Fwd: Thurs noon - Data Centers and public health impacts
Lisa Anzalone
From: 'Bill Sabey' via Sierra Club of PA Dirty Energy <sc-pa-chapter-d...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:52β―AM
Subject: Thurs noon - Data Centers and public health impacts
To: Bill Sabey <billzm...@yahoo.com>
fyi - webinar registration below. There will be a recording if you can't make the time.
------- Forwarded Message -----From: "Elissa Yoder, HHN" <eli...@halttheharm.net>To: "Bill"ΒSent: Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 7:03 PMSubject: A new webinar about Data Centers and public health impacts
Hi Bill,
Across the country, new data centers and fossil fuel projects are being built with very little attention to the health of the people living nearby. Many communities are only hearing about βinnovation,β βjobs,β and βdigital infrastructureβ β not about the pollution and health risks that come with it.
This week's webinar is a chance to hear directly from researchers at Boston University who are mapping those health impacts and connecting them to the rapid expansion of data centers and other fossil fuel infrastructure.
β Learn more and register here
Hidden in Plain Sight: Public Health Risks from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure and Data Center Expansion
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
Data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities demand enormous amounts of energy, often supplied by fossil fuel infrastructure that puts nearby communities at greater risk. At the same time, regulators and companies rarely acknowledge these health impacts, treating each facility as if it exists in isolation.
In this webinar, researchers from Boston University will share new findings on how fossil fuel infrastructure and data center expansion are concentrating health risks, who is most affected, and what this means for communities and campaigns on the ground.
Featured Speakers
- Jonathan Buonocore, Boston University
- Mary Willis, Boston University
- Moderated by Elissa Yoder, Halt the Harm Network
Register Here About these webinars
HHN regularly partners with leaders in the network to host webinars. If there's a topic or a campaign that you're working on and you want to request or partner with us on a webinar event, please reply!
This particular topic is part of the Bad Data Centers project, which has its own series of meetups and resources being assembled. Also reply if you're interested in getting looped into those. But we'll be sharing more details during this event as well.
Whether you are already fighting a data center or fossil fuel project, or you are just starting to see these proposals in your area, this session will help you connect the dots between energy, infrastructure, and public health.
β Click here to see all the details and register
Canβt make it live?
If you cannot attend at 12pm ET, please register anyway. Weβll send the recording and resources to everyone who signs up, along with ways to use this research in your own organizing.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Elissa Yoder
Halt the Harm Network
Elissa Yoder
Organizing Fellow, Halt the Harm Network
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