Clean Air Coalition of WNY
@cacwny.org
We build power by developing grassroots leaders to organize their communities to run and win environmental justice and public health campaigns in Buffalo NY and the Tonawandas. http://linktr.ee/cleanairwny
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@cacwny.org
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Membership - The Clean Air Coalition of W.N.Y.
The collective establishment of a strong membership base is central for us to build the political will and power to challenge unjust institutions and
www.cacwny.org
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...
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...
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Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
"They noted that Ms. Hochul’s husband, William Hochul, works as a lawyer for the firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, which has represented the owner of the pipeline company and a private equity firm that has a large stake in the [Greenidge] cryptocurrency mine."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"They noted that Ms. Hochul’s husband, William Hochul, works as a lawyer for the firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, which has represented the owner of the pipeline company and a private equity firm that has a large stake in the [Greenidge] cryptocurrency mine."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
"Policymakers should be wary of extending tax incentives... as well as of hitching local budgets to this one growth industry. More importantly, though, policymakers should prepare an investment strategy centered on acquiring distressed energy infrastructure assets and repurposing them..."
Economist Hyman Minsky explained how speculative debt issuance can endanger an entire economy. A new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report applies this to debt finance for data centers: how the AI bubble could burst & how to think about the potential bailout. publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Policymakers should be wary of extending tax incentives... as well as of hitching local budgets to this one growth industry. More importantly, though, policymakers should prepare an investment strategy centered on acquiring distressed energy infrastructure assets and repurposing them..."
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Economist Hyman Minsky explained how speculative debt issuance can endanger an entire economy. A new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report applies this to debt finance for data centers: how the AI bubble could burst & how to think about the potential bailout. publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Economist Hyman Minsky explained how speculative debt issuance can endanger an entire economy. A new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report applies this to debt finance for data centers: how the AI bubble could burst & how to think about the potential bailout. publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
On Friday, NYS DEC greenlit a Title V permit for Greenidge, an older inefficient fossil-fuel based power plant which is used to power cryptomining.
34 of 40 Title Vs in WNY are expired.
We need @governor.ny.gov to prioritize the backlog to protect our health and safety over data center profiteering!
34 of 40 Title Vs in WNY are expired.
We need @governor.ny.gov to prioritize the backlog to protect our health and safety over data center profiteering!
The state Department of Environmental Conservation sometimes takes years to review air pollution permits, leaving communities at risk of harm, advocates say.
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Documents show how companies pollute for years with lapsed DEC oversight
The state Department of Environmental Conservation sometimes takes years to review air pollution permits, leaving communities at risk of harm, advocates say.
buffalonews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On Friday, NYS DEC greenlit a Title V permit for Greenidge, an older inefficient fossil-fuel based power plant which is used to power cryptomining.
34 of 40 Title Vs in WNY are expired.
We need @governor.ny.gov to prioritize the backlog to protect our health and safety over data center profiteering!
34 of 40 Title Vs in WNY are expired.
We need @governor.ny.gov to prioritize the backlog to protect our health and safety over data center profiteering!
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Western New York Area Labor Federation has launched it's "Many Fights, One Table" food drive - find a location to drop off donations or click the link on the website to donate monetarily to @feedmorewny.org !
wnyalf.org/hunger
wnyalf.org/hunger
Many Fights, One Table: Food Drive & Fundraiser for Families Facing Hunger in WNY
wnyalf.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Western New York Area Labor Federation has launched it's "Many Fights, One Table" food drive - find a location to drop off donations or click the link on the website to donate monetarily to @feedmorewny.org !
wnyalf.org/hunger
wnyalf.org/hunger
Our friends at @senecalakeguardian.bsky.social don't post much here, so we are sharing this on their behalf - on Friday, at Governor Hochul's direction, NYS DEC approved a Title V air permit for bitcoin mining at the Greenidge Generation gas power plant.
Please read and share their statement below.
Please read and share their statement below.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our friends at @senecalakeguardian.bsky.social don't post much here, so we are sharing this on their behalf - on Friday, at Governor Hochul's direction, NYS DEC approved a Title V air permit for bitcoin mining at the Greenidge Generation gas power plant.
Please read and share their statement below.
Please read and share their statement below.
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10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Zoning helped create the housing crisis, but it’s also one of the most powerful tools we have to fix it.
Read our recommendations for how to update local zoning rules in order to build more types of housing in the right places for the right price ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-ce...
Read our recommendations for how to update local zoning rules in order to build more types of housing in the right places for the right price ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-ce...
Regulatory reform: Solutions for type, place, price - Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Zoning helped create the housing crisis, but it’s also one of the most powerful tools we have to fix it.
Read our recommendations for how to update local zoning rules in order to build more types of housing in the right places for the right price ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-ce...
Read our recommendations for how to update local zoning rules in order to build more types of housing in the right places for the right price ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-ce...
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Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity
Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity
The Australian government is floating a scheme that would share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, offering totally free electricity to ratepayers in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining the strongest.
more…
electrek.co
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity
"His emphasis on the cost of living is “very different from how we typically see climate policy... people usually experience climate policy as high-level, technocratic fixes,” said Batul Hassan... he offers a way “to tie the climate action that we need to kitchen table concerns”
Zohran Mamdani barely campaigned on climate.
So what is his climate agenda, and can he demonstrate a way to drive down emissions and costs at the same time?
nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...
So what is his climate agenda, and can he demonstrate a way to drive down emissions and costs at the same time?
nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...
What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for New York's Climate Politics
The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label.
nysfocus.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"His emphasis on the cost of living is “very different from how we typically see climate policy... people usually experience climate policy as high-level, technocratic fixes,” said Batul Hassan... he offers a way “to tie the climate action that we need to kitchen table concerns”
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Today in the Buffalo immigration court waiting room, I heard a 3 or 4 year old child say “I don’t want to go to jail” to his mother as they waited for a hearing.
How many kids first experience of the state will be of masked men grabbing people?
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today in the Buffalo immigration court waiting room, I heard a 3 or 4 year old child say “I don’t want to go to jail” to his mother as they waited for a hearing.
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NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
BlueskyBluesky | Today at 12:52 PM (71 kB)
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Inside Climate News
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
BlueskyBluesky | Today at 12:52 PM (71 kB)
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
BlueskyBluesky | Today at 12:52 PM (71 kB)
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Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change.
As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.
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#Teacher #Climate #Unions #Students
As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.
grist.org/labor/teache...
#Teacher #Climate #Unions #Students
Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change
As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.
grist.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change.
As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.
grist.org/labor/teache...
#Teacher #Climate #Unions #Students
As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.
grist.org/labor/teache...
#Teacher #Climate #Unions #Students
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Join the Western New York Environmental Alliance on Thursday November 13 for a film screening of "Ripples of Plastic" which will be followed by a panel discussion about the Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights!
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Nature Has Rights: 'Ripples of Plastic' Film Screening
Thursday November 13, 6:00-7:30pm
Unity Church
1243 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY
Rights of Nature WNY is hosting a screening of portions of 'Ripples of Plastic', a documentary about microplastic pollu...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join the Western New York Environmental Alliance on Thursday November 13 for a film screening of "Ripples of Plastic" which will be followed by a panel discussion about the Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights!
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Interested in getting involved in Clean Air's work? Join us for our next General Meeting on November 19! Sign up to join us in-person or online at the link below.
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actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
Clean Air November 2024 General Meeting
Register today for our November 2024 General Meeting! This meeting will be online and in-person. We will cover how you can join Clean Air, current campaign updates, a brief training for some related ...
actionnetwork.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interested in getting involved in Clean Air's work? Join us for our next General Meeting on November 19! Sign up to join us in-person or online at the link below.
actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
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Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. grist.org/accountabili...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
grist.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. grist.org/accountabili...
Via @nysaflcio.bsky.social - send a letter TODAY in support of Thermal Energy Networks in NY!
There are four projects in New York City, one in Syracuse and one in Haverstraw, all awaiting approval from the Public Service Commission to put shovels in the ground.
act.aflcio.org/letters/publ...
There are four projects in New York City, one in Syracuse and one in Haverstraw, all awaiting approval from the Public Service Commission to put shovels in the ground.
act.aflcio.org/letters/publ...
Public Service Commission: Advance Thermal Energy Network Projects!
The Public Service Commission (New York’s energy regulators) are currently considering six innovative, highly-efficient, state-of-the-art thermal energy networks (TENs) that can serve as pilot project...
act.aflcio.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Via @nysaflcio.bsky.social - send a letter TODAY in support of Thermal Energy Networks in NY!
There are four projects in New York City, one in Syracuse and one in Haverstraw, all awaiting approval from the Public Service Commission to put shovels in the ground.
act.aflcio.org/letters/publ...
There are four projects in New York City, one in Syracuse and one in Haverstraw, all awaiting approval from the Public Service Commission to put shovels in the ground.
act.aflcio.org/letters/publ...
Western New York organizers, be sure to apply by 5 PM THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 31!
Western New York-area organizers - we are bringing the Midwest Academy to Buffalo in January! This FREE training series will level up your organizing skill set and make your campaigns more impactful. All organizing backgrounds welcome and encouraged to apply!
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actionnetwork.org/forms/midwes...
Midwest Academy Buffalo Hub Training Application
The Midwest Academy is coming to Buffalo! Midwest is a 50 year old training academy for community organizers, and an essential training for those who want to run impactful campaigns. https://midwes...
actionnetwork.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Western New York organizers, be sure to apply by 5 PM THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 31!
"Bridge Rauch, a climate organizer with the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York, noted that the governor’s concerns about keeping the lights on come from a lack of investment in the state’s grid infrastructure while energy-sucking projects such as data centers are built."
Read more at the link!
Read more at the link!
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, unhappy with a recent Albany County Supreme Court Justice's ruling, said the state may need to modify its landmark climate law because it has become too expensive to follow.
Gov. Hochul: climate crisis has become too expensive to address in time
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, unhappy with a recent Albany County Supreme Court Justice's ruling, said the state may need to modify its landmark climate law because it has become too expensive to follow.
buffalonews.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Bridge Rauch, a climate organizer with the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York, noted that the governor’s concerns about keeping the lights on come from a lack of investment in the state’s grid infrastructure while energy-sucking projects such as data centers are built."
Read more at the link!
Read more at the link!