Happy Pride, Loves! Clean Air WNY has always believed in queer and trans liberation, and believes that under white supremacy, our personal identity informs our personal politics. It's not enough to fight for equality, we must fight to change the nature of the system we live under, so we govern it.

Very good documentary by PBS Terra on the environmental justice concerns about AI data centers and the failures of state and federal regulatory agencies to hold tech billionaires like Elon Musk accountable, featuring @floodlightnews.org

As electricity bills rise and energy-hungry AI data centers multiply, Marjorie Kelly and @thomasmhanna.bsky.social report that Arizona residents are finding a way to intervene directly: organizing for democratic control of their local electric utility.

March with us on Sunday June 7 at the Buffalo Pride Parade! Please register to help us plan. actionnetwork.org/events/buffa... We will be protesting the tech sector build out of data centers and highlighting how tech billionaires are promoting transphobia and fascism all across the US and globally.

Western New York - contact your representatives in Albany TODAY and urge them to support S9144A/A10141A, the statewide 3-year moratorium on data centers! Our reps have one week from today to pass this bill. Find your rep's contact info at elections.ny.gov/new-york-sta... @fwwnewyork.bsky.social

GHG emissions come from high PM2.5 sources - when the Governor weakened the NY Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, she weakened air pollution standards and required regulations that protect our communities. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...

Good thread on the challenges and the need for more social events within progressive organizing. One of our core values is "Appreciation, Recognition and Celebration"; we believe events to build relationships is crucial for trust building. Join our membership team! www.cacwny.org/get-involved...

AI union busting cmon!!!!

Check out the recording of our data center campaign launch meeting last Wednesday May 20, and the list of current actions we are asking folks to take right now to regulate this industrial sector and to fight for renewable energy uses at the old Tonawanda Coke site! www.cacwny.org/campaigns/ri...

Via @7news-wkbw.bsky.social www.wkbw.com/news/local-n...

We had about 140 people join us for our meeting last night to kick off our new data center campaign! Thanks everyone who joined us - we will be posting a recording next week, and will follow-up by email with folks on next steps. act.foodandwaterwatch.org/page/94278/-/1

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers

Tonight Wednesday May 20 - join us at 5:30pm for our new campaign launch!

We have over 100 people registered for our Erie-Niagara Data Centers campaign launch! Join us tomorrow May 20 at 5:30pm either in-person at Trinity Church in downtown Buffalo, or on Zoom, by registering at this link. actionnetwork.org/events/clean...

I highly recommend reading this piece. "Will this fossil fuel fascism, that billionaire-backed campaign to crush a green transition by any means necessary, hold back the tide of clean energy autonomy? It cannot be ruled out."

NEW: Solar plus batteries cheaper than gas. “A new report finds that 24/7 ‘firm’ clean energy is cheaper than coal & gas in many parts of the world. The Iran War may catalyze faster adoption.” It’s just really dumb not to lean in on renewables. Unless your personal profit requires oil dependency…

Join us tomorrow May 16 from 11am-2pm at the Buffalo Central Library for No New Jail's participatory budgeting Town Hall! We'll be leading a break out session on Erie County's budget for Environment and Planning. Register to help us plan - bit.ly/NNJBudgetTow...

In the year 536 AD a massive volcanic eruption caused major climate change, forcing rats to cluster in human environments and leading to the first recorded epidemic of bubonic plague

“Mr. Chairman, I request unanimous consent to enter in the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of: It’s a battery. China’s figured it out." trib.al/CtYWMBJ

Comments on this Public Service Commission case are due TODAY - please make sure to use our letter campaign by 5pm EST!

We're on the bus to Albany, picking up friends in Rochester and Syracuse, to fight to pass the New York State Data Center Moratorium- send a letter today urging our lawmakers to prioritize passing this bill! @foodandwater.bsky.social @agreeny.bsky.social act.foodandwaterwatch.org/page/94278/-/1

NEW: i took a look at a chevron power plant designed to power a data center that is asking for a school district tax break in texas — the plant's probable client is microsoft, which made a series of promises around tax breaks in january my dive into tax breaks for data center power:

When they talk about "solutions," they're really talking about dangerous deregulation.

Send a letter by the end of the day THIS WEDNESDAY!

Sign up for our bus this Wednesday!

Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off

would be a mistake to think of this and the other Memphis-related news item as completely separate stories

Should be us. This is the price of the corrupt Trump administration decision to cede this entire industry to the Chinese, just for added gasoline sales for his big fossil fuel donors. Corruption has a cost. American industries will pay.

Be sure to send a letter to the NYS Public Service Commission by May 13 urging sensible requirements for renewable energy generation for the proposed "bring your own power" policy for data centers! actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...

A tidal wave of data centers is headed to NYS, promising higher electricity prices, more air, water, & noise pollution, and very few jobs - and we are not prepared. We need to press pause by passing my moratorium bill w/@amannakelles.bsky.social and Sen. Gonzalez. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/05...

"As lives are destroyed through war and people everywhere fear rising bills, it’s galling to see oil giants like Shell raking in obscene amounts of money."

Free newsletter: Microsoft, Amazon and Google's $2 Trillion in AI investments are almost entirely circular, with OpenAI and Anthropic making up 75%+ of AI revenues and $748bn in revenue backlogs. The majority of AI demand is hyperscalers feeding themselves money. www.wheresyoured.at/am-i-meant-t...

Join us in Albany on Wednesday May 13! Sign up using this form and select "Buffalo" from the list of buses. www.mobilize.us/fww/event/93...

Fuel Prices Have Spiked More in ‘Energy Independent’ US Than in Nations That Have Moved Away From Oil and Gas "The only real energy independence from the Middle East is renewables," said one policy expert.

Erie County wants to hear from you! Through Envision Erie, we want to hear from our residents about what matters most to you and how we can best serve our community. Your responses will help guide County priorities, investments, and future planning. Take the Survey: www4.erie.gov/form/envisio...

Always nice to start the day with some good news 🫠 #EGU26

Rolling back the CLCPA will not save New Yorkers money - in fact, it will make New Yorkers poorer, and sacrifice our air quality and our livable climate in the process, and it risks starting a domino effect of climate retreat across the country. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Good news for our wallets and our lungs! 🔋🌬️ A new study confirms that wind and solar are far better investments for the climate than experimental carbon capture. We already have the tools we need to protect our kids. Let’s use them! #CleanEnergy #ClimateHope www.miragenews.com/renewable-en...

Coverage in the Niagara Gazette of our press event on Friday calling for the passage of the statewide moratorium on data centers - send a letter today using @foodandwater.bsky.social's email tool! act.foodandwaterwatch.org/page/94278/-/1 www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_n...

Happy May Day! We rallied this morning for the proposed NY statewide data center moratorium. Check out the video below, and visit our linktree in our bio or our homepage cacwny.org to take action now! #maydaystrong www.instagram.com/reel/DXzJ9mm...

Data Centers in NY should generate their own power with renewables, and at their own dime - send a letter today to the Public Service Commission urging quick action to adopt this commonsense regulatory reform! actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...

Union members in many states and cities are holding pension boards accountable and advocating for investments that insure worker protections, climate resiliency, and decent retirement benefits. 1/2 labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country

ICYMI - we have a bunch of actions you can take TODAY regarding the proposed data center at the former Tonawanda Coke site as well as generally across all of NYS, and big plans on the horizon! www.cacwny.org/2026/04/shar...

Ryan Madden, Indigenous Solidarity Director at the environmental coalition NY Renews, said his group views data centers as antithetical to stopping climate change because they demand so much electric power. investigativepost.org/2026/04/29/l...

Today is Workers' Memorial Day. Our friends in labor will hold a memorial at the Worker's Memorial tonight at 6pm at Chestnut Ridge Park, 6121 Chestnut Ridge Road, Orchard Park, NY. @wnycosh.bsky.social will also be livestreaming the event at facebook.com/wnycosh

Our Annual Dinner is this Thursday 4/30 - tickets still available. Come break bread with fellow members, celebrate the work of this past year, and chat about the wins to come in the next year! secure.givelively.org/event/clean-...

From Ohio to the rest of the nation—plastic burning plants are expanding. They're permitted to emit toxins that can harm our kids' hearts and lungs. We need real recycling, not national 🔥 incineration. #StopTheExpansion #CleanAir #BeyondPetrochemicals www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/04/24/o...