Left: Pictured from the left, activists Annie and Ashley, and Food & Water Watch Pennsylvania Senior Organizer Ginny Marcille-Kerslake celebrate after stopping Project Hazelnut. Thank you for powering this success! Right: The site of the proposed Project Hazelnut has already been clear-cut and flattened. A Sugarloaf resident has a clear view of the destroyed forest from their home. Photo by Joseph Pecora Photography
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How you’re pushing back Thanks to you, Food & Water Watch is working with Annie and other community leaders to push back against resource-hungry data centers — and our voices are making a difference! You powered successful efforts to block projects, such as Project Hazelnut, a massive AI data center campus proposed near Annie’s home. This past November, in response to public outcry, the Hazle Township Board of Supervisors resoundly rejected it. “We expect to see legal challenges, but it was a great
Thank you for being at the heart of this critical work!
first and victorious step!” says Annie.
Together, we’re also calling for a national freeze on all new AI data centers. In December, we sent a letter to Congress signed by more than 230 national, state, and local organizations from across the country calling for a moratorium. Until we have regulatory guardrails to keep this technol- ogy from abusing our wallets, health, economy, and planet, we must press pause.
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Annie says, “Don’t underestimate the power of an educated, activated population.” Equipped with knowledge and people power, together, we can protect our communities and
environment. Read the case for a data center moratorium.
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Because of you, Isabella fights for affordable clean energy in Florida ON THE GROUND Isabella Moeller is passionate about environmental and Isabella says, “The cost of energy keeps rising at a time when Floridians are
climate activism. She found Food & Water Watch a couple of years ago at a Letter to the Editor (LTE) training we hosted in Florida. That’s where she learned about the connection between rising electricity bills and dependence on fossil fuels. She’s been an incredible intern, turned volunteer, turned orga- nizer ever since!
facing worsening climate disasters and higher costs of living. We must fight for an affordable, climate-resilient future.” Your generosity powers our internship program and Volunteer Network outreach and training so that amazing activists like Isabella can fight for a livable future. Thank you! Read Isabella’s story at fwwat.ch/isabella
What came of the LTE training? Isabella’s first-ever LTE was published in the Tampa Bay Times , the largest publication in Florida!
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