Clean Air Coalition of WNY

Hello friends, both old and new! We are a Buffalo-based non-profit which organizes with multiracial fenceline neighborhoods in WNY for environmental justice and climate justice. We have a lot of work ahead of us - please support our work, and if in the area, join us! www.cacwny.org/become-a-mem...

Preventing methane leaks is in my top five climate solutions. This is very stupid.

“This declaration that they made is keeping our family in a de facto sacrifice zone, as well as not allowing our son his rights as a protected class to the state-mandated healthcare that he requires,” said Daniel McKiernan.

One week from the election! Early vote info - www.elections.erie.gov/pdfs/EARLYVO... Also pencil in 11/15 to join us for a post-election Bills game watch party to celebrate or commiserate the results of both the election and the game with other Clean Air members - actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

The rush to expand AI is driving a wave of gas-powered plants just to keep data centers running. Those new plants could make you sick.​

The AI boom is driving data center developers to secure their own energy sources instead of relying on the electric grid, often through new gas-powered plants.

There are both simple and complicated causes for the increase in energy pricing - one solution on the table is for NY to invest in building Public Power. Sign the petition today! actionnetwork.org/letters/buil... @publicpowerny.bsky.social @nyenergydem.bsky.social

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 23, 2026 ~ So it goes. "In just a year, the projections for how much temperatures will rise even if governments keep their pledges has risen by two tenths of a degree Celsius" billmckibben.substack.com/p/elections-...

Both Niagara County elections commissioners said in their time on the job there has not been a single documented or prosecuted case of voting by a non-citizen or a dead person. www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_n...

“We’ll enter into a world of which we have no experience. We’ve never lived in a world that warm,” says IPCC co-chair Dr. Debra Roberts. www.thexylom.com/post/every-d...

«Why would I deceive you», say company with very trustworthy name, history and co founders…

See our statement here and visit our site to see all the ways EPA has betrayed its mission. #POLLUTIONSPREE www.momscleanairforce.org/press-releas...

Yesterday, Trump’s EPA attempted to distract Americans from its blatant attacks on public health by releasing a list of 100 actions it says it has taken to “protect children’s health and secure America’s future.” is #momsky

Gotta drop a few thoughts on this one, because I think it touches on a big problem on data centre discourse but in a sort of accidental way. (It's an interesting listen w/ lots to agree with and obviously in done in good faith so please don't take these thoughts as a big dunk or anything)

Trouble in paradise? “Andreessen Horowitz lays off ‘majority’ of portfolio recruiting team” (AI investor/billionaire Marc Andreessen is a close ally of Peter Thiel & JD Vance) … 1/ share.google/4obaWFpbbznm...

@buffalonews.com Editorial Board: Goodyear must address damage it has caused in Niagara Falls buffalonews.com/opinion/edit...

"Last week, New Jersey fined DataOne $1.1 million for running 45 unpermitted generators. This was the largest enforcement action the state has ever taken against a data center. It’s also a rounding error for a big data firm. Rest unassured, the generators are still running"

NEW: In recent months, 200+ cities have cancelled their Flock contracts. But how much do its surveillance cameras actually cost? What about its software add-ons? Or its drone program? I FOIA'ed + researched cities across the country to find out: www.wired.com/story/how-mu...

it’s just great marketing

Brownfield remediation project proposed for 275 Swan Street, 279 Swan Street, 281 Swan Street, and 425 Chicago Street in downtown Buffalo, ie the vacant lot at the corner of Swan and Chicago. dec.ny.gov/news/environ...

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

Here's the tl;dr on Suncor v. Boulder, a major environmental case in the latest SCOTUS term:​ For decades, fossil fuel companies knew their products caused CO2 levels to spike, leading to global warming. Oil and gas executives knew this could lead catastrophic results.

Calling all industrial watchdogs in NY - check out these free training opportunities on greener chemical manufacturing practices for industries, including here in Buffalo on October 20! www.rit.edu/affiliate/ny...

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."

@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.

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!

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...

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/

get ye a battery power station

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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/...

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

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!