BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:964@lexcan.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T130000 DTSTAMP:20260202T220041Z URL:https://lexcan.org/events/mcan-webinar-ai-data-centers-environmental-j ustice/ SUMMARY:MCAN Webinar: AI\, Data Centers\, & Environmental Justice DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n\nJoin the Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) an d Mass Power Forward on Friday\, February 6th at 12pm for a webinar discus sion on the impacts of AI and data centers on environmental justice\, incl uding here in Massachusetts. \n\nArtificial intelligence (AI) in its curr ent form\, replicates hierarchical top-down models that have long been ent renched in both the environmental movement and the broader economy. Withou t a just and accountable response\, these patterns are doomed to repeat th emselves. While Big Tech promises progress\, people on the ground experien ce job loss\, anxiety\, distrust\, skepticism\, and a fear of being locked out of the future economy. History is repeating itself as data centers fu eled by dirty energy and clean water are sited in overburdened and under-r esourced sacrificial zones\, and as AI companies build their models on ext ractive and unaccountable knowledge harvesting. Come learn information and perspective on:\n\n- How AI poses risks to environmental and social justi ce\n\n- How AI and data centers can increase your utility bills\n\n- The s tate of AI investment and data center development in Massachusetts\n\n- Ho w we can all make our voices heard to protect Massachusetts.\n\n\nWe will present and have a Q&\;A for the first hour\, followed by open discussi on from 1-1:30pm.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lexcan.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Fe b_6_2026_Webinar_Logos-1.png CATEGORIES:Educational,Energy,Nature & Ecology,Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR