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I watched this webinar about Data Centers from Catholic Climate Covenant, and I found it very informative.
"Action of the month: Watch the recording of our Data Center webinar!"
"Artificial intelligence surrounds us these days. Its growing use is driving a huge expansion of data center construction and siting in communities around the United States. These warehouse-sized facilities are essential for powering artificial intelligence, and they require massive amounts of energy and water to function.
The Covenant’s March webinar on data centers hosted several impressive panelists, and caught media attention in these articles published by OSV News, Detroit Catholic, and The Record.
Learn more about their environmental impact by watching the recording of our latest webinar below."
I will also post this on my website, Our Common Home. The link is in the comments.
WATCH THE WEBINAR: https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/resources/the-growing-impacts-of-data-centers-on-our-neighbors-and-gods-creation
This story is from EarthJustice-and it's a win for the people against the oil interests!
"Court Orders City of
Long Beach Pause Oil Storage Tank Expansion Project
Victory — City’s environmental impact analysis ruled inadequate, rejected feasible alternatives, and now must be redone"
You can find link to this article below:
Need some good news? Here is Earthjustice with their March Victory Report:
"Victory for Clean Air in New York
This week, a federal court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out New York City’s proven-successful congestion pricing program to reduce traffic and improve clean air.
Represented by Earthjustice, Riders Alliance and Sierra Club filed a lawsuit joining the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) as interveners last year.
“This is a huge win for New Yorkers and for our democracy,” said Dror Ladin, Senior Attorney at Earthjustice, “the court confirmed today that Trump has no power to override the democratic process that brought us congestion pricing. It remains very much alive, and is delivering great results for our air, our streets, our public transit, and our climate.”
Despite criticism from President Trump, who has called the toll “a disaster for New York,” congestion pricing continues to prove the opposite: cleaner air, faster travel, stronger transit, and a thriving business district."
My Dad was from Rochester, NY, as were my grandparents, and my parents met there when my Mom went there to attend Dental Hygienist School. I visited Rochester every year when I was growing up, and we visited about 10 years ago, so I was interested in this article when I saw it in Sierra!
Rochester’s Inner Loop
Meets Its End
The city looks to revitalize its core by filling in the highway that destroyed it
By Lindsey Botts December 18, 2025
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-4-winter/rochester-s-inner-loop-meets-its-end
I found this article in our local online news source, from our local radio station.
"Jesse Jackson’s vision for America embraced environmental justice-
Jackson connected conservation, clean air and safe drinking water to civil rights."
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Feb 20, 2026, 10:04am CST
Here is another informative article from Sierra, about the people who harvest the food we eat.
Farmworkers Brave Deadly
Heat, Pollution and ICE Raids
Here's how communities take care of their own California's Coachella Valley
Text and photographs by Jireh Deng December 8, 2025
Today's post is from Climate Reality Project, an organization started by Al Gore fifty years ago.
Know Your Roots:
Black History in Environmental Justice
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/know-your-roots-black-history-environmental-justice
I thought everyone at least agreed that air pollution was bad for our health! Not any more.
This article is from HEATED:
"Air Pollution is now EPA Policy"
https://heated.world/p/air-pollution-denial-is-now-epa-policy
Sierra Magazine has the best stories! Find out what people in other parts of the world are doing:
Nature Speaks to Us.
We Just Need to Listen.
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nemonte Nenquimo found her voice as an activist in gatherings lit by fire and song
By Gingger Shankar December 11, 2025
A good question, with unsettling answers, from HEATED:
"Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide."
Emily Atkin and Miranda Green Dec 10, 2025
Examples of the phrase, "when we fight, we win!, from Earthjustice:
"5 of Our Top Legal Wins From 2025"
"The onslaught of environmental attacks from polluting industries and their allies in the Trump administration is not slowing down – but neither is the pace of our litigation."
By Jeremy Neff
https://earthjustice.org/article/5-of-our-top-legal-wins-from-2025
This is an important story from HEATED:
The political killings you don’t hear about
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable.
Siri Chilukuri
Here is a story from Earthjustice that fits with the upcoming Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct. 13th:
A Tribe Takes on Coal
"The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they're showing how clean energy progress can still be made."
By Molly Hanson / Northern Rockies Office
This is a couple of weeks late, but still a good read-
Interesting ideas for scary times from HEATED:
A call to merge the climate and immigration movements
On Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary, a Louisiana native makes the case for solidarity.
Emily Atkin Aug 21, 2025
https://heated.world/p/a-call-to-merge-the-climate-and-immigration
Here is another great story from Sierra about ordinary people coming together to do important things to save beautiful natural areas that benefit all of us. It also happens to be in an area I have had the good fortune to have spent time in.
People-Powered Change in North Carolina
Illustrations by Jon Stitch
May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025
I read this article in Sierra Magazine recently, and was shocked and saddened, even though I already knew that the oil and gas companies were dirty businesses. Their dangers are even worse than I thought.
Radioactive Shadow Workers
The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret
By Justin Nobel Photos by Rebecca Kiger March 24, 2025
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-1-spring/feature/radioactive-oil-gas-shadow-workers
June 1st was the start of Hurricane Season. Tonight on the news there were stories about flash floods and tornados in St. Louis, dust storms, smoke from Canadian wildfires, severe storms and flooding in the Midwest, and record breaking piles of seaweed covering beaches in the Caribbean. I thought it might be a good time for this article I found from 2 years ago in the "archives."
How I Went From Climate Fatigue to Climate Storytelling
Finding a place within the climate justice movement
By Aarohi Sheth August 31, 2023
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-i-went-climate-fatigue-climate-storytelling
I took a trip into the "archives" and found this inspiring piece from Sierra, about a Native American welder and artist. Of course I was interested! I hope you enjoy it!
Native American Welder Crafts Artwork to Help Free the Snake River Salmon
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/native-welder-crafts-artwork-help-free-snake-river-salmon
Here is another success story from Sierra.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-4-winter/treehugger/alabama-black-belt-defender
Here's another story worth reading from Sierra:
Survivors of Climate-Change-Related Tragedies Demand Accountability
Survivors of Climate-Change-Related Tragedies Demand Accountability
Oil Giants and the Incoming Trump Administration Hope to Spark a Drilling Boom In Alaska
By Adam Federman Photos by Nathaniel Wilder December 9, 2024
It may be hard to focus on any one thing at this point, but sometimes it's a good idea to take step back. This article is from Sierra's Winter issue, which came out in December. What would the near future bring under the new administration? https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-4-winter/feature/willow-project-alaska-north-slope-oil-giants-trump-administration-drilling
The Past, Present, and Contested Future
The Past, Present, and Contested Future
of LNG Terminals Along the Gulf Coast
of LNG Terminals Along the Gulf Coast
How does methane gas development affect communities? This article from Sierra is an informative read.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-4-winter/feature/lng-gas-terminals-future-gulf-coast-texas
Here is an interesting story about restoring a river, that I read recently in Sierra Magazine. It was the kind of encouraging news I needed to hear right now.
Remaking the Klamath River
The largest dam-removal project in US history restores a once-great salmon migration route
By Juliet Grable Photos by Katie Falkenberg December 10, 2024
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-4-winter/feature/remaking-klamath-river
This is kind of a part 2 to yesterday's article from Sierra. It's the Editor-in-Chief's encouraging take on an otherwise gloomy situation.
Resistance Is Fertile
It will require grit to thwart the Trump administration's oil-soaked agenda
By Jason Mark December 10, 2024
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-4-winter/editor-s-desk/resistance-fertile
The recent issue of Sierra wasn't only about energy. Here is an article about the workers who pick our vegetables, and how working in hotter temperatures affects them:
"Extreme Heat Fueled by
Climate Change
Punishes Outdoor Workers
As the federal government pushes for national heat protections, some states resist badly needed safety rules."
Will the new administration push for heat protections?
I got this in my inbox from Catholic Climate Covenant:
"As we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month this November, we are invited to reflect on the deep spiritual and cultural wisdom of Native American communities and the profound relationship they share with the land, water, and all of creation. This month is an opportunity to not only honor the contributions of Native Americans to our society but also to recognize the ongoing struggles for environmental justice and reconciliation that many Native communities face."
I enjoyed reading this article from The Washington Post that I found in my e-mail courtesy of One5C. We visited the remote northern Alaska areas of the Brooks Range a dozen years ago, and found it beautiful and otherworldly. It was strange to be in a place so remote and nearly uninhabited. The photos are great, too.
What to do about one of America's last wild places
Oct. 13, 2024
I felt it was time to go back into the archives and do a little housekeeping! I found this article about "climate receiver cities" from Sierra, that I felt went pretty well with an article I recently posted!
“Climate Receiver” Cities
Signal a Rust Belt Renaissance
Once depopulated, these areas of the US are becoming climate destinations
By Jacqueline Kehoe August 2, 2023
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/climate-receiver-cities-signal-rust-belt-renaissance
Another organization I get emails from is Organic Consumers Association. From there, you click on an article and sometimes go to another source! Here's an interesting recent one about so called "climate havens":
Asheville Has Been Called a 'Climate Haven',
There's no such thing
Adele Peters writes for Fast Company:
https://www.fastcompany.com/91200111/asheville-has-been-called-a-climate-haven-theres-no-such-thing
Oct. 5,2024
I received this email from Catholic Climate Covenant today. It's about workers' rights in a world that is heating up. With so much "weather" going on around the country, you may have missed some of the extreme temperatures in the Southwest. Of course, the overheated gulf has created several hurricanes, and even where I am, it's unseasonably warm for October.
OSHA Heat Injury & Illness Prevention Rule
"Catholic Climate Covenant, in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching, supports the rights of people working in dangerous heat conditions."
https://catholicclimatecovenant.salsalabs.org/oshaheatruleactionalert
July 29, 2024
"Our Children’s Trust argued that the bedrock rights to life and liberty are meaningless without a stable climate." This is a quote from an article in the summer issue of Sierra. If you are interested in finding out more, you can click the link here: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-2-summer/treehugger/julia-olson-founder-our-children-s-trust-setting-legal-bar-high
Julia Olson, Founder of Our Children's Trust,
Is Setting the Legal Bar High
By Lindsey Botts July 10, 2024
July 19, 2024
I finally got around to reading my summer issue of Sierra, and it's packed with good stories! This one has everything-alternative fuel, environmental justice, greenwashing and more!
The Hog Industry's Great Biogas Boondoggle
CAFOs are jumping on the renewable energy bandwagon
By Barry Yeoman, Photos by J Henry Fair, June 11, 2024
7/17/2024
Do you remember "creosote"- that chemical that was used on railroad ties? This is a story from Sierra about that and Environmental Justice.
Reparations for Houston's Historically Black Neighborhoods
How do you pay people for decades of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals?
By Aarohi Sheth June 21, 2024
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