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URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/jewish-earth-alliance-network-briefing/
SUMMARY:Jewish Earth Alliance Network Briefing
DESCRIPTION:This program is scheduled on Eastern Time Zone and will be held
  on Zoom.\n\nNetwork Briefing\nStop Data Center Subsidies\nTuesday\, March
  17\, 2026\n5:00 pm PT/ 8:00 pm ET\n\nRegister here for the March 17 Netwo
 rk Briefing\n\nData centers to meet the explosive demand for artificial in
 telligence (AI) burn&nbsp\;huge quantities of electricity. This&nbsp\;driv
 es&nbsp\;up the cost of electricity to everyday consumers and&nbsp\;can&nb
 sp\;increase&nbsp\;our dependence on&nbsp\;power plants that emit climate-
 warming pollutants and typically are located in economically disadvantaged
  communities.\n\nThe&nbsp\;Power for the People Act of 2026&nbsp\;(S.3682)
 &nbsp\;takes an important first&nbsp\;step of ensuring that data centers\,
  not Americans\, foot the bill for their own electricity costs.\n\nOur spe
 aker\, Ann&nbsp\;Bennett will discuss&nbsp\;data centers' damage to the&nb
 sp\;climate\, resources\, and communities. She&nbsp\;serves as Data Center
 s Issue Chair for the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter.&nbsp\;\n\nProfessor Ha
 va Tirosh-Samuelson will offer words of Torah. She&nbsp\;is Regents&nbsp\;
 Professor of History\, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism\
 , and Director of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe\, AZ
 .\n\nFuture network briefings are on Tuesday\,&nbsp\;April 21\, and Tuesda
 y\, May 19.\nAction Alert\nData Centers' Cheap Power Comes at&nbsp\;Americ
 a's&nbsp\;Expense\n\nThe burgeoning growth of artificial intelligence (AI)
  and its infrastructure&nbsp\;comes with costs to our environment and clim
 ate&nbsp\;-- and to&nbsp\;American consumers.&nbsp\;The electricity consum
 ed by AI is subsidized by higher prices paid by American consumers.&nbsp\;
 \n\nTell your senator to support&nbsp\;Power for the People Act of 2026&nb
 sp\;(S.3682)\,&nbsp\;which will stop American's&nbsp\;electricity&nbsp\;su
 bsidies for data centers. For more information\, see our Action Alert\,&nb
 sp\;Americans Shouldn’t Foot the Bill for Big Data Centers.\nFrom Our Fr
 iends\nPrizmah\, the organization supporting Jewish day schools\, publishe
 d a newsletter with articles by schools participating in Adamah's Jewish C
 limate Leadership Coalition.\nModeh Ani--Gratitude\nChina's emissions have
  finally turned a corner and started falling over the past two years\, des
 pite a surge in power demand. Last year\, solar power output increased 43%
 \, wind power 14%\, and nuclear 8% over the previous year. (Carbon Brief)\
 n\nThe Interior Department resumed permitting reviews for utility-scale so
 lar projects\, including the massive Esmerelda Energy Center in Nevada. (G
 overnors' Wind and Solar Energy Coalition)\n\nSouth Dakota approved constr
 uction of its largest wind farm\, which could include up to 87 turbines sp
 read over 68\,300 acres. (Electrek)\nFeatured Resources\nA&nbsp\;Substack 
 post by Emily Atkin&nbsp\;spells out the numerous connections between auth
 oritarianism and fossil fuels--and between democracy and climate action.\n
 \nA survey conducted by Environmental Voter Project last year found that A
 mericans do care deeply about climate change\, but they don't view it in a
  political context.\nBecome a Partner with Jewish Earth Alliance!\nDo you 
 belong to a Jewish organization that cares about our planet? If so\, encou
 rage them to become a partner in our movement! We have a great group of pa
 rtner organizations and are looking to expand to encompass more of the Jew
 ish community.&nbsp\;Your organization can sign up to join here. A list of
  current national allies and&nbsp\;partners&nbsp\;can be found on our webs
 ite. If not now\, when?\nJewish Earth Alliance&nbsp\;YouTube Channel\nVide
 o&nbsp\;recordings of the monthly Network Briefings&nbsp\;are available if
  you missed them or want to mine them for excellent and timely presentatio
 ns for&nbsp\;your group's meetings. Check it out!&nbsp\;Jewish Earth Allia
 nce Youtube Channel.\n\n\n\nMore information\, contact: contact@JewishEart
 hAlliance.org\n\n&nbsp\;
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