“This fight is about more than one landfill. We need a statewide shift in how New York manages waste. Landfills must be a last resort, not a default solution. The state must fully embrace waste reduction and diversion strategies, like expanded composting and recycling, to reduce the volume of waste entering the system in the first place.

This movement is powered by everyday people. Their voices, their stories, and their relentless advocacy are proof of what’s possible when a community stands together.

We are fighting not just for Seneca County, but for every New Yorker’s constitutional right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment. We won’t stop until communities, not corporations, decide what their future looks like.

And, in this time of political disruption and upheaval, where the new administration is stripping away many environmental protections, people find it hard to keep fighting. Our message to anyone feeling despair right now is that, despite all odds, we stand on the side of right, and we must fight even harder now than ever. As scientist, author, and environmental champion Dr. Sandra Steingraber once said, “Now is the time to choose your instrument in this symphony and play it with all your might.” We hope you’ll pick up that instrument now, whichever one you can play, and join us.”

“By consuming an immense amount of energy, cryptomining puts pressure on our energy grid and raises utility costs for everyone, while at the same time significantly harming our environment. For example, it has an intense, constant demand for electricity, and also consumes more water annually than all the residents of Manchester, Concord, and Nashua combined.

The nuisance noise left one local commissioner in Limestone, Tennessee, saying they have “never regretted a vote like this one. I sure wish I could take it back.”

From raising our costs, to harming our environment, to disturbing our neighborhoods, cryptomining is bad for any state that deregulates it.”

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Congress is fast-tracking the GENIUS Act and the STABLE Act, two dangerous bills that would let Big Tech and Wall Street create their own stablecoins with minimal oversight. This legislation would allow Elon Musk, Meta, or Amazon to become their own private banks, controlling digital money, collecting vast amounts of personal financial data, and even destabilizing the economy.

These bills are a dream come true for crypto speculators and corporate giants. They would allow companies like X (formerly Twitter) to launch their own stablecoins with no meaningful federal oversight posing massive risks to financial stability, consumer privacy, and fair competition.

If a major tech-issued stablecoin failed, it could trigger a market crash that would impact everyone, whether or not you’ve ever used crypto.

At the same time, crypto executives are actively working to weaken financial regulators and dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the very agency that would protect people from payment fraud.

These bills also completely fail to protect consumers. Unlike traditional banks, stablecoin issuers would not have to follow longstanding guidelines that ensure banks serve the communities they profit from.

There are no clear rules for how stablecoin issuers must handle redemptions meaning they could impose excessive fees, long delays, or outright refuse to let people cash out. This could leave everyday consumers holding the bag in the next crypto crash.

The crypto industry is pouring money into lobbying to get these bills passed. But we know what happens when regulators give Wall Street and Silicon Valley too much leeway working people pay the price when their risky schemes collapse.