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SUMMARY:Data Centers and Energy Usage 101: Impacts on the Electric Grid
DESCRIPTION:As data center electricity usage projections continue to skyrocket\, data centers are already propelling massive electric load growth in many states\, testing regional grids and raising concerns for future energy planning. Bloomberg currently estimates that data centers’ power capacity could reach 194 gigawatts by 2035\, an 83% increase from its projection last year.  State policymakers\, regulators\, and community advocates face several challenges in understanding and planning for this future demand. This Clean Energy Group (CEG) webinar is a primer for the data center industry and will provide important information on data center energy usage estimates. \nIn this webinar\, Alli Finn\, Director of Community Partnerships at AI Now Institute\, will provide an overview of the data center landscape underlying this load growth\, including operational dynamics\, incentive structures\, and other key concepts. This will be followed by a presentation from Sarah Smith\, a research scientist in Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Energy Analysis Division. Dr. Smith will present on factors impacting data center electricity usage modelling and considerations for policymakers\, regulators\, and local authorities when assessing data center load growth\, as detailed in the US Data Center Energy Usage Report 2025 Update. The two presentations will be followed by questions and discussion from the audience. CEG Project Director Abbe Ramanan will moderate. \nDATE: Tuesday\, September 1\nTIME: 1:00 – 2:00 pm\nLOCATION: Zoom \nREGISTER HERE \nClean Energy Group\nwww.cleanegroup.org
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SUMMARY:Women's Water Walk: Stop the Constitution Pipeline
DESCRIPTION:On September 19\, 2026 the Women’s Water Walk will begin a two-week\, 113 mile prayer walk led by women through towns along the route of the proposed Constitution Pipeline in New York State.​​ \nThe Constitution Pipeline is a fracked gas mega pipeline proposed by the Oklahoma-based Williams Company\, which would run from northeast Pennsylvania to Schoharie County\, New York. Rejected in 2016 by New York State as a danger to our water\, the Constitution Pipeline project has returned to line the pockets of big corporations who want to overturn New York’s fracking ban. \nThe pipeline would cut through 125 miles of forests\, wetlands\, wild habitats and rural farm communities\, providing a corridor of power for AI data centers and deafening compressor stations that cause serious air pollution and acid rain. \nThe Women’s Water Walk\, which men are encouraged to join\, will begin outside of Damascus\, N.Y. and continue through towns along the proposed pipeline route. ​Our walk is rooted in prayer and positive action. We will sing as we walk and stop to make offerings at the many rivers\, lakes and waterways along our path. We will gather daily to discuss community solutions\, actions and legal frameworks to protect our land and water – focusing not only on what we seek to stop\, but also on what we are trying to build. \nWe invite teachers\, students\, farmers\, neighbors\, workers\, artists\, faith leaders\, elected representatives and all relations to walk with us. You can walk for a week\, a day\, or even an hour. One step at a time\, we are planting seeds of love\, action and change for the generations to come. \nDATE: September 19 – October 4\, 2026 \nLOCATION: See map for walking route \nREGISTER HERE \nFor more information\, contact info@womenswaterwalk.org
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CATEGORIES:Action,Clean Energy,Community Events,Conservation,Energy,Environmental Justice,Hikes,Land Protection,Outdoor Activity,Protesting,Trees,Walks
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