amazon claims to champion clean energy. so why did it just help kill an emissions bill in oregon?

(Fast Company) In rural Oregon, a small electric utility called Umatilla Electric Cooperative used to rely mainly on clean hydropower. It had a small carbon footprint. But when large data centers came to the area—built by companies like Amazon—demand for power soared, and the utility had to find sources other than hydro. Over the past decade, the utility’s carbon emissions per megawatt hour have increased by 543%.

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