People organizing for the wellbeing of our communities and environment.

La Grande, OR
Joined February 2009
Oregon Rural Action retweeted
Big Tech is building big in rural America, where pastures, rivers and fields have become the newest frontier in the AI race. There are more than 1,300 data center buildings across the U.S., according to Cleanview. An NBC News analysis of Cleanview and federal data finds more than 100 operate in rural America, with another 92 under construction. nbcnews.com/data-graphics/bi…
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ORA's Director of Policy & Research, Kaleb, joins Rumble On The River Community Forum #30 to talk about data centers and their impacts on the regions air, land, and water. youtube.com/watch?v=6FKvEOIV…
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ORA's Kaleb Lay talks about the impacts data centers have on groundwater in the Breaking Green Podcast episode called: "Data Centers And Industrial Farming Are Fueling A Groundwater Crisis". Click the link below to listen to the interview. globaljusticeecology.org/bre…
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Oregon Rural Action retweeted
"Nitrates at low concentrations in drinking water have been linked to thyroid disease, gastric, kidney, bladder and colon cancers, preterm births and birth defects, and other health harms." news8000.com/lifestyle/healt…
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Oregon Rural Action retweeted
Over 62 million Americans — roughly 1 in 5 people — may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of nitrates in their tap water, a new report has shown. A compound of nitrogen and oxygen found naturally in air, water, soil and plants, nitrates become a health risk when rainfall causes nitrogen-rich fertilizers used in agriculture to leach into groundwater, streams and rivers and end up in public water systems miles downstream. yahoo.com/news/articles/1-5-…
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Oregon Rural Action retweeted
A new report from Rolling Stone alleges an Amazon data center in the U.S. state of Oregon is worsening nitrate levels in its drinking water, which is linked to an increase in cancers and miscarriage rates. The data center pulls water to cool its systems from Morrow County’s main source of water, discharging water that’s more concentrated with fertilizer byproducts from farm runoff. Amazon says its cooling process does not add any nitrates to the water and denies a direct link to the higher concentrations of nitrates in local water, telling Rolling Stone the report was “misleading.”
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Oregon Rural Action retweeted
Amazon has settled with the residents of Morrow County, Oregon, on Tuesday, agreeing to pay $20.5 million for the company’s alleged contributions to the region’s nitrate pollution from its data centers. mynorthwest.com/local/amazon…
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Oregon Rural Action retweeted
Amazon settles Oregon nitrate pollution lawsuit for $20.5M kiro7.com/news/local/amazon-…
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Oregon Rural Action retweeted
BREAKING: Amazon is set to pay $20.5 milion in the settlement of a class action suit over pollution in Eastern Oregon. While the tech giant denies its data centers worsen nitrate contamination in Morrow County groundwater, its money will fund construction of private wells and public water-treatment projects. Our story, in partnership with @FERNnews: rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
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Las oficinas de Oregon Rural Action permanecerán cerradas del 24 de diciembre al 2 de enero. Reabriremos nuestras puertas el 5 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas de invierno! ORA's office is closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. Our office will be open again on Jan. 5. Happy Winter Holidays!
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