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A Colorado case could strengthen protections for communities living near oil and gas development. Regulators are considering requirements that would push drilling farther from homes and drinking water sources — a major step toward prioritizing public health over profits.
Good news alert! Late last year, PA's Environmental Quality Board took an important step toward expanding the distance between new gas drilling sites & homes, schools, & hospitals. We need to demand the Department of Environmental Protection advance this NOW. Time, like peoples' health, is precious.
Most people still don’t know much about data centers — but opinions change quickly once they learn how much energy they use.
New charts from E&E News break down public awareness and how people feel about the rapid expansion of data centers tied to AI.
🛑 The Ohio EPA is considering a draft permit that would let data centers release untreated wastewater and stormwater directly into rivers and streams.
📊 A new NRDC report finds that not one of the 12 biggest oil- and gas-producing states are doing all they can to protect health and the environment — from weak setbacks and bonding to gaps in waste and water safeguards.
AI data centers are rapidly expanding into small communities, bringing major power demand and land use impacts with them.
But residents are pushing back💪.
@wsj.com spotlights rural opposition to this buildout — including a community member we organized with around the Howell site!
Three years after the East Palestine derailment, the next phase is not closure, it's research.
A federally funded health research program is now underway, bringing together universities to track long-term exposure, collect health data, and work with residents over time.
ICYMI: China is expanding fracking and boosting shale gas production, pushing the country toward becoming the world’s third largest gas producer.
AI demand is driving a major buildout of gas power.
New reporting finds the U.S. is leading a global surge in gas fired plants tied to energy intensive AI data centers, with projects that could expand global gas capacity by nearly 50 percent and lock in decades of fossil fuel pollution.
As we close out Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black-led organizations driving environmental and climate justice in communities across the country.
Today we're celebrating The Vessel Project of Louisiana
Learn more here ➔ vesselprojectoflouisiana.org
ICYMI: A January report took a closer look at the growing political pressure around energy-hungry data centers. As AI infrastructure expands, so do questions about electricity demand and who should bear the cost 👀.
As we close out Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black-led organizations driving environmental and climate justice in communities across the country.
Today we're celebrating the Black Appalachian Coalition
Learn more here ➔ blackappalachiancoalition.org
🚨 NEW: California's signature climate programs, the Cap and Trade program and Low Carbon Fuel Standard, funneled nearly $28 billion to corporate polluters between 2013 and 2024. Read the findings from our latest report: https://loom.ly/oe6LS2Q
For sensitive populations like children these chemical irritants can carry serious & lasting consequences, yet there is little public data tracking those impacts.
Environmental justice is inherently intersectional. Our EJ Data & Mapping Society Coordinator, Jules González, points to a persistent environmental health data gap: exposure to tear gas & other chemical irritants.
ICYMI: New satellite data is confirming what communities and researchers have long warned — methane pollution from oil and gas is significantly higher than official reports suggest.
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📢 Alarming trend in CA oil drilling permits! In just the first three weeks of January 2026, California regulators approved more new oil drilling permits than all of 2025 combined. Last year had only 17 new permits, while January saw 20 approved — even as the state claims to pursue clean energy.
Hayes Township, MI — home to the former Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant site, where radioactive waste remains — is voting tonight at 7 PM on a data center moratorium. The draft includes loopholes that could let companies fast-track challenges.
Learn more: www.hayestownshipmi.gov
ICYMI: After 150+ toxic wastewater releases linked to injection wells, Oklahoma lawmakers are considering bills to strengthen oversight and protect groundwater.
🚨 U.S. Forest Service fast-tracks oil & gas drilling leases on public lands, limiting review of local impacts to water, forests, and communities.
OH is opening more of Leesville Wildlife Area to fracking. A new lease will let a Texas company frack more than 170 acres of public wildlife land in Carroll County, risking forests, water, wildlife habitat & recreation space that Ohioans pay to protect.
Ohio’s oil & gas industry generates billions of gallons of toxic, radioactive brine each year. Learn more →
📷 Ethics complaint filed against OH Sen. Brian Chavez
Local groups say Chavez failed to disclose ties to oil & gas companies while chairing the Senate Energy Committee — and may have pushed legislation that benefits those interests.
Proud to be in this work with so many other women-led orgs 💚 On that note — check out our most recent article from Gwen Klenke on a community win in Howell Township, where resident organizing and shared data helped stop a proposed data center.
New from TIME: Women are leading the charge to protect public environmental data—and the communities that depend on it—as loss of reliable federal data and public access worsens environmental and health risks.
Glad to support Howell Township residents with energy data & analysis at last month’s info meeting. Thanks to strong community organizing, the developer withdrew the proposal & a six-month moratorium is now in place💪#DataCenters #EnergyJustice #Michigan
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Insert the word "Ohio" with every reference to Pennsylvania, and you'll learn a LOT about lax state and federal regulations for gas and oil waste storage and management. Kiley Bense @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/45otFdE
Ohio lawmakers endanger us all.
@julie-g.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social
Pennsylvania gas & oil waste from fracking Marcellus shale is far more radioactive than previously understood.
72% is stored in state landfills. @kiley.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/3MNYiCW
Where does 28% of it go?
@julie-g.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social
Pennsylvania’s oil and gas waste tracking system as a “logistical mess,” Says FracTracker's Matt Kelso.
Millions of tons of oil and gas waste move across Pennsylvania with no reliable way to track where it goes or whether all of it is reported.
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