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Every step of the fracking process creates pollution – from getting fracked oil and gas out of the ground, into pipelines, and to market.

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Uncovering PA’s AI + Energy Strategy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Webinar Join PennFuture for a virtual webinar on Thursday, December 4th at 6 PM ET to uncover Pennsylvania's AI and Energy Strategy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

🤔 Why are all these fracked gas data centers coming to PA? And who is asking for these?

📅Join us on Dec. 4th for a webinar entitled, “Uncovering PA’s AI & Energy Strategy” to learn more about Team PA’s fossil fuel vision for PA’s future.

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URGENT 🚨 RGGI could be negotiated away in the PA Budget as early as Wednesday. Take Action: send a letter to your representatives now to save RGGI! #pennsylvania

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Join the next SWPA Town Hall #17 this Thursday, 7 p.m. on Zoom. Please Register tinyurl.com/3ktf352r

Freebeacon spouts dishonest fossil fuel industry propaganda

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The fossil fool fallacy "it was arson, not climate" targets audience bereft of critical thinking, unable to distinguish between what *starts* a fire & what determines magnitude & destructiveness. Google nicely summarizes my past explanations (w/ links): www.google.com/search?q=Mic...

Beaver County's Shell plastics plant falling short on promises, report says A report says the $14 billion project has yet to return even $1 billion in profit to the region.

The Shell Plastic Plant is falling short on jobs, promises and economics according to a new report by @O_R_V_I Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - BCMAC www.timesonline.com/...

Inflation and high energy costs are hitting Americans’ wallets hard.

I was at CCAC’s North Campus today to tour the solar panel array that’s saving them money and to learn more about their Electric Vehicle apprenticeship program.

Ask DEP to Deny the Homer City Air Permit Take action now to tell the PA DEP to deny the air permit for the massive Homer City fracked gas plant which could power a massive data center. This project would threaten the health of surrounding co...

Tell the PA Department of Environmental Protection to DENY the Homer City fracked gas plant air permit!

This will be one of the largest fracked gas plants in the country and it will power an energy-sucking data center.

Take action by Sept. 29th: secure.everyaction.com/DztxH0ymAUW5...

Beloved data- & science-oriented minds of CMU: please help solve the data center energy problem for climate & public health. VA's analysis calculated that the state's energy demand will TRIPLE if all proposed data centers are all built. Please challenge Fracked Gas Data Centers & center renewables.

‘Global Glacier Casualty List’ honors ice giants that are melting away » Yale Climate Connections The website marks the loss of glaciers to global warming.

When a glacier melts, a piece of history, water, and folklore disappears. The Global Glacier Casualty List asks us to remember – and to act.

Watch hearing panelists try to figure out if corporate data centers will or will not be carbon free.
#datacenters #amazon #fracking #PA #climate #pollution #CommUnitySolutions

Sign the Letter to the DEP re: Data Centers July XX, 2025 The Honorable Jessica Shirley Secretary PA Department of Environmental Protection 400 Market Street 16th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063 Dear Secretary Shirley, The Shapiro administr...

SIGN-ON: Urge PA DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley to ensure that the public will be informed and engaged as data centers are proposed for PA.
Individuals and organizations are invited to sign. Deadline Monday 7/28 5pm
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The Climate Reality Project - Ohio River Valley Regional Organizer The Climate Reality Project was founded by former US Vice President Al Gore with a mission to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector o...

Climate Reality Project is HIRING! Ohio River Valley Regional Organizer. Info here: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

Webinar Tonight 7pm Eastern: LNG Trains are baaaack on the table. Climate & public risk disaster for SWPA. Good news: we can make public comments thru 8/4. Learn more tonight! delawareriverkeeper.org/webinar-on-t...

Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.

Energy dominance" through fossil fuels is a false promise. True energy security and economic stability come from investing in renewable energy, resilient infrastructure and healthy communities. #EnergySummit apnews.com/article/epa-...

Check out PennFuture’s new municipal guidebook for solar siting!

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Pittsburgh Rally in Solidarity for the Environment this Saturday! 9am City-County, 10a Peaceful March through the City; 10:45am live music at the Riverfront. RSVP: pittsburghenvironmentday.eventbrite.com

Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It The case for rail electrification is clear in the benefits to the economy, public health, and environment.

Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/r...

Upper Burrell Data Center | Protect PT Data centers are energy intensive facilities that contain a large network of computer servers that store, manage, back up, and recover data. In January of 2025, Protect PT learned about a proposed da...

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Site of former Springdale power plant to be sold to data center developer After a yearslong saga that resulted in the implosion of two towering smokestacks and the two-part demolition of a massive boiler house at the former Cheswick Generating Station, the property owner sa...

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Largest natural gas power plant in the country, data center coming to former Homer City coal plant The 3,200-acre data center campus for artificial intelligence and other computing needs will be built on site of the former coal-fired plant.

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Wednesday 6/11, 7pm - Data Centers mean massive energy consumption. Terrible for climate & our health if they're powered by fossil fuels. Join us! secure.everyaction.com/GDcIGj3yUES9...

Data Centers = massive energy consumption = climate emissions & health harms from fracking if they're powered by gas. Join us Wed 6/11 7pm
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GOOD NEWS! HB 501 PRESS passed out of committee! If we want to expand renewable energy in Pennsylvania, we need a strong public reaction - send a letter instantly to your Rep urging to vote YES on PRESS!

Send here:
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PennFuture's statement on regional grid operator @pjminterconnection.bsky.social's reaction to Wednesday's press conference about rising energy bills: www.pennfuture.org/News-Power-G...

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TODAY, 12pm: PA's Climate Action Plan Virtual Workshop: Community Conversation events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/04710a...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Air Quality Town Hall #15 - Are Elected Officials Abandoning Us?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. We live in one of the worst 1% of places in the country for air pollution-related diseases, yet Allegheny County Council members have failed to pass their Health Department's proposed fee increase, pa...

"Are Allegheny County Elected Officials Abandoning Us When it Comes to Clean Air?" May 14, 2025 • 7:00 PM • Virtual bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Black Lung Discover the leading cause of black lung disease and what NIOSH is doing to address this hazard.

The Trump administration: bringing back black lung 😡

Black lung is a deadly disease caused by inhaling coal dust, leading to severe breathing problems and death.

Cuts to NIOSH mean no more free health screenings, no dust monitoring, and fewer protections for miners.

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Times Beach mayor, toxicologist bring their expertise on contamination to Ohio, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Union Progress Marilyn Leistner, the last mayor of a Missouri town demolished after it suffered a toxic contamination more than four decades ago, will tell the story of Times Beach this week during two presentations...

Join us Wednesday! Support East Palestine survivors & learn how hazardous petrochemical train derailment put Pgh+SWPA at risk (& what we can do to prevent): www.unionprogress.com/2025/04/21/t...

Allegheny County brings on five climate plan contractors The county addressed concerns that a global consulting firm would be tasked with crafting its response to climate change by bringing on one large firm and four local contractors.

Allegheny County will launch website & survey to gather input for its Climate Action Plan. Dept of Sustainability seeks to engage the community at summer and fall events. Interested in hosting CAP-related discussions? Email: sustainability@alleghenycounty.us www.publicsource.org/climate-acti...