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Homer City Generation Site Redevelopment — PA DEP Regulatory Documents
In Indiana County, Pennsylvania, the decommissioned 2 GW Homer City coal plant is converting to a 3,200-acre natural gas-powered data center campus. PA DEP's regulatory portal collects air quality plan approvals, NPDES water permits, blasting permits, asbestos demolition notices, emission reduction credits and wetland impact authorizations for the project.
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From Plantations to Petrochemicals
Rev. Michael Malcolm discusses how current petrochemical and data center developments are situated on lands that were once plantations, perpetuating extraction and environmental racism in Black communities. He advocates for faith leaders to engage in justice work and highlights the importance of community care, coalition-building, and mutual aid as vital responses to the expansion of…
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Nuisance Map
In Michigan, residents document noise, light pollution and well water problems from data centers, solar farms and construction through GPS-verified reports with timestamps and tamper-proof files meeting state court evidence standards. No account needed — reports appear on a public map, building a shared evidence record regulators can act on. A project of the ALEA…
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Michigan Nuisance Map
Across Michigan, communities are dealing with noise, light pollution, well water problems, and other harm from data centers, solar farms, and construction projects. You're not alone — and together, we can build the evidence record that makes a difference.
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PurpleAir HyperLocal Real-Time Monitoring
PurpleAir makes sensors that empower communities who collect hyper-local, real-time, air quality data and share it with the public. They also report data from those monitors in an interactive map.
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Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act (H.R.9442, US)
Prohibits construction of data centers suitable for AI development and scaled deployment until laws are enacted that ensure: Federal safety reviews for new AI products; economic gains benefit workers; new data centers do not increase electricity bills, harm the environment, are approved by local community, are not subsidized, and created union jobs. Directs Sec. of…
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A bill to require certain data centers to be subject to community benefit agreements; to provide for the review and approval of community benefit agreements; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to provide for the promulgation of rules. (SB 1050, MI)
Requires data centers to submit, have approved by local government, and enter into community benefit agreement before beginning construction or operation. To gain approval, agreement must “accommodate and benefit the public health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants and the lands and resources of the local unit of government.”
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms