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Communities are faced with emerging environmental and public health concerns related to the rapid construction of data centers. Hear from successful grassroots organizers and policy experts on the diverse ways communities are uniting to assess their environmental impact and pursue effective solutions.<\/p>\n

Featured Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Quentin Good | Policy Analyst, Frontier Group | Energy guzzlers? Water wasters? What should we be worried about with data centers? Join Quentin as he explains what we know about their environmental & public health impact, and what we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Gage Bailey | Founder, Troup County Anti-Data Center Coalition | From one concerned citizen to a campaign 1,000s strong, Gage will share his success story of organizing his Georgia community to demand data center transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n

DATE<\/strong>: Thursday, July 23
\nTIME<\/strong>: 12:00 – 12:45 pm
\nLOCATION<\/strong>: Zoom<\/p>\n

REGISTER HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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