PODCAST CLIP: WHY ARE WE REPEATING THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST WITH DATA CENTERS TODAY?

PODCAST CLIP: WHY ARE WE REPEATING THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST WITH DATA CENTERS TODAY? The Buffalo News is reporting unusual rates of bladder cancer in parts of Niagara Falls.For many of us, this isn’t just another headline. It’s personal.My father died of bladder cancer at just 39 after working on some of these dangerous Niagara Falls sites. I know countless families across Niagara Falls who have similar stories. For generations, our community has lived with the legacy of toxic waste, contaminated land, and industrial pollution. We’ve paid a terrible price.So here’s what I can’t understand.After everything we’ve been through, why would we even consider replacing the poisons of the past with the potential environmental burdens of the future?I’m not against technology. But are we really going to gamble with one of the greatest natural wonders on Earth by putting massive industrial data centers along the Niagara River?Haven’t we learned anything?Niagara Falls deserves clean industry, thriving tourism, good-paying jobs, and a healthy future—not another experiment whose long-term consequences we’ll leave for our children to figure out.We owe ourselves—and the next generation—better than that.