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Clean Air Coalition of WNY
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We build power by developing grassroots leaders to organize their communities to run and win environmental justice and public health campaigns in Buffalo NY and the Tonawandas. http://linktr.ee/cleanairwny
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Our friends at @senecalakeguardian.bsky.social don't post much here, so we are sharing this on their behalf - on Friday, at Governor Hochul's direction, NYS DEC approved a Title V air permit for bitcoin mining at the Greenidge Generation gas power plant.
Please read and share their statement below.
Screenshot of an email newsletter from Seneca Lake Guardian with their statement on the approval of a Title V air permit for Greenidge Generation. Text reads - "We are shocked and sickened by today’s late breaking news that Governor Hochul has just abandoned the Finger Lakes and gutted the climate law in a political capitulation to the Greenidge Bitcoin Mining facility on Seneca Lake. In a stunning reversal, she has retracted the decision to deny Greenidge’s Title V Air Permit on the grounds that it violates the Climate Law, and has instead issued this dirty polluting fracked gas power plant a five year permit to keep operating- right in the middle of a court case that was set to resume in two weeks. On the same day, she approved the NESE pipeline- a project that has been denied multiple times because of its environmental risks, signaling her commitment to obliterate any semblance of responsibility to the climate. This is a disgusting betrayal of New Yorkers and a slap in the face to everyone who fought for our climate law, and for the Finger Lakes region. Governor Hochul is siding with a fossil-fueled Bitcoin mine over our air, water, and climate future — handing Greenidge a license to pollute after the state rightly denied its permit. This deal drags us backward and makes a mockery of the Climate Act that New Yorkers voted for. It’s a disgraceful failure of leadership , a betrayal of our community and a gift to corporate polluters at the expense of our region and our planet. We are simply speechless, but we promise you that this will not go unanswered. We will be meeting with our legal team on Monday and will have more information to share once we digest this situation. We will fight this together, as we always have, because we are on the side of right. Yvonne Taylor and Joseph Campbell Principals, Seneca Lake Guardian "
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Join the Buffalo United Coalition on Saturday October 18 at 11am at Niagara Square for NO KINGS IN THE QUEEN CITY, a rally and march. #NOKINGS
Clean Air members, we will meet-up prior to hand out tees and signs - contact Bridge for deets!
Registration NOT required. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
No Kings Rally flyer - text reads "NO KINGS NIAGARA SQUARE BUFFALO NY 11AM-1PM SAT 10/18" and graphic is of a crossed out crown in front of a fist, with dozens of logos of area organizations in support of the rally and march.
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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NYISO's annual Gold Book has a table on page 134 of current Load Interconnection Requests, which adds up to almost 8 GW annually of industrial power requests from NY's grid.
Almost all are from data center developers, and most are intended for cryptomining in upstate!
www.nyiso.com/documents/20...
NYISO Gold Book Table IV-7: Load Interconnection Requests, page 134 Full text available on the linked PDF - QUEUE POS. OWNER / OPERATOR PROJECT ZONE Proposed Date1 (M-YY) SUMMER (MW)3 WINTER (MW)3 NOTES 580 Genesee County Economic Devel. WNY STAMP B May-26 300.0 300.0 (2) 776 Greenidge Generation LLC Greenidge Load C Jun-25 60.0 60.0 850 Cayuga Operating Company, LLC Cayuga Load C Dec-26 50.0 50.0 979 North Country Data Center North Country Data Center D Dec-24 176.0 176.0 (2) (4) 1213 Petawatt Holdings, Inc. St Lawrence Data and Agricultural Center D Jan-26 200.0 200.0 (2) 1315 Sabey Data Center Properties, LLC SDC St. Lawrence D Aug-25 120.0 120.0 1465 Digihost Technologies, Inc. Digihost Load A Apr-24 50.2 50.2 (5) 1484 GCEDC 580 STAMP load increase B Dec-25 300.0 300.0 1536 Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing LLC White Pine Phase 1 C Jun-26 480.0 480.0 (2) 1627 Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing LLC Micron Fab 2 C Sep-30 576.0 507.0 (2) 1646 P&M Brick LLC POWI Project F Jan-27 50.0 50.0 (2) 1670 Lake Mariner data LLC Lake Mariner Data II A Apr-25 250.0 250.0 1681 Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC Niagara Digital Campus A Jun-26 140.0 140.0 1683 Cayuga Operating Company, LLC Cayuga Compute C Oct-25 150.0 150.0 1713 Project Sycamore - Orangeburg Project Sycamore Orangeburg G Jun-26 25.3 25.3 (6) 1714 Robert Delcalzo Hudson Valley Data Center G Feb-27 25.0 25.0 1715 Jerry Martin 1547 CSR - Orangeburg LLC G Jan-27 60.0 60.0 (2) 1716 DataBank Holdings, LLC Orangeburg Expansion Phase 2 G Dec-27 60.0 60.0 (2) 1717 Holtec Decommissioning International (HDI) Proposed Datacenters at 450 Broadway, Buchanan, NY 10511 H Sep-26 200.0 200.0 (2) 1721 WF Industrial XII LLC Brookhaven Logistics Center K Jan-27 176.0 176.0 (2) 1725 Greenidge Generation, LLC Greenidge 200 MW Data Center Project C Mar-28 200.0 200.0 1726 Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus, Inc. Data & Technology Campus A Jan-27 300.0 300.0 Total 3,948.5 3,879.5
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Join us on October 15 for our Fall Happy Hour at Free Street Tavern (1469 Niagara Street in Buffalo)! Register today to help us with headcount - actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
Graphic is a blue background with two beer steins toasting, Clean Air's logo, a QR code for registration, and text. Text reads - "Clean Air's Fall Happy Hour, 1 free drink per person, free food, October 15th 5-7pm at Free Street Tavern 1469 Niagara Street, RSVP at www.cacwny.org/events | @cacwny
September 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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We are at the Kenmore Farmer's Market for International Clean Air Day! Swing by 1 Delaware Road in Kenmore before 12pm to say hi. We will also be here next Sunday!
Clean Air member standing at Clean Air’s table
September 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Join us this Saturday June 21 at 11am at Niagara Square in downtown Buffalo for the next Buffalo United Rally and March! Learn more at linktr.ee/buffalounited
Buffalo United June 21 rally and march flyer - graphic is of a raised fist in front of the Buffalo skyline with organization logos along the bottom, text reads "BUFFALO UNITED RALLY AND MARCH FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERATION NIAGARA SQUARE SATURDAY JUNE 21 11AM"
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Look for us today in the Buffalo Pride Parade marching with our friends in the Justice and Liberation Bloc!
Group photo of some of the members of the Justice and Liberation Bloc of the Buffalo Pride Parade
June 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Clean Air and other Buffalo-area membership-based organizations and labor unions will be marching together in the Buffalo Pride Parade! Sign up your group or register individually at this link - linktr.ee/bflojusticeb...
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Cover art for the 2025 Buffalo Pride Parade Justice & Liberation Bloc. Graphic is of a gender non-conforming person holding a sign that reads "BUILD SOLIDARITY AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL" in front of a light pink, hot pink and yellow rainbow. Further graphics are of the logos of participating organizations as of May 2, PUSH Buffalo, Clean Air, 1199 SEIU, Buffalo Irish Liberation Society, and Equality NY's Buffalo Chapter. Additional text reads "2025 JUSTICE & LIBERATION BLOC BUFFALO PRIDE PARADE, SUNDAY 06-01, LINE-UP ARRIVE BY 10AM VEHICLES MUST REGISTER ON ORGANIZATION SIGN-UP AND ARRIVE BY 9AM BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE LOTS R14 AND R13 ORGANIZAITON SIGN UP BY MAY 19 INDIVIDUAL SIGN-UPS OPTIONAL HTTPS://LINKTR.EE/BFLOJUSTICEBLOC"
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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What a Saturday! Clean Air staff and members showed up to support the #BuffaloUnited #HandsOff rally and march as well as the AKG Picket led by Workers United.
Drag performer Fat Chance on stage at the Buffalo United rally - they are waving a progress lgbtq+ flag and wearing a tee that says Protect Trans Kids, and they are being cheered on by the surrounding crowd Clean Air staff member Bridge standing in front of an inflatable Scabby the Rat at the AKG picket Clean Air staff and members at the Buffalo United March - signs they are holding read "No Human is Illegal on Stolen Land Abolish ICE" and "Hands off the EPA, Red or Blue, EPA Protects You!" PUSH organizer Janayia Capers and Sierra Club member Janet Lenichek speaking on the stage at the Buffalo United Rally
April 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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At our Annual Meeting last night, Clean Air signed the @surj.bsky.social Pledge to Protect and Resist! Read the pledge and sign today by visiting www.protectandresist.com
Clean Air staff, board, and members with the signed SURJ Pledge
March 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Save the date for this workshop on Occupational Disease, and register at this link!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Text reads "Is work making you sick? Occupational Disease and Exposure Workshop, Teamsters Local 264, 35 Tyrol Drive, Cheektowaga NY 14227, Monday April 14 2025, 10:30-12 noon" with a link to register https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2CYTjqRp6SwhgyrbV15Qe8q10pP-jWJ6NQXLf5kJyGuDYEg/viewform
March 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Help us raise 30k by May 1st!
Clean Air fights for our homes and advocates for a sustainable, healthy future for WNY, but we can't do it without your help.
Any donation from $5 to $500 helps us sustain our mission to secure environmental justice.
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May Day Appeal: Help Us Raise 30k in Emergency Funds by May 1st Last fall, Clean Air secured a portion of a $20 million grant from the EPA to help our community prepare for the worsening effects of climate change. Now, that funding is being blocked and withheld by the federal administration, leading us to face a serious cash flow crisis. That’s why we’re launching an emergency May Day Fundraiser to raise $30k by May 1st. Will you stand with us today? Donate through the link in our bio Other ways to support Start your own peer-to-peer fundraiser. Reach out to us at info@cacwny.org and we’ll walk you through setting up your own Give Lively fundraiser for Clean Air. Donate by cash or check. Email us at info@cacwny.org and we’ll send you an envelope with paid postage to mail in your cash or check donation. Get others to donate! Reach out to your friends, family, and anyone you know who cares about environmental justice and ask them to donate to Clean Air. Share this post!
March 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Also today- picket at the AKG to push back on union busting!
Picket outside the Buffalo AKG Union inflatables at the AKG picket
March 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#TeslaTakedown Buffalo
February 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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#TelsaTakedown Buffalo
February 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Buffalo #TeslaTakedown demonstration happening now, led by former workers! Meeting up at the South Park Tops just down the road from a Tesla plant
Photo of banner and crowd; banner reads "Former Tesla Workers Against Fascism, Elon out of office now, solidarity with migrants and trans people!" Photo of gathering crowd prior to demonstration
February 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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We are in North Tonawanda tonight supporting residents organizing against advanced nuclear for bitcoin cryptocurrency mining at the Fortistar gas-fired power plant by Digihost Technology
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Interested in catching up on Clean Air's work, or getting involved? Join us next week on Wednesday January 22 for our January General Meeting! Register at this link - actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
Graphic is a light blue background with dark blue text, with Clean Air's logo at the top right and a graphic with a hand holding a bull horn for decoration. Text reads - "COME TO CLEAN AIR'S JANUARY GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22ND 5:30-7:00PM ONLINE & IN PERSON 371 DELAWARE AVE REGISTER AT CACWNY.ORG FREE HOT MEAL PROVIDED FOR ALL ATTENDEES CHILDCARE, INTERPRETATION AND ACCESSIBLITY ACCOMODATIONS AVAILABLE WITH PRE-REGISTRATION" followed by information on Clean Air's social media.
January 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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We're just $400 away from the $5000 mark on our End of Year Appeal - help put us over by making a donation today! secure.givelively.org/donate/clean...
Graphic - navy blue background with graphics of fists in lower left, Clean Air's logo in the lower right, and the 2025 theme logo in upper right. Text reads CLEAN AIR'S 2024 END OF YEAR APPEAL FORGING FORWARD THROUGH UNCERTAINTY
December 17, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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We grumble a lot about the non-profit industrial complex. Grants tie the hands of advocacy orgs with threats of funding cuts if a funder's feathers are ruffled. We need to be BOLD in 2025, and your donation will give us unrestricted funding flexibility to do so! secure.givelively.org/donate/clean...
Graphic - navy blue background with graphics of fists in lower left, Clean Air's logo in the lower right, and the 2025 theme logo in upper right. Text reads CLEAN AIR'S 2024 END OF YEAR APPEAL FORGING FORWARD THROUGH UNCERTAINTY
December 12, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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Our grassroots led advocacy work in the Tonawandas has helped us forge forward locally and regionally - donate today to support us in 2025! Your donation will give us flexibility to be bold and unhindered by restrictions tied to grant funding.
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Graphic - navy blue background with graphics of fists in lower left, Clean Air's logo in the lower right, and the 2025 theme logo in upper right. Text reads CLEAN AIR'S 2024 END OF YEAR APPEAL FORGING FORWARD THROUGH UNCERTAINTY Graphic - blue background with birds bordering text. Text reads - 2024 with the Tonawanda Teams Our Tonawanda Just Transition Teams were extremely busy this year, with a mix of both wins and losses, and much to build upon in 2025. Our ongoing work with the Tonawanda Community Working Group led to extremely strong standards for the clean up of contamination at Tonawanda Coke in the final Decision Document. We also called attention to the site developer’s plan to use Tonawanda Coke to mine for cryptocurrency, and spoke at the NYPA hearing earlier this month to advocate instead for building renewable energy projects on this and other industrial brownfield sites in the River Road corridor. EOYA WEEK 1 Graphic - blue background with birds bordering text. Text reads - 2024 with the Tonawanda Teams We helped uncover a disturbing pattern in DEC Region 9 of extending expired Title V Air Permits for years, with almost 90% of Title V facilities in Erie and Niagara County running on expired permits, several by a decade or more. We brought out dozens of Town of Tonawanda residents to the public hearing on zoning to flag deficiencies and call for stronger environmental justice protections. The action featured drag artist Freddie Hercury to highlight how the “Adult Cabaret” definition in the revised zoning ordinance carried forward discriminatory language that defacto bans drag performances, an oversight town officials that evening verbally conceded needs to be revisited as soon as possible. EOYA WEEK 1 Graphic - blue background with birds bordering text. Text reads - 2024 with the Tonawanda Teams These are just a few highlights from 2024 - we also collected hundreds of petition signatures and postcards concerning several issues like NRG’s feet dragging on the clean up of the ash ponds at Huntley, canvassed across the area, supported our neighbors in North Tonawanda in their fight against Foristar, and much more. Not all changes were for the positive - the sudden and unexpected closure of Sumitomo a month ago reminded us of the importance of building local coalitions and trust to be able to work rapidly in response to crisis moments, and that, when we rely upon extractive corporations without local roots, our economy is left vulnerable to the whims of board room executives thousands of miles away. EOYA WEEK 1
December 11, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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This Wednesday - join us December 11 at 6:30pm at Burning Books (420 Connecticut St) for a screening by Allies of the Seneca Nation of the short film Unheard Voices: The Tonawanda Senecas' Fight for their Way of Life. Also take a moment to sign the petition - act.newmode.net/action/ny-re...
Image is a purple background with abstract green and orange blurs. Text reads: PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE SCREENING OF THE SHORT FILM "UNHEARD VOICES: THE TONAWANDA SENECAS' FIGHT FOR THEIR WAY OF LIFE" ALONG WITH CAMPAIGN UPDATES, Q&A, AND CALLS TO ACTION. Learn about the Nation's struggle to top the WNY STAMP mega-industrial site and how you can take action in solidarity. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 6:30-7:30PM, BURNING BOOKS 420 CONNECTICUT STREET, BUFFALO NY 14213. SEE YOU THERE!
December 9, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Help us reach $500 by Monday - donate today to support our End of Year Appeal so we can fight in 2025, and share this link! secure.givelively.org/donate/clean...
Graphic - dark blue background with Clean Air's logo, birds of varying colors, and a cartoon of a protest at the bottom Text reads - Recapping our 2024 wins In 2024, Clean Air’s member-led organizing has: Reestablished our Membership Team and Events Committee Called attention the numerous expired Title V Air permits in WNY Rolled out our Community Air Monitoring Program Organized residents in the Northland Beltline around the large number of junkyards in their neighborhood Pushed for accountability for Battaglia Demolition And more! With a donation to our 2024 End-of-Year appeal, we can continue this momentum in 2025!
December 6, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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We have launched our End of Year Appeal, with a goal of raising 30k by the end of December - please donate to support our work and help us start off 2025 on solid footing!
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As we enter an uncertain future in 2025, Clean Air invites everyone to reflect on the struggles we have already overcome and the wins that we have achieved that once seemed impossible. Fifteen years ago, holding Tonawanda Coke accountable for its blatant disregard for air quality standards and resident health seemed to be an insurmountable task. Now, our Tonawanda team advocating to redevelop the site of the former plant into a renewable energy hub for the neighborhood. DONATE TODAY
November 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Join us TOMORROW 11/20 from 5-7pm at Buffalo Beer Keep, 1002 Elmwood Ave for our Happy Hour Mixer!
Light bites and a free drink ticket for everyone.
Meet other members, supporters, and get plugged into our work - we need all hands at the ready for the fight ahead!
actionnetwork.org/events/brews...
Graphic of a full beer stein in front of a blue background. Text reads "Brews & Community: Happy Hour Mixer with Clean Air, Wednesday November 20 5-7pm, One free drink ticket and light bites provided, The Beer Keep 1002 Elmwood Ave"
November 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM