Communities across the UK are fighting to have their concerns about AI data centres heard but are being drowned out by big tech lobbyists who hold the ear of government. Every name added to the petition makes it harder for the UK Government to ignore. #StopDirtyDataCentres
While households, farmers and local authorities are being urged to reduce water use and prepare for scarcity, a highly water-intensive digital infrastructure is being actively promoted as a national priority. #StopDirtyDataCentres
Background is a photo of blue water with ripples. In white the text reads: Join the call the Stop Dirty Data Centres. Sign our petition today. Link: globalactionplan.org.uk/data-centres/stop-dirty-data-centres Global Action Plan logo on the top RHS of page.
New research estimates that 84% of proposed data centres are located in areas that are already water stressed or face imminent risks to water supply. Join us in calling on the Government for a moratorium on AI data centre construction. Add your name: globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres
If safeguarding is about keeping children safe, then the guidance must evolve to meet that challenges of today’s society. Right now, there is a rare opportunity to have your say on government safeguarding guidance for schools across England. Learn more on how you can have your say:
Young people are aware of climate change and are often trying to understand this complex and uncertain topic without the required space or support to process it, intensifying risks to their mental health and wellbeing.
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When adults avoid the topic of climate change – whether through discomfort or a fear of getting it wrong - children fill in the gaps themselves, often with anxiety and misinformation. Climate change is not a separate issue to safeguarding. #teaching #sustainability #education
Our report exposes how a lack of industry transparency, combined with problematic claims from the tech companies are leaving the UK unprepared to tackle increasing water scarcity.
The UK’s water systems face intensifying strain yet the UK Government is accelerating the expansion of AI data centres, which require vast quantities of water - a single hyperscale data centre requires enough water each day to meet the needs of around 10,000 people.
The background is a blue underwater photo with bubbles visible and light coming from the top of the page. A tear of paper runs across the middle of the page with text over the top. The headline reads: "Majority of AI data centres planned in already water-stressed areas". Smaller text underneath reads: "Environmental charity Global Action Plan found that 84 percent of all proposed water-intensive data sites will be in these areas, which are either already experiencing water shortages or are projected to by 2040. Morning Star, 2026." The Global Action Plan logo can be seen on the bottom right hand side of the page.
We published a new report last week on how AI expansion risks exacerbating water scarcity in the UK. We found that 84% of proposed data centres are located in areas that are projected to be water stressed by 2040. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/majo...
Drax power station is the UK's single largest source of carbon emissions. The company behind Drax now want to build a new AI data centre right next door. Black and wide faded image of data centres servers. Logos: Stop burning trees coalition, Biofuel Watch, Global Action Plan
Take a stand against big tech’s dangerous deals with dirty energy and add your name to our joint petition with @biofuelwatch.bsky.social and @stopburningtrees.bsky.social
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#StopDirtyDataCentres #AI #climate
Drax, the UKs single biggest emitter, is now trying to build data centres. If this goes ahead, it'll mean more forests destroyed, communities polluted & carbon emissions.
Sign our petition with @globalactionplan.bsky.social & @biofuelwatch.bsky.social today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home and is one of the largest sources of fine particle air pollution in the UK, which can cause heart and lung disease and increase your risk of diabetes and dementia. Don’t miss this important opportunity and have your say!
Government wood burning consultation closes tomorrow. Concerned by the health impacts of wood burning? Have your say on future government policy by completing the consultation before 12pm Thursday 19 March. https://www.healthyair.org.uk/have-your-say-on-wood-burning/
There's only one day remaining to complete the Government’s consultation on wood and solid fuel burning! The Government is consulting on measures to reduce air pollution from burning in UK homes, and you can help shape these measures by taking part. www.healthyair.org.uk/have-your-sa...
Yesterday we had a brilliant session with the amazing ASSET Arrows - young representatives from across ASSET schools - exploring consumerism and marketing, co-designing the programme and creating Mother’s Day wind chimes from sustainable materials gathered from the forest and beach.
The programme will support children aged 9–11 to lead social action projects focused on nature, the climate and mental health and will be delivered in partnership with ASSET Education. Thank you to the @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for making this expansion of our Good Life Schools programme possible.
Children sit around a table making windchimes out of sticks, string, pine cones and shells.
A close up of the homemade windchimes placed on the table with children's hands in view as they children continue to make them. The windchimes consist of a stick placed horizontally, with multiple strands of string attached across the stick, with strands attached to other smaller wooden pieces or shells that hang below.
Global Action Plan is delighted to announce that thanks to support from the #iwill Fund, we’re expanding our Good Life Schools programme into primary schools across England.
Larissa Lockwood, our Director of Policy and Campaigns on the @bmj.com podcast following their findings that UK councils have been threatened with legal action by the Stove Industry Alliance over public information campaigns on the health harms of wood burning.
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REMINDER: One week to go before the Government's consultation on domestic burning closes. Don't miss the opportunity to have your say and complete your response before March 19!
www.healthyair.org.uk/have-your-sa...
Four adults and one child hold signs saying "Save Brick Lane", "Build Homes Not Data Centres" and "Stop Dirty Data Centres"
A group of adults stand at a gate in front of a field with signs saying "North Ockendon Mega Data Centres in the Greenbelt countryside - Say NO!" and "Stop Dirty Data Centres".
A group of adults stand in a field holding a large pink banner that reads "Stop Dirty Data Centres" and hold up a yellow flag for "Friends of the Earth".
4 adults hold a large pink banner that reads "Stop Dirty Data Centres", while standing in front of trees.
Thank you to all the communities and campaigners across the country who joined together last weekend to participate in our days of action to #StopDirtyDataCentres.
Together, we can build the power we need to that ensure data centres aren’t built at the expense of our climate and communities.
Save Brick Lane saying #StopDirtyDataCentres outside the site where one is proposed. The community is wants the site to be used for social housing.
Graphic advertising the protest: I'm Marching Against the Machines. Sat 28th Feb. 12pm. OpenAI Office, Pentonville Road, London
We joined @globalactionplan.bsky.social and friends this morning outside DESNZ as part of the weekend of action against dirty data centres!
Find out more about the issues here: www.campaigncc.org/ai_data_cent...
Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning outside DESNEZ, to kick off our #StopDirtyDataCentres days of action. Join an action near you this weekend: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres
Thank you @computerweekly.bsky.social for covering our days of action this weekend to #StopDirtyDataCentres at the expense of communities and a safe climate.
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666394...
Great coverage from @reuters.com this morning on our days of action to #StopDirtyDataCentres, in solidarity with people across the country opposing Big Tech's hyperscale data centres being built at the expense of communities and climate.
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Potters Bar residents are taking part in the days of action this weekend with a public consultation today and tomorrow to oppose the plan for a 187,000 sqm industrial data centre on protected Green Belt land. Check out their new website: protect-potters-bar.co.uk #StopDirtyDataCentres
Nine people standing outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero holding a banner that reads “STOP DIRTY DATA CENTRES” and another banner that reads “London Mining Network - holding the mining industry to account”
Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning outside the DESNEZ, to kick off our Stop Dirty Data Centres days of action, in solidarity with people across the country taking a stand against data centres being built at the expense of communities and climate.
#StopDirtyDataCentres
Communities across the UK are taking action today and tomorrow to #StopDirtyDataCentres. They'll use energy, land + water that should be for people, not big tech.
In Brick Lane, London, they plan to build a new data centre instead of social housing 🤯
Moratorium now!
@globalactionplan.bsky.social
"Activists are set to take to British streets on Friday for two days of protests against the expansion of data centres to serve booming demand for artificial intelligence, and the impact of the facilities on communities and the environment." #StopDirtyDataCentres www.yahoo.com/news/article...
“This weekend, communities challenging hyperscale datacentres will come together for the first time ...we can all be part of creating a better future where infrastructure works for communities and climate, not against them.” #StopDirtyDataCentres www.computerweekly.com/news/3666394...
