary aspect we intend to offer is a system based on Fairness Principles. To us, fairness is what is right and defensible. In this novel system, might does not equal right, abuse does not constitute continued use, and justifications for one’s current and past actions are actionable items in any steps forward. Bad actors are judged accordingly, and inside deals and ways to work around the system and forgo common decency and leaving something better than you found it are higher-valued considerations than just what can be taken from. Natural resources belong to all, and not just those who purchase the land they exist on; the concept of stakeholder rights has a greater role than merely stockholder rights.
For years, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-11CA) has called for, and as we witness here in Minnesota, the establishment of a new form of investment through a Federal Bonding Bill. This will create a new system where the Federal Government will be better able to establish regulation on an infrastructure project and ensure it is fully in the interest of the general public. Additionally, this is a way for the government to invest in a system that does not require the federal government to pay upfront for projects. It is also a way to manage our national debt in a reasonable manner. We link background on the district here: https://www.congress.gov/member/nancy-pelosi/P000197
For us these concepts are front and center in the Data Centers and AI debate. It is clearly possible for the construction of Data Centers to be done in an Environmentally Friendly Manner. The impact need not be adverse. The use of water can be addressed, the nighttime lighting effect abated, and additional heat produced used for other purposes like indoor food production, especially in cold winter climate communities. Our thoughts are based on this idea: One need not pollute to produce.
These types of approaches mean the impact on the surrounding community is as important as the construction of a facility without even an identified company, rather just a profit-driven system which boosts the cost of construction prices because of the use of specialist tradesmen and women and causes a scarcity of these people.
We have seen numerous occasions where a piece of land was purchased and owned by an extractive industry company, and when that company is no longer interested in the available resource, either because it was played out, or newer replacements, like trees, have not matured enough for harvesting, and hence the operation moves on to other locations.
The timber industry has regularly replenished forested areas, and this is a valuable benefit, because we know the loss of forestry has a significant impact on climate change. The impact of arable land and the application of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides have significantly and adversely impacted our population. The increased instances of environmental impacts in communities downstream grow more acute every day. The decision by the Trump administration to allow power plants to resume higher pollution levels means higher incidents of asthma in our children, and the existence of Climate Deniers in any aspect of regulation needs to end.