Join us for a free educational field day to explore distributed wind energy as a viable resource to diversify your property’s power production. Distributed wind systems usually provide power directly to the end-user — in this case, the Doody Farm, who have been using wind and solar to help power their operations since 2013. You…
Around 200 community members showed up for Friday’s press conference, organized by Sustainable Finger Lakes on behalf of the FLX Strong coalition, as part of the statewide ‘Stop Data Centers’ tour. This is led by State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, who introduced the bill (S.10642, the Responsible Data Center Development Act) and the environmental group Food…
We are hiring interns for the Fall and Spring semesters! Apply soon (deadline: August 27; applications accepted on a rolling basis) or send this to someone who would be a great addition to our team! The Communications and Outreach Intern will: The Clean Energy and Networks Intern will: In addition, the interns may be asked to help staff with…
Jessika Bond and Emily La speak with Joe Salzone of 607 News Now about the recent expansion of the Sustainable Finger Lakes Neighborhood Mini-Grant program. Applications for grants between $150 and $750 are open until September 1 for residents from Steuben, Chemung, and Tioga Counties. Interested applicants should reach out to Sasha@sustainablefingerlakes.org to request an…
New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez (SD-59), Chair of the Senate Committee on Internet and Technology and sponsor of the Responsible Data Center Development Act (S.10642), will be embarking on the New York Fights AI Data Centers statewide tour from August 22 to August 30. The Senator will be visiting 13 sites with active or…
Sustainable Finger Lakes recently awarded Dundee Central School a mini-grant to help create The Highland Hub. This space provides free apparel, school supplies, and essential personal items for their students. Check out the full article at The Observer.
Sustainable Finger Lakes (SFLX) is pleased to announce the hiring of Jessika Bond as its new Deputy Director. Bond holds a Master of Public Administration from Western Carolina University, a bachelor’s degree in History and Anthropology from UNC Asheville, a certificate in sustainable zoning and land use from UNC SOG, and a Certificate in Rural…
Join us for a public presentation in Ithaca where you will hear from experts and organizers on data centers, their harms, the proposed data center in Lansing on Cayuga Lake and what you can do!In addition to learning from our presenters, we will have action steps you can take and materials that you can take to…
Gay Nicholson of Sustainable Finger Lakes, alongside other leaders from local organizations, delivered a petition opposing TeraWulf’s proposed data center on Cayuga Lake. The organizers also raised concerns regarding long-term impacts on water use, air quality, and future electric system reliability. Read the full announcement from the Ithaca Voice here. See below for other media…
Cayuga Climate Action received an award from the Neighborhood Mini-Grant program to support expenses for their annual Styrofoam drop-off and recycling event. This group is also the first organization to receive a grant in Cayuga County. Upcoming grant cycles will now expand to Tompkins, Cortland, and Cayuga counties. Read the full article from The Citizen…
Just about everyone is aware of the rapid rise in our electric bills over the past few years. Some want to blame the “Green New Deal” and renewable energy projects, but the real causes involve a combination of an aging grid, extreme weather, rising inflation and equipment shortages, distorted utility business models, rising natural gas…
Sustainable Finger Lakes awarded five grants through its Neighborhood Mini-Grant program for citizen-led projects that support resource sharing, community building, and waste reduction initiatives. The Spring 2026 Awardees and the projects their grants will support are listed below: For complete project descriptions, please visit our site at: https://sustainablefingerlakes.org/neighborhood-mini-grant-program-seneca-keuka/ Read the full staff report from Finger Lakes…
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to change the air permitting requirements to allow Big Tech to start construction on certain components of data centers before air quality permits are issued. We can’t let that happen. Air quality permits are required to protect the air we breathe from polluting industries — whether it’s a pipeline…
In the article, Gay Nicholson responds to how decisions to implement AI data centers in small towns are often made by volunteer planning boards who may not have the time to fully learn about the details of the projects. “We were all making the point that these deep-pocket billionaire developers target rural small towns, and…
As part of the Trump Administration’s support for developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure and power generation, they have rolled out a new proposal that would allow companies to start building industrial facilities before receiving an air pollution control permit. This would contradict the Clean Air Act policy, where the law requires companies to refrain from…