Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Better Path Coalition Hosts May 21 Webinar On Regional Water Use Policy And Siting Data Center Facilities

The
Better Path Coalition is hosting another Brown Bag Briefing webinar May 21 on Regional Water Use Policy And Siting Data Center Facilities from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

The featured speaker will be Helena Volzer, J.D., Senior Source Water Policy Manager for Alliance for the Great Lakes

As Senior Source Water Policy Manager at the Alliance for the Great Lakes, Helena executes policy analysis, advocacy, and project implementation under the Agriculture and Water Restoration sections of the Alliance’s strategy. 

She implements work across the Great Lakes Basin – particularly in Ohio – to achieve the Alliance’s agriculture and source water protection goals relating to water use, water quantity, implementation of the Great Lakes Compact, and emerging water trends and issues. 

Prior to joining the Alliance, Helena served as an attorney at the Ohio Legislative Service Commission for over a decade. 

In that role, she provided legal research, bill analysis, and legislative drafting services on natural resources, agriculture, environment, transportation, and public safety matters to members of the Ohio General Assembly. 

Helena holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Studies from Wright State University and a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

This event is the latest in a series of legislative tours and briefings organized by the coalition. 

All elected officials, regulators, staffers, members of the press, and members of the public are invited to attend.

Click Here to register and for more information.

The Better Path Coalition is a frontline- and grassroots-led statewide coalition forging a better path to a clean renewable energy future and a government that is responsive to its people.

(Photo: Proposed 3,200 acre Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Campus in Indiana County.)

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[Posted: May 14, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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