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Micron’s wastewater poses a real risk to our environment (Guest Opinion by Sustain CNY)
As residents, we are very concerned about both the cost and the environmental stakes: Will Micron, the plant’s sole user, cover the full cost, or will some fall on taxpayers? Will the county, and ultimately the taxpayers, be liable for contaminants which pass through the treatment plant and ultimately end up in Lake Ontario? And will the plant be redesigned so it does not release hazardous chemicals — including PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals — into our waterways?
July 17, 2026
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May 5, 2026
Data Centers Have a PFAS Problem - Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
“There are over a thousand PFAS applications in the semiconductor supply chain,” says Judith Barish, coalition director of CHIPS Communities United, an NGO arguing for a more responsible semiconductor industry. “They use a lot of PFAS, and there are also few short-term alternatives for it. The US chemical industry is even citing semiconductor production as a reason not to regulate PFAS.”
November 10, 2025
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think
As the semiconductor industry expands at a breakneck pace in Asia and the United States, it has left behind a long history of extraction and ecological degradation, with no plan to stop the destruction. To the contrary, tech companies have abandoned their sustainability targets in the race to build out the vast, energy-ravenous, carbon-spewing data centers.
October 4, 2025
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
“The US and China are racing to see who can destroy the environment most quickly,” said Lenny Siegel, a member of Chips Communities United, a group working with industry and administration officials to try to implement environmental safeguards. “If we had a sensible approach to these things then someone would have to present some answers before they develop and use these systems.”