Bending the Arc

Catholic Climate Covenant invites you to join them on Tuesday, July 21 (2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT) for a one-hour webinar focused on how greater reliance on clean energy can be an effective strategy to lower energy prices and meet the ever-increasing power demands of data centers.  

Let’s Talk Energy: Affordability, Clean Energy, and Data Centers. REGISTER HERE. 
(The webinar will be recorded, and all who register will receive a link to the recording)

Data centers are usually powered by greenhouse gas-emitting generators, further polluting our neighborhoods, inflating our utility bills, and worsening climate change. In a world where increasing reliance on AI is fueling the construction of more data centers, how can we respond and limit their negative impacts?

Panelists will discuss:

1. How is the growth of data centers impacting energy prices?
2. What are some concrete policies, especially when looking at the growth of data centers, that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs, promote sustainable economic prosperity, and advance environmental justice?
3. How can local and state governments respond to the growth of data centers?
4. How can the U.S. Catholic Church respond and create pathways for clean energy use in its own facilities?

Panelists:

1) Maria Fernanda Chavez, Senior Analyst, Climate and Energy program, Union of Concerned Scientists
2) Jamie Dickerson, Senior Director, Climate and Clean Energy Programs, Acadia Center
3) Ian Moise, Director, Catholic Energies

If you have questions, please contact Paz Artaza-Regan at paz@catholicclimatecovenant.org.