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Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

Energy analysts and environmentalists say diesel generators are expensive, noisy, highly polluting and exempt from Clean Air Act regulations in times of energy “emergencies.”

By Arcelia Martin

Diesel-fueled generators sit between buildings at the Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Diesel fuel contaminates the Inner Harbor on June 5 after Johns Hopkins Hospital reported a contained spill at its East Baltimore facility. Credit: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images

Off the Books: Maryland’s Clean Energy Push Ignores Backup Generator Pollution

By Aman Azhar

The Waste Energy plant would process plastics sourced from throughout the East Coast using pyrolysis, which breaks down materials at very high temperatures in the oxygen-free furnace. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel Fuel?

By Lisa Sorg

A view of Beirut shows oil tanks throughout the Lebanon capital on Nov. 1, 2023. Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

Q&A: Choked by Diesel Pollution From Generators, Cancer Rates in Beirut Surge by 30 Percent

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Tractor-trailers move along an interstate frontage road January 13, 2004 in Hampshire, Illinois. Credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Chicago-Area Organizations Call on Pritzker to Slash Emissions From Diesel Trucks

By Aydali Campa

Shipping container trucks sit in traffic in Long Beach, California, at the busiest seaport complex in the nation. on November 29, 2012 in Long Beach, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images.

Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks

By Marianne Lavelle

Shipping container trucks sit in traffic as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union strikes, putting a halt to most of the work at the busiest seaport complex in the nation on November 29, 2012 in Long Beach, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Diesel Emissions in Major US Cities Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color, New Studies Confirm

By Kristoffer Tigue

Trucks drive by San Bernardino, California. Courtesy of Anthony Victoria/Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice

In the Midst of the Coronavirus, California Weighs Diesel Regulations

By Julia Kane

Truck with smoke coming out of tailpipe

'Black Carbon' Program on Obama's Chopping Block

By Elizabeth McGowan

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