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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION:The Data Center Working Group\, Kairos Fellowship\, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Each session covers key skills and techniques to help groups build winning coalitions\, strategies\, and campaigns. Sessions have a progressive structure with each workshop building upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, June 9: Session Four: Leveraging Research to Follow the Money OVERVIEW. Gain tools to ask powerful research questions\, uncover connections and lobbying relationships\, and follow money trails that corporations hide to gain a strategic advantage over our communities. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nhttps://go.wethefighters.org/DataCenterTraining \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series-4/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
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SUMMARY:Limiting Harm from Diesel Generators at Data Centers: Examples and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:As data center development explodes across the U.S.\, diesel generator capacity at these facilities has nearly tripled from an estimated 20 GW to 55 GW between 2018 and 2025. Virginia alone has permitted over 10\,000 units with a combined capacity of >27 GW\, enough to power 20 million homes. Hyperscale data centers often have hundreds of diesel generators at a single site. Increasingly\, state and federal policies–including the recent order from the US Department of Energy–incentivize their use outside of unforeseen emergencies. \nIn this webinar and Q&A session\, researchers from the Better Data Center Project\, Dr. Catherine Casomar and Dr. John Bangsund\, will walk through better practices and strategies for limiting harm from diesel generators at data centers. They will outline stronger protections that local community organizers can push for and highlight specific examples of local ordinances and state legislation. There will be plenty of time for Q&A and discussion\, so bring your questions! \nREPORT: Diesel Generators at Data Centers: Status\, Impacts\, and Protective Practices \nSpeaker Bios:\nJohn Bangsund\nJohn Bangsund is an interdisciplinary research scientist focused on energy\, the environment\, and health. His experience spans multiple labs and startups\, including work on solar cells\, rapid pathogen detection\, and emissions modeling. Since 2025\, he has worked with the Better Data Center Project studying emissions from energy and backup power at data centers. He holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota. \nCatherine Casomar\nCatherine Casomar is a co-founder of the Better Data Center Project\, an organization formed by former federal workers in 2025 to provide technical assistance to communities on the front lines of data center development. She has 15 years of experience in energy and climate and a decade of work advancing equity and justice across sectors. Catherine holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. \nPhoto source: ACWA\, Flickr.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/limiting-harm-from-diesel-generators-at-data-centers-examples-and-qa/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T200000
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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION:The Data Center Working Group\, Kairos Fellowship\, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Each session covers key skills and techniques to help groups build winning coalitions\, strategies\, and campaigns. Sessions have a progressive structure with each workshop building upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, June 2: Session Three: Building Towards Statewide Coalitions OVERVIEW. We need to build the power to win meaningful policy change at the local and state level. This session will be focused on how to develop larger coalitions that can be effective and can help you build enough power to win. \nTuesday\, June 9: Session Four: Leveraging Research to Follow the Money OVERVIEW. Gain tools to ask powerful research questions\, uncover connections and lobbying relationships\, and follow money trails that corporations hide to gain a strategic advantage over our communities. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nhttps://go.wethefighters.org/DataCenterTraining \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series-5/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T180000
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SUMMARY:200 Feet Away: One Family's Unexpected Fight Against a Data Center
DESCRIPTION:What do you do when you discover a $4 billion data center has been approved 200 feet from your home? \n​Jessica Sharp\, Ohio Organizer with Wilmington Residents for Responsible Development\, thought she was entering her stay-at-home-mom era. Instead\, she found herself learning zoning laws\, uncovering secrecy and NDAs\, organizing neighbors\, working with experts\, hiring a certified planner\, responding to shifting state legislation\, gathering petition signatures\, engaging with the media\, and helping build a movement. \n​“I thought this was my stay-at-home-mom era\, until I found out about this data center in my literal backyard.” \n​Jessica closed on her home the day before zoning for a proposed 4-million-square-foot Amazon Web Services hyperscale data center campus was finalized\, without knowing it. What started as concern over one project quickly evolved into a community-wide effort involving multiple data center proposals\, legal challenges\, referendum campaigns\, and larger questions about transparency and public accountability. \n​Joining Jessica will be Quintin Koger Kidd\, a community advocate who has helped analyze the technical and policy dimensions of Wilmington’s proposed projects. Quintin has become a leading local voice on issues including tax incentives\, zoning compliance\, utility impacts\, and the long-term community impacts of large-scale development. \n​Together they’ll share the story behind Wilmington’s fight and the many unexpected turns along the way. \n​Topics we’ll explore: \n​• Discovering a proposed project after the fact\n• Challenging zoning decisions and procedural issues\n• Working with a certified planner and technical experts\n• State legislation and changing rules\n• Petition and referendum strategies\n• Transparency failures and NDAs\n• Community organizing and media strategy\n• Advice for people just beginning their own fight
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/200-feet-away-one-familys-unexpected-fight-against-a-data-center/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T140000
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SUMMARY:Energy x Data Centers: Why Ratepayer Protections Are Not Enough
DESCRIPTION:Organized by AI Now Institute and the Data Center Working Group. \nThe hour long workshop will review the strongest possible interventions to protect our energy grid and ratepayers from the data center buildout—and explain why it’s not enough for the data center industry to “pay its fair share” for electricity or pursue “clean data centers.” The session will include: \n\nExpert analysis from Jean Su\, Energy Justice Program Director and Senior Attorney the Center for Biological Diversity\, on how data center expansion and corporate power are threatening our energy grid\, climate futures\, and everyday ratepayers\nLocal\, state\, and federal policy interventions to protect grid stability\, accelerate use of renewables (without expanding the data center buildout)\, and protect everyday people and localities from fossil fuel expansion\nAn organizer panel with:\n\nKD Minor\, Community Solutions Manager at the Alliance for Affordable Energy\, who will demystify industry tactics to fast-track energy permitting of data centers and share organizing and policy tips to engage with utility commissions\, in Louisiana and beyond.\nDeeDee Belmares\, Co-Founder of Texas Data Center Rebellion and Clean Energy Advocate with Public Citizen\, who will break down clean energy myths and showcase how Texas organizers are simultaneously fighting the data center and fossil fuel industries.\nMarissa Paslick Gillett\, Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project\, who will share ratepayer protection and utility accountability strategies from her previous experience as the Chairman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.\n\n\n\nApril 22 – June 24\, 2026 | Wednesdays\, 10-11 am PT / 1-2 PM ET \nThis is an 8-part North Star Data Center Policy in Practice training series lays out affirmative\, enforceable policy pathways at the local\, state\, and federal levels to stop\, slow and restrict the rapid expansion of AI data centers across the US. \nCo-hosted with the Data Center Working Group\, each session dives deep into specific policy areas from the North Data Center Policy toolkit\, featuring expert-led analysis and real-world strategies from local and state organizers. The series will cover bans and moratoriums to zoning\, water\, energy\, transparency\, air quality\, and beyond. \nTraining Sessions: \n\nApril 22 — The AI Industry\, Data Center Buildout\, and How to Take Power Back\nApril 29 — Bans\, Moratoriums\, Zoning: How to Stop or Limit Data Center Development\nMay 6 — Protecting Our Water Resources\, Air Quality\, and Public Health from the Data Center Buildout\n*May 21— Hyperscale Data Centers and CBAs: Myths\, Facts\, and What We Do About It\n\n*This session will be on Thursday 12-1 pm ET\n\n\n\n\nMay 27 — Energy x Data Centers: Why Ratepayer Protections Are Not Enough\nJune 3 — Repealing Tax Incentives\, Banning NDAs\, and Myth-busting Economy & Jobs Claims\nJune 10 — Mapping the Data Center Industry: Who Benefits\, Who Calls the Shots\, and What to Do About It\nJune 24 — The Intersections of Big Tech’s Nuclear Buildout and Data Center Expansion
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/energy-x-data-centers-why-ratepayer-protections-are-not-enough/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T140000
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SUMMARY:Protecting Our Water\, Air Quality\, and Public Health from the Data Center Buildout
DESCRIPTION:Organized by AI Now Institute and the Data Center Working Group. \nThe hour long workshop will review the strongest possible local (and some state) policy interventions to  protect water\, air\, and public health from the data center buildout—and explore how to use these protections to stop or slow data center development. The session will include: \n\nA quick overview of data center impacts to water\, air\, and public health\nLocal (and state) policy options to protect water\, air quality\, noise\, and public health from data center expansion (from banning diesel generators to water ordinances)\, including creative ways to use water and air protections to stop data center buildout when explicit bans aren’t an option\nAn organizer and advocate panel with:\n\nAndrea Pierce\, Deputy Director of Programming\, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and Amber Fellows\, Ypsilanti City Council will talk through Ypsilanti’s recent win—a moratorium on water use for data centers—and how this fits into the community’s broader organizing.\nKeShaun Pearson\, Executive Director\, Memphis Community Against Pollution will share the impacts of Elon Musk’s xAI data center buildout on community\, air quality\, and public health in Boxtown—and how people are pushing back with organizing\, legal\, and policy strategies.\nAmy Adams\, Deputy Director\, Southeast Climate and Energy Network will dive deep into water regulations and share local and statewide strategies from North Carolina.\n\n\n\n  \nApril 22 – June 24\, 2026 | Wednesdays\, 10-11 am PT / 1-2 PM ET \nThis is an 8-part North Star Data Center Policy in Practice training series lays out affirmative\, enforceable policy pathways at the local\, state\, and federal levels to stop\, slow and restrict the rapid expansion of AI data centers across the US. \nCo-hosted with the Data Center Working Group\, each session dives deep into specific policy areas from the North Data Center Policy toolkit\, featuring expert-led analysis and real-world strategies from local and state organizers. The series will cover bans and moratoriums to zoning\, water\, energy\, transparency\, air quality\, and beyond. \nTraining Sessions \n\nMay 6 — Protecting Our Water Resources\, Air Quality\, and Public Health from the Data Center Buildout\n*May 21— Hyperscale Data Centers and CBAs: Myths\, Facts\, and What We Do About It\n\n*This session will be on Thursday 12-1 pm ET\n\n\nMay 27 — Energy x Data Centers: Why Ratepayer Protections Are Not Enough\nJune 3 — Repealing Tax Incentives\, Banning NDAs\, and Myth-busting Economy & Jobs Claims\nJune 10 — Mapping the Data Center Industry: Who Benefits\, Who Calls the Shots\, and What to Do About It\nJune 24 — The Intersections of Big Tech’s Nuclear Buildout and Data Center Expansion
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/protecting-our-water-air-quality-and-public-health-from-the-data-center-buildout/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T190000
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CREATED:20260504T144011Z
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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION:The Data Center Working Group\, Kairos Fellowship\, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Each session covers key skills and techniques to help groups build winning coalitions\, strategies\, and campaigns. Sessions have a progressive structure with each workshop building upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, May 19: Session One: Building Winning Campaigns OVERVIEW. Learn how to develop strategic campaigns that can win meaningful change. This session will focus on how to move from problems to demands and winnable issues; how to identify the decision-makers; and how to build a concrete plan to win. \nTuesday\, May 26: Session Two: Power Analysis & Strategy Development OVERVIEW. The fight against data centers can feel lopsided and discouraging. Learn how to map the power held by different groups and develop a strategy to wield our collective power and tip the balance back to our communities. \nTuesday\, June 2: Session Three: Building Towards Statewide Coalitions OVERVIEW. We need to build the power to win meaningful policy change at the local and state level. This session will be focused on how to develop larger coalitions that can be effective and can help you build enough power to win. \nTuesday\, June 9: Session Four: Leveraging Research to Follow the Money OVERVIEW. Gain tools to ask powerful research questions\, uncover connections and lobbying relationships\, and follow money trails that corporations hide to gain a strategic advantage over our communities. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T200000
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CREATED:20260422T172259Z
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SUMMARY:Data Center Tax Abatements: Why States and Localities Must Disclose These Soaring Revenue Losses presented by Good Jobs First
DESCRIPTION:Across the U.S.\, data centers are expanding at a rapid pace\, but the public cost of that growth is often hidden. \nMany states and local governments are giving away massive tax breaks to data center developers\, resulting in billions of dollars in lost public revenue. In fact\, new research shows that at least 14 states and many localities aren’t even reporting these losses\, despite accounting rules requiring them to do so. \nIn this webinar\, Anthony Elmo will walk through findings from Good Jobs First’s latest report\, Data Center Tax Abatements: Why States and Localities Must Disclose These Soaring Revenue Losses. Together\, we’ll unpack how these tax abatements work\, why so many are kept out of public view\, and what it means for communities\, public budgets\, and essential services like schools and infrastructure. \nSpeaker Bio:  \nAnthony Elmo joined Good Jobs First in 2025 with experience as a communications and political strategist who has spent his career helping working people and educators make their voices heard. As Communications and Political Director for UFCW Local 1000 and a lead strategist with Texas AFT\, Anthony has driven campaigns that bring together educators\, families\, and labor allies to fight for fair pay\, stronger public schools\, and accountable government. \nAt Texas AFT\, he shaped messaging\, digital outreach\, and legislative communications\, helping the union build power at the Capitol and in communities across Texas. His work has mobilized thousands of members\, expanded voter engagement\, and helped defeat anti-labor legislation. \nBefore his work in education and labor advocacy\, Anthony served as a field director for Obama for America\, leading voter registration and grassroots programs in several states. He holds both a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree in International Politics and International Service from American University\, graduating summa cum laude.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/data-center-tax-abatements-why-states-and-localities-must-disclose-these-soaring-revenue-losses-presented-by-good-jobs-first/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T200000
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SUMMARY:From Understanding to Action: Organizing in the Age of AI & Data Centers
DESCRIPTION:Whether or not you joined us for Part 1\, you’re welcome here. \nIn our first session\, we explored how generative AI\, data centers\, extraction\, energy systems\, and impacts on land and communities are all deeply connected. If you missed it\, you can catch up with the recording here: #Connecting the Dots: Data Centers\, Generative AI\, and the Tools to Fight Back presented by Honor the Earth \nNow\, we’re turning toward action. \nThis second session builds on that foundation by asking: How can we incorporate these concepts into the work we are already doing? \nJoin Honor the Earth for a deeper\, more grounded conversation focused on what it looks like to apply this understanding in real-world organizing. Together\, we’ll explore how these interconnected systems show up locally and how communities can respond in ways that are rooted in sovereignty\, relationship\, and collective power. \nNOTE: To create a space where people can speak openly\, we ask that participants do not use AI notetakers and use recording bots during this webinar. Thanks for helping us keep this a more comfortable and respectful environment for everyone. \nSpeaker Bio: \nKrystal Two Bulls  is an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne grassroots organizer with experience on the frontlines doing campaign development and management around social\, racial and environmental justice. Krystal’s identity as a Native American veteran is central to her organizing and storytelling. At the heart of Krystal’s work is Sovereignty\, LANDBACK\, cross movement relationship building and a deep commitment to her People. In healing from her experience as a veteran\, Krystal has dedicated herself to embodying what she views as the essential quality of a warrior: a commitment to the well-being of not only her People and their relationship to the land\, but that of all Peoples. \nAshley LaMont is an enrolled member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (Horse/Deer Clan & Big Jim Band) and comes from the Oglala and Sicangu (shee-CHANG-goo) Lakota nations\, with Delaware\, Dakota\, and Northern Cheyenne ancestry. She is the National Campaigns Director of the Department of Sovereignty & Self-Determination at Honor the Earth\, overseeing campaigns on Turtle Island that are focused on land back and sovereignty for tribal nations and communities. Ashley’s background includes grassroots organizing against extraction in a Red State\, an academic background in the history and philosophy of science\, technology\, and medicine\, and as a statewide nominee for the office of Oklahoma Corporation Commission\, Oklahoma’s regulatory agency overseeing oil\, gas\, and transportation. \nHonor The Earth website: www.honorearth.org \nhttps://www.honorearth.org/nodatacenters \nFind Honor The Earth on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stopdatacolonialism/
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/from-understanding-to-action-organizing-in-the-age-of-ai-data-centers/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T193000
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SUMMARY:Questions\, Constitutional Rights\, and Ordinances - a Three-Topic Webinar for Taking On Pennsylvania Data Centers
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will be 1.5 hours covering 3 different topics covered by speakers from Delaware Riverkeeper Network\, Green Amendments For The Generations\, and Food & Water Watch. The topics for this webinar include: \n\nWhat Questions Should You Ask – Data Center applications are constantly lacking important details about the project\, details key to communities and officials making informed decisions. Anneke van Rossum\, Advocacy and Policy Coordinator at Delaware Riverkeeper Network will lead this portion going over the types of questions you should be asking\nPennsylvania’s Constitutional Right – In PA\, you have a constitutional right to clean air\, pure water\, a healthy environment\, and the preservation of our natural resources for current and future generations\, the Green Amendment. Maya K. van Rossum\, Founder of Green Amendments For The Generations\, will take you through what the Green Amendment is and how you can use it in your data center advocacy.\nOrdinances – More and more we are hearing proposals for ordinances to be adopted by townships to handle the onslaught of data center proposals. Ginny Marcille-Kerslake\, Senior Organizer at Food & Water Watch\, will lead you through their model ordinance and talk about why they can be important in protecting against harmful data center proposals.\n\nEach topic will be discussed for approximately 20 minutes\, with time for Q&A at the end.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/questions-constitutional-rights-and-ordinances-a-three-topic-webinar-for-taking-on-pennsylvania-data-centers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T143000
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SUMMARY:The Data Center Frontier: AI Infrastructure & Resistance
DESCRIPTION:This free virtual roundtable brings together Indigenous land defenders\, scholar-activists\, and grassroots organizers to examine how the rapid expansion of AI and cloud infrastructure is driving new waves of fossil fuel dependence\, mineral extraction\, land dispossession\, and environmental injustice. Far from the immaterial “cloud” promised by Silicon Valley\, data centers are vast\, resource-intensive industrial facilities whose growth is reshaping landscapes\, energy systems\, and political struggles across North America. \nDrawing lessons from Indigenous-led fights against pipelines\, mining projects\, and other forms of extractive infrastructure—as well as successful campaigns to block data centers—speakers will share insights from the frontlines of the data center frontier\, and explore how movements across sites and issues can build durable solidarities in the face of a rapidly expanding digital-industrial regime.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/the-data-center-frontier-ai-infrastructure-resistance/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T193000
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SUMMARY:The PA Green Amendment: How it Impacts Local Government\, State Government & Regulatory Agencies
DESCRIPTION:Join Green Amendments For The Generations\, Delaware Riverkeeper Network & Earth Justice for an in-depth webinar all about the Pennsylvania Green Amendment\, including its history\, language\, and applications at the state and local government levels. Experts will speak specifically to Green Amendment obligations and opportunities for municipal government officials\, state regulatory agencies\, and state legislators\, followed by a Question and Answer session. Resources will be made available during and after the webinar. \nExpert speakers include:\nMaya K. van Rossum\, Founder and Leader of the National Green Amendment Movement \nKacy Manahan\, Senior Attorney for Green Amendments For The Generations & Delaware Riverkeeper Network \nDevin McDougall\, Supervising Senior Attorney\, Clean Energy Program\, Earthjustice \nDevon Guyer\, Staff Attorney for Green Amendments For The Generations & Delaware Riverkeeper Network
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/the-pa-green-amendment-how-it-impacts-local-government-state-government-regulatory-agencies/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20260407T215733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T215733Z
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SUMMARY:Connecting the Dots: Data Centers\, Generative AI\, and the Tools to fight back
DESCRIPTION:​Join Honor the Earth in a conversation about the AI Infrastructure\, including generative AIi\, hyper scale data centers\, critical minerals mining\, nuclear expansion & surveillance and their impacts. Additionally\, learn about the necessary tools to fight back! \n​Krystal is an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne grassroots organizer with experience on the frontlines doing campaign development and management around social\, racial and environmental justice. Krystal’s identity as a Native American veteran is central to her organizing and storytelling. At the heart of Krystal’s work is Sovereignty\, LANDBACK\, cross movement relationship building and a deep commitment to her People. In healing from her experience as a veteran\, Krystal has dedicated herself to embodying what she views as the essential quality of a warrior: a commitment to the well-being of not only her People and their relationship to the land\, but that of all Peoples.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/connecting-the-dots-data-centers-generative-ai-and-the-tools-to-fight-back-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T120000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20260318T213911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T173321Z
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SUMMARY:The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers by Food & Water Watch
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, communities are experiencing a rapid expansion of data centers. While these projects are often framed as economic development\, they come with significant environmental and economic consequences\, from rising electricity demand and water consumption to tax incentives and local infrastructure impacts. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, Ben Murray\, an economist and Senior Researcher at Food & Water Watch\, will explain the economic and environmental dynamics behind data center development. Drawing on his research into energy and water use\, Ben will walk through what data centers are\, why they require so much power and water\, where those resources come from\, and what the broader economic implications are for communities. \n\n\n\nBen will also discuss how communities are responding to data center proposals and what strategies can be used to challenge or stop projects that threaten local resources.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/the-economic-and-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-by-food-water-watch/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20260401T221508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T221508Z
UID:10000123-1774962000-1774965600@halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Diesel Generators at Data Centers: Status\, Impacts\, and Protective Practices
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, data centers rely on large fleets of diesel generators to provide backup power during outages and testing. While often overlooked in discussions of digital infrastructure\, these generators can be a significant source of air pollution\, contributing to local health risks and environmental harm. \nIn this webinar\, researchers from the Better Data Center Project\, Dr. Catherine Casomar and Dr. John Bangsund\, will walk through their new report: Diesel Generators at Data Centers: Status\, Impacts\, and Protective Practices\nhttps://betterdatacenterproject.com/resources/diesel-generator-report \nThey will explore how diesel generators are deployed at data centers\, what emissions they produce\, how often they are used\, and what regulatory gaps exist. Drawing on recent research and real-world examples\, speakers will also share protective practices and strategies communities can use to better understand\, monitor\, and advocate for stronger oversight. \nParticipants will leave with a clearer understanding of how backup power systems operate\, the risks they pose\, and what tools can help communities hold data centers accountable. \nSpeaker Bios: \nJohn Bangsund\nJohn Bangsund is an interdisciplinary research scientist focused on energy\, the environment\, and health. His experience spans multiple labs and startups\, including work on solar cells\, rapid pathogen detection\, and emissions modeling. Since 2025\, he has worked with the Better Data Center Project studying emissions from energy and backup power at data centers. He holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota. \nCatherine Casomar\nCatherine Casomar is a co-founder of the Better Data Center Project\, an organization formed by former federal workers in 2025 to provide technical assistance to communities on the front lines of data center development. She has 15 years of experience in energy and climate and a decade of work advancing equity and justice across sectors. Catherine holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/diesel-generators-at-data-centers-status-impacts-and-protective-practices/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20260325T155215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T155025Z
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SUMMARY:The Economics of Data Center Tax Incentives: Who Really Benefits?
DESCRIPTION:Communities across the country are being asked to offer massive tax breaks and subsidies to attract data centers. But do these deals actually benefit local communities or are cities and states leaving money on the table? \n\n\nJoin us for a conversation with Nathan Jensen\, Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin\, whose research focuses on economic development policy\, tax incentives\, and business-government relations. Jensen is the co-author of the book Incentives to Pander\, which examines why governments often overuse subsidies and tax incentives when competing for corporate investment. \n\n\nIn this webinar\, Nathan will break down the economics and politics behind tax incentives\, explain why local governments frequently offer such large subsidies\, and explore whether communities actually see the promised economic benefits. Drawing on research and real-world examples\, including recent data center deals\, he will help participants understand how incentive packages work\, why transparency matters\, and what communities can do to demand accountability. \n\n\nNathan Jensen received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has previously held faculty positions at George Washington University and Washington University in St. Louis. His research examines government economic development strategies\, state and local incentives\, and the complex relationship between businesses and public policy. He is also\, by his own admission\, a proud owner of one share of the Green Bay Packers.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/the-economics-of-data-center-tax-incentives-who-really-benefits/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Elissa Yoder":MAILTO:elissa@halttheharm.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20251119T195959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T195959Z
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SUMMARY:Shale and Public Health Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:(Tickets\, Schedule\, and Location TBD) \n​The 2026 Shale and Public Health Conference brings together healthcare professionals\, researchers\, and advocates to examine the intersection of shale gas development and public health impacts. \n​The conference features presentations\, sessions\, and discussions focused on understanding health risks\, environmental concerns\, and policy implications related to shale extraction activities.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/shale-and-public-health-conference-2026/
CATEGORIES:Networking Session,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20260109T185118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T171917Z
UID:10000072-1768435200-1768482000@halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Hidden in Plain Sight: Public Health Risks from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure and Data Center Expansion
DESCRIPTION:Data centers and cryptocurrency mining are driving new fossil fuel expansion across the U.S.\, often with serious\, under-recognized public health consequences. In this webinar\, researchers from Boston University present findings on health risks tied to fossil fuel infrastructure and data center expansion\, and discuss what communities\, advocates\, and policymakers need to know. \n\n\n\nAs data centers rapidly expand across the United States\, its physical impacts are becoming harder to ignore. Data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities require massive amounts of energy\, often supplied by fossil fuel infrastructure that exposes nearby communities to increased health risks. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, researchers from Boston University present two complementary studies examining these impacts. One maps how nearly 47 million Americans live near fossil fuel infrastructure associated with elevated health risks. The other examines cryptocurrency mining as a “digital oil boom\,” revealing how an emerging tech industry reproduces\, and intensifies traditional pollution and health harms. \n\n\n\nTogether\, these talks explore how health risks are distributed\, why existing regulatory systems fail to protect communities\, and how public health research can support stronger oversight\, policy reform\, and community resistance.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/hidden-in-plain-sight-public-health-risks-from-fossil-fuel-infrastructure-and-data-center-expansion/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20251212T154940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T155015Z
UID:10000068-1765814400-1765818000@halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Data on Data Centers: Turning Messy\, Incomplete Info into Shared Power
DESCRIPTION:Are you struggling with finding reliable data on data centers? You are not alone! \n\n\n\nAs data centers spread across the U.S.\, communities\, journalists\, and researchers are all running into the same problem: the data is a mess. Key details like power draw\, water use\, operating status\, finance\, legislation\, and real job numbers are incomplete\, inconsistent\, or flat-out contradictory across different sources. One database lists a project as “operating” while another still shows it as “planning”; major players show up with missing data; industry reports inflate economic benefits while government studies say otherwise. \n\n\n\nThe result is a “friction problem”: even people who spend all day hunting for data struggle to find\, trust\, and use it. \n\n\n\nIn this working session\, we’ll bring data geeks\, local researchers\, and community organizers into the same (virtual) room to compare and assess the strengths of leading data sources. \n\n\n\nHere’s what we’ll cover:\n\n\n\n\nOutline the most important gaps for frontline communities (power\, water\, jobs\, pollution risk).\n\n\n\nDevelop a standard for what public information requirements should look like for industrial-scale data centers.\n\n\n\nExplore how better data can strengthen local campaigns to win on policy and regulatory oversight.\n\n\n\n\nThis is not a “What are data centers?” 101 webinar. It’s a practical conversation about the state of the data\, how it fails communities\, and what we can collectively do to improve collection\, sharing\, and accountability.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/data-on-data-centers-turning-messy-incomplete-info-into-shared-power/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Elissa Yoder":MAILTO:elissa@halttheharm.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20251119T195958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T172927Z
UID:10000035-1764849600-1764853200@halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Community Action for Rail Safety
DESCRIPTION:When communities discover hazardous rail transport routes or proposed rail terminals in their backyard\, leaders often feel powerless against federal preemption. But the truth is\, there are meaningful actions communities can take to improve rail safety and hold the industry accountable. You just need to know where to start. \n\n\n\n​This is an educational webinar about rail safety regulations\, grassroots organizing strategies\, and how to turn your concerns into effective action before a disaster happens. \n\n\n\n​What You’ll Learn\n\n\n\n\n​Understand the regulatory landscape: Learn who actually regulates railroads\, what federal preemption really means\, and what communities can and cannot do about rail safety\n\n\n\n​Identify leverage points: Discover specific areas where local communities\, counties\, and states can enact meaningful safety regulations despite federal oversight\n\n\n\nTake strategic action: Get concrete next steps for addressing safety concerns like blocked crossings\, deteriorating tracks\, hazardous material transport\, and hot boxes in your community\n\n\n\n\n​Jess Conard brings a unique background as both a medical speech pathologist and frontline rail safety activist. Jess specializes in helping communities navigate complex regulatory systems and transform their concerns into strategic campaigns that create real change. \n\n\n\n​Don’t wait for the next disaster to take action on Rail Safety!\n\n\n\n​With three train derailments happening every day in the United States—and those numbers only increasing—we can’t wait for the next disaster to take action. Federal rail safety legislation is currently working its way through Congress\, and grassroots pressure from communities like yours could be the nudge needed to get it across the finish line. \n\n\n\n​Ready to learn more? After the webinar\, you’ll have the opportunity to apply for a personalized Rail Watch consultation to address your specific community’s rail safety concerns.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/community-action-for-rail-safety/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Halt the Harm Network":MAILTO:info@halttheharm.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20251004T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251004T040000Z
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SUMMARY:Does so-called “chemical recycling” of plastics have economic benefits?
DESCRIPTION:Is industry trying to sell your town on the economic promise of plastics “advanced” or “chemical” recycling? \nOhio River Valley Institute’s latest report found that a plastics pyrolysis “chemical recycling” facility planned for WV would have minimal economic benefits. \nJoin this webinar with the report author and economist Nick Messenger and Halt the Harm Senior Fellow Veena Singla to discuss how you can apply this research to what is happening near you!\n\nSee also the event October 7th\, An Economic Impact Analysis of a Planned Plastics Pyrolysis Facility in Follansbee\, West Virginia
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/does-so-called-chemical-recycling-of-plastics-have-economic-benefits/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20251008T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T040000Z
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SUMMARY:Groundwater Contamination from a Well Communication Event (“frac-out”) in New Freeport PA
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. John Stolz for an exclusive discussion of his recently published research on frac-out incidents in New Freeport PA. This timely webinar will explore the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing operations on local water quality. \nWhat You’ll Learn: \n\nKey findings from the groundwater contamination study\nUnderstanding frac-out incidents and their environmental impact\nThe regulatory and policy implications of the research\n\nAbout the Research: Dr. Stolz’s peer-reviewed study examines water quality impacts that resulted from a communication event between an unconventional well that was being hydraulically fractured\, and a conventional well in New Freeport PA. \nThe research\, published on September 17th\, provides critical data on groundwater contamination and its effect on the local community’s drinking water. Dr. Stolz previously presented the preliminary findings at the Shale Gas and Public Health Conference this past March. \nSpeaker: Dr. John Stolz\, Professor\, Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Science. \nDr Stolz has a BS degree in biology from Fordham University and a PhD from Boston University. He was an NRC Post doctoral fellow at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences\, California Institute of Technology\, and an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. His main research interests are in the microbial metabolism of metals and metalloids including arsenic\, selenium\, and nitrate; and water quality impacts of unconventional shale gas extraction. He is a AAAS Fellow and recipient of the Dewey Award from Clean Water Action. Dr. Stolz has published 107 journal articles\,  48 book chapters\, and author-edited three books including “Environmental Impacts from the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reserves” with Cambridge University Press.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/groundwater-contamination-from-a-well-communication-event-frac-out-in-new-freeport-pa/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T150000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20250910T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T161201Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Meets Fossil Fuels: The Hidden Connection
DESCRIPTION:The Environmental and Social Costs of Fast Fashion \n​This webinar will reveal the hidden connections between the fashion industry and fossil fuel production. Panelists will discuss how disposable clothing culture is perpetuated by the fossil fuel industry’s drive to increase demand. Learn about the prevalence of plastic-based textiles\, and the regulatory challenges facing this rapidly evolving industry. \n​What you’ll learn\n\n\n​The fossil fuel footprint of fast fashion – Discover the surprising ways petroleum products end up in our wardrobes and their environmental impact. \n\n\n​Current research on textile toxicity – Learn about the latest findings on chemical contamination in clothing\, especially children’s apparel. \n\n\n​Action strategies for change – Explore policy approaches\, consumer choices\, and industry alternatives that can disrupt harmful practices.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/fashion-meets-fossil-fuels-the-hidden-connection/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250822T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250822T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20250814T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T161158Z
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SUMMARY:Finding Data with FracTracker Portals: Accessing Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Information
DESCRIPTION:Accessing critical environmental data shouldn’t require navigating through dozens of government websites and deciphering inconsistent formats. FracTracker has developed powerful tools that bring scattered public information into standardized\, searchable interfaces – making vital data accessible to everyone\n\nJoin us for this practical workshop where we’ll demonstrate two groundbreaking data portals that put critical information at your fingertips. Whether you’re a researcher\, advocate\, journalist\, or concerned citizen\, you’ll walk away with the skills to find and use data that matters to your community.\nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nHow to navigate the Oil & Gas Wells Portal with access to 5 million wells from standardized state data\nTechniques for searching and filtering the Petrochemical Portal’s 20+ datasets on industrial facilities\nWays to analyze population impacts using our unique census block calculations for 1km\, 2km\, and 5km radius from facilities\nPractical methods for exporting and using demographic data showing who lives near industrial sites\nStrategies for staying current with monthly and quarterly data updates\n\nWhy This Workshop?\nAs government agencies like DHS discontinue key datasets\, having alternative access points to this information becomes increasingly critical. These portals represent the only free\, comprehensive tools available that standardize environmental data across jurisdictions. \nLearning how to use these tools gives you direct access to the information that affects your health and well-being. This is your chance to learn directly from the team that built these portals and get your questions answered. FracTracker provide the most accurate possible demographic analysis using 2020 census data\, revealing important patterns about who lives near industrial sites. \nWhat’s Included\n\nLive interactive demonstration of both portals\nQ&A session with FracTracker experts\nAccess to workshop recording\nSupporting resources including FAQ and data request forms\nGuidance on requesting research support beyond basic data retrieval\n\n  Quick Tip: Is there a specific location you want to research?\nCome prepared with a specific location or facility you’re interested in researching. We’ll show you how to quickly find relevant information during the demonstration portion of the workshop.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/finding-data-with-fractracker-portals-accessing-oil-gas-and-petrochemical-information/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T153000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20250710T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T161151Z
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SUMMARY:Action Webinar for Oil & Gas Chemical Disclosure
DESCRIPTION:Our health remains at risk from industry non-compliance with chemical disclosure laws two months after the report “Oil and Gas Chemicals Still Secret in Colorado” was released. ​Get updates on the issue from expert presenters and meet with other leaders to discuss points of intervention to protect our health and communities from harmful oil and gas fracking and drilling chemicals.\nFeatured Speakers:\n​Dusty Horwitt\, J.D.\nLead Investigator and Report Author\n​Elizabeth (Beth) Gillespie MD MPH FACP\,\nChair Elect\, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Colorado\n​Ramesh Bhatt\nChair of the Colorado Sierra Club Conservation Committee\nGary Allison\nDeveloper of Open-FF\, the open source project to make FracFocus chemical data more accessible.  
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/action-webinar-for-oil-gas-chemical-disclosure/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20250603T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T161150Z
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SUMMARY:Is Pennsylvania Ready for Data Centers? It’s a Lot to Compute!
DESCRIPTION:Over the past few months data center proposals have begun popping up in communities across Pennsylvania. But what does this influx of data center proposals mean for Pennsylvanians? \n\n\n​Join us for a presentation about the impacts and risks of data center development. We’ll be covering health impacts of the associated fracking and gas plants\, firsthand experience from data center development in Northern Virginia\, and more. \n\n​As residents we are often the last to learn about new industrial developments near our communities but the first to experience the impacts. With data center development on the horizon this is a great opportunity to get educated before these facilities are built and get involved to keep our communities safe from Big Tech.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/is-pennsylvania-ready-for-data-centers-its-a-lot-to-compute/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T051451
CREATED:20250514T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T161148Z
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SUMMARY:Now We Know: Colorado's Oil & Gas Chemical Reporting Crisis and the Cost to Public Health
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive media briefing on a major new report analyzing compliance with Colorado’s landmark 2022 chemical disclosure law for oil and gas operations—and what the findings reveal about industry accountability\, public health\, and regulatory enforcement in the state.\n\nWhile full details remain under embargo until the event\, the report’s authors and leading national experts will offer an early look at evidence that some operators may be skirting disclosure requirements—potentially avoiding millions in fines—raising serious questions about health risks\, emergency preparedness\, and the law’s implementation.\n\nWant to get ready for the story to drop on May 20th? Join our event May 15th\, Turn Breaking News into Lasting Power\nWhy This Matters\n\nA new report uncovers widespread noncompliance with Colorado’s 2022 chemical disclosure law for oil and gas operations\, raising urgent questions about public health protections.\nFindings suggest that major industry players are failing to report the chemicals they inject underground—potentially including banned substances like PFAS.\nThe report builds on years of research\, highlighted in 2021 by The New York Times\, about the presence of “forever chemicals” in fracking operations and offers a new layer of accountability.\nAuthors will release the report and its findings in an embargoed media briefing on May 20\, including legal\, scientific\, and policy insights relevant to national energy and health reporting.\n\nWhat You’ll Get\n\nFirst look at the report’s major findings.\nInsight from the legal and scientific experts behind the analysis.\nBackground on how the report was built\, and how other states can use this data to demand accountability.\nTools and talking points to support reporting and advocacy following the release.\n\nFeatured Speakers\n\nDusty Horwitt\, J.D.\nLead Investigator and Report Author\nRamesh Bhatt\nChair of the Colorado Sierra Club Conservation Committee\nJohn Spear\, Ph.D.\nProfessor of environmental engineering specializing in microbiology at the Colorado School of Mines\n\nModerator\n\nShannon Smith\nExecutive Director\, FracTracker Alliance\n\nAttendance is free\, but registration is required. RSVP Now: This event is designed for journalists\, environmental health advocates\, legal analysts\, and movement partners.\n\n➡️ Please note: All content discussed in this briefing is under embargo until May 20th\, 2025 10:00 AM MT.\n\n→ Sharing Details. Please share the public registration page (share icons on page)
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/now-we-know-colorados-oil-gas-chemical-reporting-crisis-and-the-cost-to-public-health/
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SUMMARY:Turn Breaking News Into Lasting Power
DESCRIPTION:A strategic discussion for advocates who want to be ready when the next big report hits the headlines.\n\nWe are hosting a live strategy session featuring seasoned communicators who have used major reports and breaking news moments to mobilize support\, shape narratives\, and build power in their campaigns. \nWhen you know a big report is coming\, your response on Day One sets the tone. This webinar discusses how to act early and intentionally to build relationships\, amplify your cause\, and expand your influence. Learn how top advocates use breaking moments to boost media reach\, partner alignment\, political capital\, and grassroots engagement. \n\nRather than a traditional training\, this session will offer a rare behind-the-scenes look at how movement leaders navigate rapid response to breaking news and reports. We’re inviting members of the Colorado network\, national allies\, and frontline communicators to join us—particularly those looking to sharpen their readiness for action.\nThis informal conversation—part interview\, part peer learning—will explore how they made strategic choices during high-pressure media moments and what lessons others can apply in their own advocacy.\n\nWhat we will Discuss:\n\nHow to make the media pay attention—and remember you next time.\nWays to align partners (even if they don’t act).\nHow early sharing builds your credibility and leadership.\nUsing breaking news to advance policy\, funding\, and campaign goals.\nTactical moves for Day 1\, Day 2\, and beyond.\n\nThis webinar is for leaders working on environmental\, public health\, and justice issues.\nSpeakers:\nPhoebe Sweet: Phoebe Sweet is a communications strategist and environmental advocate with a lifelong passion for protecting our planet. As the founder of Acadia Strategies\, a mission-driven strategic communications and public relations firm\, Phoebe leverages her extensive experience in national politics and climate action to develop impactful strategies for her clients.   After working as an environmental reporter covering climate\, energy\, and water issues in the Southwest\, Phoebe transitioned to politics. She served as communications director for the Nevada State Democratic Party during Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s successful 2010 reelection campaign before joining his team in Washington as a speechwriter and communications adviser. Phoebe also worked as director of speechwriting at the Center for American Progress\, and at the nonprofit climate communications firm Climate Nexus\, where she developed and executed multimillion-dollar campaigns to combat the fossil fuel industry and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Phoebe is an expert on public opinion regarding methane gas and gas transition messaging and strategy.\n\nOlivia Amitay: Communications Manager at Fossil Free Media. Olivia Amitay focuses on approaching climate communications from various perspectives to drive action. Olivia was most recently an Associate at Climate Nexus\, where she developed her skills in media relations while communicating climate finance issues. She also previously served as a Producer for The Sweaty Penguin Podcast\, a PBS comedic climate program aimed at making environmental news accessible.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/turn-breaking-news-into-lasting-power/
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SUMMARY:CHEJ Training Call: Urban Fracking in Arlington\, TX - Fighting Back
DESCRIPTION:Liveable Arlington is a grassroots environmental advocacy organization in the Barnett shale city of Arlington\, Texas. Arlington is an egregious example of “urban drilling” – where the city permits multi-well fracking sites to extract methane/fossil gas right next to homes and daycares. Emissions from these sites accelerate climate breakdown\, and also cause severe health issues for our frontline community.\n\nLearn about our advocacy for intergenerational\, climate and environmental justice\, our past successes\, and current challenges\, and hear from impacted community members via a short film.\n\nRanjana Bhandari is the founder and Executive Director of grassroots environmental advocacy organization Liveable Arlington. She is the 2017 recipient of the Community Sentinel Award from FracTracker Alliance. In 2018\, she won the Special Service Award from the Texas Chapter of the Sierra Club.\n\nRanjana has a Master’s degree in Economics from Brown University.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/chej-training-call-urban-fracking-in-arlington-tx-fighting-back/
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SUMMARY:Impacts of Fracking in North & South America: Resources in English & Spanish
DESCRIPTION:Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses serious health and environmental hazards. These hazards have been documented and explored in hundreds of peer reviewed publications. These studies are categorized\, summarized and analyzed in the 9th edition of the Compendium of Scientific\, Medical\, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure\, published in 2023 by Concerned Health Professionals of New York and Physicians for Social Responsibility.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Compendium covers topic areas including air pollution\, water contamination\, radioactive releases\, birth outcomes\, children’s health effects\, and others.\n\nLessons learned within the United States are also relevant in other parts of the world. The forthcoming Spanish translation of the Compendium will make the full set of scientific information available to professionals and frontline communities confronting fracking-related hazards across Central and South America. It will also be useful for Spanish-speaking and Limited English Proficiency communities in the United States. A translation is currently available for the Compendium overview plus the full set of the studies reviewed on fracking infrastructure—from LNG and gas-fired power plants\, to compressor stations and residential gas-fired appliances.\n\nIn this webinar\, Dr. Kathy Nolan will provide a brief overview of the science presented in the Compendium\, with a focus on pathways of contamination and human health harms of fracking-related exposures. Fernando Cabrera will discuss how fracking is threatening communities in Argentina. Nancy Piñeiro will comment briefly on the role of language justice in ensuring that affected communities have access to the scientific information they need. \n\nThis webinar will be presented with simultaneous English/Spanish interpretation.\nImpactos del fracking en Norteamérica y Sudamérica: recursos en inglés y español\nEn este webinario se presentará la primera entrega de la traducción al español del Compendio de hallazgos científicos\, médicos y de medios de comunicación que demuestran los riesgos y daños del fracking (9ª. edición)\, publicado por Concerned Health Professionals of New York y Physicians for Social Responsibility.\n\nEste proyecto permitirá que la información científica reunida en el Compendio esté disponible para profesionales y comunidades afectadas por el fracking en Latinoamérica. También será útil para las comunidades de habla hispana en Estados Unidos y aquellas con dominio limitado del idioma inglés (LEP). Al momento se encuentra disponible la  traducción de la información introductoria del Compendio y todos los estudios revisados correspondientes a la sección sobre infraestructura del fracking: extracción y procesamiento de arenas\, ductos y estaciones de compresión\, GNL\, centrales de energía eléctrica alimentadas con gas natural\, estaciones de compresión y aparatos domésticos que funcionan con gas.\n\nEn este webinario\, la doctora Kathy Nolan ofrecerá un panorama general de la literatura\ncientífica recogida en el Compendio\, poniendo el foco en las vías de contaminación y las\nconsecuencias del fracking en la salud humana. Fernando Cabrera hablará sobre la amenaza que presenta el fracking para las comunidades de la Patagonia argentina. Y Nancy Piñeiro comentará brevemente sobre el papel de la justicia lingüística en el acceso a la información para las comunidades afectadas en Estados Unidos y Argentina.
URL:https://halttheharm.net/event/impacts-of-fracking-in-north-south-america-resources-in-english-spanish/
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