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Ohioans log concerns about NDAs, unregulated chemicals in water and air pollution at data center hearing. @nckevns@OhioCapJournal: https://t.co/SpbB0glr9p
Resonating: anger over state's lack of due diligence to protect public from resource-hungry, polluting centers.
@ohiogop
More communities nationwide pass moratoriums on data centers.
Study: 70% of Americans oppose AI data centers-- 53% who said they don't want to live near a nuclear power plant. Robbie Sequeria @stateline_news: https://t.co/dgAcFjjEWq
@willisb_jr@RepGlassburn @RepAdamHolmes
Artificial Intelligence is built on the creative work of millions of writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary people. That work has been stolen by Big Tech oligarchs.
Now's the time to reclaim it and ensure AI works for ALL, not just the few.
Covering Climate Now initiative finds 80 to 90% of global public understand threat of climate breakdown and want governments to act. @fionaharvey@guardian: https://t.co/V0JWCZrSsZ
Big Oil and @ooga_hq must shift, like the rest of the world, to renewables.
@ohiogop@OHDems
The rapid growth of AI data centers is raising public health concerns in Virginia, where most facilities rely on diesel backup generators that release soot and other harmful pollutants linked to serious health risks like respiratory illness and heart disease. https://t.co/9BhdAjgFSg
NEW: Ohio residents testified for hours in front of a panel of lawmakers, arguing that the state either needs a data center moratorium or steep regulations.
@WEWS@WCPO@OhioCapJournal
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Select Data Center Committee hears public opinion today at noon in Columbus. Watch it live: https://t.co/mvYqI2iLEy
Code for claims energy won't pull from the grid: a fracked gas plant onsite-- w/ gas likely fracked from Ohio public lands.
@MorganTrau@jake_zuckerman@nckevns
Even without $7,500 federal rebate, EVs are cheaper, climate-friendly compared to gas-powered cars.
@jeffbradynews@NPR: https://t.co/c0SiaLtDbw
@SaveOhioParks: EV added sensors keep aging drivers safe w/ nighttime visibility, mobility or reflex aids.
@AARPOhio@AAA_Travel@GM
.@WMO forecasts Arctic warming nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.66 degrees Celsius) between now and 2030.
A hotter globe from burning coal, oil & gas means more extreme weather including floods, droughts and heat waves. @borenbears@AP:https://t.co/QhoDhXQeTh
@SenBrianChavez
📣Testimony needed on #Ohio data centers!
The Select Committee on Data Centers will accept all types of public testimony this coming Monday 6/1/25 at 12 pm at the Statehouse (Senate Finance Hearing Room)
⏰ Testimony must be uploaded here by 12:00 pm on SUNDAY 5/31 (24 hours before the hearing): https://t.co/I0C85APjjA
Template: https://t.co/HYCtX5AzVW
Speak out now. Tell the Ohio Data Center committee in Columbus your thoughts on data center development.
It's the ONLY date scheduled to hear from us.
Upload comments by noon Sunday to testify in person: https://t.co/wApUfgrDd2
@IndivCentralOH@ConserveOhio_@ColsFreePress
$33 B Piketon @SoftBank data center is really a 1,000 acre complex of more than 12 data centers spread across Pike County, touching farmland, wetlands, stream corridors. @JayHSalley Fallout Files substack: https://t.co/j1VF4dCL7h
@FoEJapan_en@DispatchAlerts@DUANELOCAL12
Gray whales starve and die en masse, their food dwindling due to warming oceans and melting sea ice.
@NOAAFisheries scientists operate in climate of fear: afraid to speak and risk more Trump cuts.
@BlaineHarden@InsideClimate: https://t.co/wcNRRe2keg
Save the Whales.
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The #GreatOhioClimateMarch has ended, but community action from it begins.
50 citizen lobbyists met with lawmakers to talk about the need for an Ohio energy policy giving renewables parity with fossil fuel energy laws-- and stop fracking under public lands.
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