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Clean Air Coalition of WNY

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We build power by developing grassroots leaders to organize their communities to run and win environmental justice and public health campaigns in Erie and Niagara Counties in WNY. linktr.ee/cleanairwny

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 20h
Workers, especially outdoor workers, are harmed by Big Tech's fossil fuel infrastructure buildout: "Beyond the meager ratio of job creation to investment, we should not allow corporations to balloon our energy consumption while wildfires, superstorms and extreme heat ravage our country."
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 21h
@pkrugman.bsky.social on the political transformation underway due to AI and data centers. "Even the usual argument for pro-oligarch policies — job creation! — falls flat because hardly any jobs are being created even in the short run." Cites BLS stats on the job category including data centers.
BLS employment figures in the category that includes data centers
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 29/09/2026
The Buffalo Common Council added an amendment to the two-year data center moratorium to establish a taskforce to develop regulations, and sent the amended version of the resolution to Corporation Counsel - while this lengthens the timeline for the passage, it is still moving forward. More to come!
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 28/09/2026
Please take a moment to sign this petition to support the McKiernan's, a family in Niagara Falls a block north of the Love Canal fenceline, whose property is contaminated from industrial dumping. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ep...
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EPA to relocate the McKiernan family now
Dan and Jocelyn McKiernan have three young children and live on 99th Street in Niagara Falls, about 300 feet from Love Canal. A month ago, they thought they were putting in a pool for their kids. Inst...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
This proposition gets even sweeter if the CEO of the AI company is in bed with financial regulators and stock exchanges, and can force your financial advisor to buy his worthless AI stock with "little people's" retirement savings: fortune.com/2026/06/13/s... 25/
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You can ignore AI giants like SpaceX, but your 401(k) won't | Fortune
Nasdaq changed its rules to allow some huge companies to join its Nasdaq 100 index after just 15 trading days.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
get ye a battery power station
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Hurricanes in 2024 led to the most hours without power in the United States in 10 years - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In this week's monologue, @edzitron.com talks about how $200bn to $300bn of AI GPUs are sitting in warehouses, how hyperscalers like Microsoft are overstating their AI capacity, and why the AI data center overbuild is magntiudes worse than the Dot Com era fiber buildout.  linktr.ee/betteroffline
In this week's monologue, @edzitron.com talks about how $200bn to $300bn of AI GPUs are sitting in warehouses, how hyperscalers like Microsoft are overstating their AI capacity, and why the AI data center overbuild is magntiudes worse than the Dot Com era fiber buildout. 

https://linktr.ee/betteroffline
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies from the Trump regime in exchange for campaign donations. The deregulation and subsidies have increased both energy costs for Americans and the damage from climate change and air and water pollution.
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/09/2026
Big names in AI and Silicon Valley tech announced yesterday that they're launching a boarding academy for 16 to 22 year olds. (Would you trust the people in this scene with keeping an eye on minors?) theacademysf.com
Thrilled to announce our latest incubation: Horowitz Andreessen Academy.

Horowitz Andreessen Academy will be a two-year residential program in San Francisco for 16 to 22 year olds.

My biggest regret from my college experience is how divorced it was from the real world (both practically but also intellectually)

HAA is the opposite. Students will learn from real-world practitioners and intellectuals; including founders (Sam Altman, Brian Armstrong, Jensen Huang), investors (Elad Gil, Daniel Gross), and professors (Agnes Callard, Tyler Cowen), among hundreds of others. The Academy is the educational experience I wish I had.

In 1984, the educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom published a paper about how the average student who received one-on-one tutoring focused on mastery techniques performed better than 98% of the control group. For generations, this was viewed as unrealistic to implement even if it produced the best outcomes.
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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 21/09/2026
Under the resolution the moratorium would apply to data centers that support 20 megawatts or more of electricity use and would include facilities that support cryptocurrency mining and block chain
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As demand grows for data centers, Buffalo considers banning them for two years
Under the resolution the moratorium would apply to data centers that support 20 megawatts or more of electricity use and would include facilities that support cryptocurrency mining and block chain
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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 23/09/2026
NFSS cleanup in northern Niagara County, New York, has reached a new milestone. But more remains to be done, including remediation of the Interim Waste Containment Structure.
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Cleanup advances at Niagara County site tied to Manhattan Project
NFSS cleanup in northern Niagara County, New York, has reached a new milestone. But more remains to be done, including remediation of the Interim Waste Containment Structure.
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BTPM News @btpmnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Following the initial tariffs on steel and automobiles in March 2025, researchers at the University of Toronto launched MappingTariffs, a website that displays the impact of tariffs across Canada.
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University of Toronto researchers create map that tracks tariff impacts across Canadian cities
Following the initial tariffs on steel and automobiles in March 2025, researchers at the University of Toronto launched a website that maps and measures the impact of tariffs across Canada.
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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thread! 1/ In a Guardian article yesterday, the CEO of Climate Group, organizer of NYC Climate Week, bemoans the “climate hushing” at the event and says “this is the time to be loud…The world is standing on the edge of the abyss, and people are seeking change.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 22/09/2026
Please join us this afternoon Tuesday 9/22 at 2pm at Buffalo City Hall!
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"While the president has long enjoyed strong support in Oklahoma, some Inola residents said that has changed, especially since 60% of the proposed smelter would be owned by United Arab Emirates-backed companies." www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
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Trump-backed smelter exposes land use revolt shaping Oklahoma politics
Oklahoma's next governor will likely have to contend with growing pushback over large developments, from data centers to plants, across the state.
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 21/09/2026
Save the date! Join us on Saturday October 17 from 3-5pm at Niagara Square in Buffalo, as well as in Lockport and Williamsville earlier in the day, for the next Buffalo United Coalition-led No Kings rally! #nokings
Buffalo United Coalition flyer for No Kings on Saturday October 17. Graphic is of the Buffalo Skyline overlaid with the No Kings logo. Text reads "BUFFALO UNITED October 17, 2026, LOCKPORT: 11am-1pm, 5735 S. Transit Road 14094, WILIAMSVILLE: 1-3pm 5583 MAIN STREET 14221, NIAGARA SQUARE 3-5PM, NO KINGS - VOTE EARLY
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 21/09/2026
We are able to confirm today that any City of Buffalo residents who would like to speak at this meeting on the moratorium are invited to do so, but are asked to keep their remarks to 3 minutes - please come join us!
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 21/09/2026
We have a busy week ahead of us! First up, please join us tomorrow at Buffalo City Hall (65 Niagara Square) at 2pm for the Common Council's Community Development Committee meeting to show support for the proposed 2-year moratorium on data centers 20MW and larger in the City of Buffalo.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances. n.pr/4hC0sCu
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The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This week's comic: Anti-Smart Glasses foxtrot.com/2026/09/20/a...
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump is a world-historical villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can highlight how Trump is actively using DOJ and EPA to help AI data centers steamroll communities, and vow that a Dem majority will stop it. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that?
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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 19/09/2026
Kicking off #fightingtechnofascism with this trailer for @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s new book, #endtimesfascism @mediajustice.bsky.social @conmijente.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe7K...
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“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯
Charles,

Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development.

Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk.

This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives."

For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control.

Those safety concerns must be taken seriously.

And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm.

But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good.

The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to financethemselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined.
Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections.
It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies.
That tells us two things:
1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; &
2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk.
That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people.
These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow.
But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash.
In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power.
In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are.What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion.
When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all.
From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong.
Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from.
It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public.
When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares.
The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out.
But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny.
Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab.
Heads, they win; tails, we lose.We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It's time we hold them accountable.

Thank you for reading.

In solidarity,

Alexandria
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 19/09/2026
We are at the Borderlands Festival in East Aurora and also in Chicago today for @mediajustice.bsky.social 's Fighting Technofascism summit!
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 18/09/2026
@microsoft.com has 38 gigawatts of data center capacity planned by 2032. Just how big is 38 GW? If Microsoft was a country, this means they would have the 35th largest electrical capacity in the *world*. If that electricity isn't being generated by renewables, our planet is cooked – literally.
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Microsoft plans 38 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2032, Bloomberg News reports
Microsoft plans to build out its data-center capacity to about 38 gigawatts by 2032, more than ​triple its current footprint, Bloomberg News reported ‌on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matt...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The power and promise of artificial intelligence are no excuse for using this technology to break the law or put New Yorkers at risk. I'm urging workers with information about emerging AI development that may be violating the law to contact my office.
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Whistleblower Portal
Office of the New York State Attorney General Whistleblower Portal , Office of the New York State Attorney General Whistleblower Portal , A whistleblower is an
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 17/09/2026
www.wivb.com/news/investi...
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Historical Love Canal records disappear from state repository
Missing Love Canal reports on NYSDEC website raise questions
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 17/09/2026
Governor Hochul released the Community Investment Framework on Tuesday for data center projects. While something is better than nothing, we are dismayed that the comment period was truncated and that community groups were not involved in the development of this framework. esd.ny.gov/communityinv...
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Community Investment Framework
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you didn’t know that data centers depend on diesel generators—which are loud, toxic, prone to catastrophic accidents, allowed to run even when the grid is functioning, and were invented in 1897—well, now you do. gothamist.com/news/data-ce...
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Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands
The spill affected a tributary of the Hackensack River. Authorities say cleanup is underway.
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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 16/09/2026
The McKiernan family’s home is located just 100 yards north of Love Canal, and they are requesting that the New York DEC relocate them immediately.
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New discovery deepens fears for family living near Love Canal
The McKiernan family’s home is located just 100 yards north of Love Canal, and they are requesting that the New York DEC relocate them immediately.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 15/09/2026
Moratorium resolution has been sent to the Buffalo Common Council Community Development Committee, which meets next Tuesday at 2pm! We'll share when it's next on the main BCC meeting agenda.
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JS Tan @js-tan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're in @wired.com this morning with an excerpt from our book AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY. Check it out- this excerpts goes into how tech worker activism and class struggle within the sector was one of the key factors in pushing tech elites to Trump and the MAGA right.
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 15/09/2026
Join us today 9/15 at 2pm at Buffalo City Hall (65 Niagara Square) to show support for the proposed data center moratorium resolution! The Buffalo Common Council must first get through a full agenda, so the resolution will likely be later in the day (4pm or later.) www.wkbw.com/news/local-n...
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Buffalo councilmember proposes 2-year pause on new data centers in the city
A Buffalo councilmember wants a 2-year pause on new data centers in the city to give officials time to update city codes to help regulate the fast-growing industry
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘Tidal wave’ of #Pfas being launched to satisfy #AI industry, campaigners warn www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/09/2026
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 12/09/2026
Buffalo! Join us this coming Tuesday September 15 at the 2pm Common Council meeting at Buffalo City Hall - a two year moratorium on data centers 20MW and larger is up for consideration! Please share widely, and please attend in-person if you can. buffalony.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1318/f...
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CivicClerk events and agendas for citizens
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 11/09/2026
Please share widely and donate - Niagara Falls family affected by unaddressed Love Canal contamination need your help! www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-m...
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Donate to Help the McKiernan Family Get Into a Safe Home, organized by Jake Buckland
Dan and Jocelyn McKiernan have three young children and live on 99th Stre… Jake Buckland needs your support for Help the McKiernan Family Get Into a Safe Home
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 11/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...
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A.I. Data Center Pollution Poses Health Threat, Former E.P.A. Officials Warn
Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/09/2026
🚨 Last month was easily the hottest August on record globally. In fact, it was over 0.1°C warmer than the prior record (2023/2024)! This was estimated to be about 1.65°C warmer than a pre-industrial (1850-1900) average Summary by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in August 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. This visualization shows North and South America. Most all areas are warmer than average.Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in August 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Africa, Europe, and western Asia. Most areas are warmer than average.Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in August 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Australia, Antarctica, and Asia. Most areas are warmer than average, except for parts the Antarctic.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Data centers suck up a LOT of water. But you should also be worried about what's in that water when it is funneled back into rivers, streams, and public water systems.
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Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater
Locals are raising alarms over rare bacteria, forever chemicals, and other environmental concerns.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 09/09/2026
wind turbines gotta be one of the most beautiful industrial products ever made www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd40...
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91m Up: The View from a Giant Wind Turbine
YouTube video by Electrify This
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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 04/09/2026
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation fired an employee after he reportedly refused to follow a directive meant to control his communications with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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NY DEC staffer fired for insubordination in rift over response to Goodyear toxic pollution
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation fired an employee after he reportedly refused to follow a directive meant to control his communications with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 03/09/2026
Big Tech is becoming harder to distinguish from the weapons industry, but its workers are not moving in lockstep. @sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on the people refusing to become “cogs in the genocidal machine” and the organizing models they are building.
inthesetimes.com
AI’s Rise is Being Fueled by the Sprawling U.S. Military State
Can an increasingly precarious tech workforce be a site of antiwar resistance?
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Politico @politico.com · 27/08/2026
Western New York’s radioactive legacy spurs calls for action from Hochul
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Western New York’s radioactive legacy spurs calls for action from Hochul
Gov. Kathy Hochul has declined to make an in-person visit to residents struggling to navigate a joint state and federal investigation into radiological material buried in their backyards.
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 02/09/2026
We urge the State of NY to vehemently defend the Climate Change Superfund Act and appeal this ruling as soon as possible. NY has a responsibility to protect the residents of this state. buffalonews.com/news/state-r...
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Hochul looking at 'options of appeal' after judge throws out climate change act
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday said the state will consider challenging the decision of a federal judge who tossed the state's Climate Change Superfund Act.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
I don't want racism to exist (controversial) I don't want poverty to exist (also controversial) I don't want war to exist (somehow VERY controversial)
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Lauren Feiner @laurenfeiner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What does it look like when data centers move into town? That's what a lot of Americans are wondering these days, and this VA county gives a glimpse. My @theverge.com feature on Data Center Alley is out now, with amazing visuals by @stephenvoss.bsky.social. Gift link www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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Your future is in Virginia
If you want to know what the data center occupation looks like, there’s one place where it already arrived — 20 years ago.
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