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WAER, January 21, 2026
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New coalition seeks stronger environmental and workforce commitments from Micron

A new coalition of community organizations and environmental experts is calling on Micron to ensure Central New Yorkers see a return on the 20 billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the project.

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Coalition Launches to Ensure Micron’s $100B Project Delivers for Local Communities

Contact:                                                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JMA: Lauren LaBorde llaborde@jobstomoveamerica.org  Coalition Launches to Ensure Micron’s $100B Project Delivers for Local Communities CNY United for Community Benefits seeks …

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Wired, January 21, 2026
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Micron Megafab Project Faces a New Hurdle as Activists Seek a Benefits Deal

Activists are demanding a way to hold the memory-chip maker accountable to its promises to protect the environment and embrace communities of color in central New York.

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WRVO Public Media, January 19, 2026
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As officials celebrate Micron’s groundbreaking, a new lawsuit says environmental review was rushed

Micron broke ground last week on its massive semiconductor chip-making facility in Onondaga County. But as work gets underway to clear trees from hundreds of acres of land in the Town of Clay, a lawsuit says the environmental review was rushed.

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Jobs to Move America, Local Residents, File Lawsuit to Challenge Environmental Review of Micron’s Syracuse-Area Chip Plant

Neighbors for a Better Micron, an association of local residents, and the advocacy organization, Jobs to Move America (JMA), have filed a lawsuit in New York State Court to address what residents and organizations say are serious, unresolved concerns about the potential environmental, health and community impacts of the company’s planned semiconductor manufacturing facility outside of Syracuse and ensure that there are robust economic benefits for the local community. 

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MSN, January 16, 2026
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Advocacy group sues Micron, planning boards, NYS DEC over Clay site environmental concerns

An advocacy group known as Jobs to Move America and a group of local residents have filed a lawsuit in New York State Court to try to block the construction of Micron Technology’s Facility in Clay, New York.

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The Korea Daily , November 24, 2025
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“Hyundai Calls It a ‘Clean Car,’ but the Production Remains Dirty” at the LA Auto Show

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Alabama Reflector, November 20, 2025
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Study: Prison labor could be suppressing Montgomery-area automotive wages

Mark Miller worked a dangerous job for more than four decades, but he said he’d never gotten hurt at work until his employment with an automotive supplier in Montgomery. In two years with the company, he broke his hand and four ribs in two separate accidents. Miller said he received no safety training before being …

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Yahoo News, November 19, 2025
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Hyundai, Kia Sued for Alleged Child and Prison Labor at U.S. Supplier Plants

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Auto Blog , November 18, 2025
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Hyundai and Kia Just Got Sued Over Allegations of Child Labor in Their U.S. Supply Chain