1. United States
2. Minn.
3. Letter

Dear Senator/Representative [Last Name], I'm writing about a pattern: shared resources — power, water, public land — being handed to corporations through deals that move fast, get little scrutiny, and leave the public holding the risk. Example one: Meta's Hyperion data center in Louisiana. Entergy is building 10 gas plants (7.7 GW — 7x New Orleans' peak demand) to power it. The project can draw 23 million gallons of water/day in a state under drought. Meta sold 80% of it to Blue Owl Capital in a deal its own auditor flagged as a "critical audit matter," and Louisiana regulators refused to investigate whether ratepayers are exposed if Meta walks away. It also got $3.3 billion in tax incentives. Example two, closer to home: H.J. Res. 140 used the Congressional Review Act to revoke a 20-year mineral withdrawal on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters, clearing the way for a Chilean-owned copper mine. It passed the Senate 50-49 in April. Same pattern: an expedited maneuver overriding years of environmental review, with pollution risk falling on the public. I don't oppose cutting red tape generally — I support it for housing and transit. This is different: public resources moved to the wealthiest corporations in the world, structured so the public finds out after the fact. I'd ask you to: 1. Support federal disclosure requirements for data center and resource-extraction agreements before they're approved. 2. Support ratepayer/public-liability protections if a company defaults or exits. 3. Oppose using expedited tools like the CRA to bypass environmental review on major resource decisions. 4. Push for oversight hearings on public subsidies and resources committed to AI infrastructure and extraction nationally. Thank for your service