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Data center proposals are reaching city councils and statehouses faster than local rules can keep up.
Communities Take Charge, a free model policy guide, gives states and localities ordinances to adapt on energy, water, pollution, labor, and subsidies.
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As the new Congress takes shape, Unrig the Rules helps you make sense of what’s happening on Capitol Hill and what it means for your community.
Subscribe: webuildprogress.org/unrig-th…
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Control of both the House and Senate is changing. What powers come with the majority? Which bills get a vote, which issues get attention, and how committees conduct oversight.
Our new explainer: webuildprogress.org/2026-11-…
Happening now: our free Communities Take Charge briefing on adapting the data center model policy guide.
Join: bit.ly/Communities-Take-Char…
With KeShaun Pearson (@MemphisCAP_org), Shemona Moreno (@350_Seattle), Raleigh Council Member Christina Jones, and our very own Katie Thomas.
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Communities Take Charge: free model ordinances to adapt on energy, water, pollution, labor, and subsidies. Built with @_ClimateXChange, @foe_us, @Public_Citizen, @weact4ej, Model Climate Laws Initiative, Rooted Futures Lab, and Run on Climate.
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Free briefing Thursday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m. ET: how to adapt the Communities Take Charge data center model policy guide.
bit.ly/Communities-Take-Char…
With KeShaun Pearson (@MemphisCAP_org), Shemona Moreno (@350_Seattle), Raleigh Council Member Christina Jones, and our Katie Thomas.
Facing a data center proposal? Join us and our Communities Take Charge partners for a free online briefing on using the model policy guide where you live.
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m. ET
Register: bit.ly/Communities-Take-Char…
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We're joining Florida State Rep. @AnnaForFlorida and @GoodJobsFirst at a virtual town hall Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. ET. We'll dive into how data centers and AI impact your community and share tools to help you take action. Register here: mobilize.us/annaforflorida/e…
We launched it at #ClimateWeekNYC with Maine Rep. Melanie Sachs, NY Asm. Anna Kelles, KD Minor of @All4Energy, and Mar Zepeda of @CJAOurPower, moderated by our Katie Thomas.
Watch: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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We built it with seven partners: @_ClimateXChange, @foe_us, Model Climate Laws Initiative, @Public_Citizen, Rooted Futures Lab, Run on Climate, and @weact4ej, plus nine contributing organizations.
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Just like we’ve brought food to a neighbor in mourning or helped an elderly neighbor shovel their walkway, we can help protect each other by joining together & organizing at the neighborhood level. This toolkit is designed to provide some first steps, tips & tools.
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To mark the guide’s release, we convened policymakers, advocates, organizers and experts today during #COP30 (@ClimateGroup) for “Communities Take Charge: Launching the Data Center Policy Guide.”
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Today, we launched a Model Data Center Policy Guide, an interactive resource designed to equip community-based organizers & state & local leaders w/ practical, customizable policy tools to regulate proposed & existing data center development:
bit.ly/data-center-policy-gu…
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Our Livable Futures Director, Katie Thomas, walks The Hum through an example of local policies passing on data centers across the US.
Katie shares her tracker and gives a menu of options and ideas so any community can be prepared to fight back.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Join us & the Deliver My Vote Education Fund/Voter Protection Advocate Network for a webinar on two critical tools that organizers, advocates & everyday citizens can use right now to help protect their rights and the rights of their neighbors.
REGISTER: bit.ly/4cPZ9NC
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With ICE raids ripping apart families, natural disasters devastating communities & voter suppression in the news, there’s a lot at stake right now. But we can each take action to rally our communities and bring new people into our movement!
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Join We Build Progress and the @DeliverMyVote / Voter Protection Advocate Network for our virtual briefing on Thursday, Sept 17th at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT:
“Protect Your Vote, Protect Your Neighbors: Tools for Organizers.”
bit.ly/4cPZ9NC
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4 years ago, federal law helped make clean energy projects like the Minneapolis Friends Meeting and RE-volv’s solar arrays possible. Their story continues to drive our mission to build the Livable Future our communities deserve, despite federal govt. cuts. bit.ly/friendsolar
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