In his newsletter, Bill McKibben examines the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a 417-page permitting bill Senate Democrats were set to debate, arguing that while its transmission build-out has value, over the fifteen crucial years ahead it would do essentially nothing on emissions, and quoting critics like David Bookbinder and EarthJustice's Abigail Dillen who say it guts environmental review to fast-track gas pipelines for data centers. He also surveys the midterms — including Will Lawrence's oil-money-defying House win and Colorado's rejection of a 'right to gas' measure — backs Emily Atkin's call to tax the more than $130 billion oil companies have made from the Iran war, and notes China pairing data centers with renewables while the US skips COP 31 in Antalya, Turkey.