100 Rally for Moratorium on Data Centers

About this episode

The episode covers a rally in New York calling for a moratorium on new data center development.

More than one hundred New Yorkers were at the Capitol on Wednesday April 13 calling for a three-year moratorium on new data-center development while the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) complete comprehensive reports evaluating the industry’s current and projected effects on electricity rates, energy use, water resources, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and electronic waste, and issue new regulations to mitigate those negative impacts. At the rally, we hear from Eric Weltman of Food and Water Watch, Assemblymember Anna Kelles, Senator Kristen Gonzalez, Reverend Dr. Majadi Baruti of PUSH Buffalo, and Assemblymember Dana Levenberg. This has been Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

People in this episode

Host: Mark A Dunlea

Guests: Eric Weltman, Anna Kelles, Kristen Gonzalez, Majadi Baruti, Dana Levenberg

Topics covered

• data centers
• environmental policy
• energy regulation
• public health
• climate change
• community activism

Keywords

• data centers
• moratorium
• environmental impact
• New York
• rally
• energy use
• greenhouse gas emissions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Food and Water Watch, Department of Environmental Conservation, Public Service Commission

Places: New York

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