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The California Chaparral Institute is calling on nature-loving Californians to vote NO on State Proposition 45, describing supporters as habitat destroyers. The appeal also asks San Diego County voters to reject Measure B. The institute, which campaigns to protect California's chaparral ecosystems, framed both ballot measures as threats to natural habitats ahead of the vote.

Amazon is reportedly committing more than $1 billion in funding aimed at communities and groups resisting the construction of new datacenters, according to a report by The Register. Critics frame the move as an attempt to buy off local dissent as the company expands its cloud infrastructure, with environmental campaigners arguing the spending is designed to silence concerns over energy use and climate impact rather than address them.

Health workers, patients and campaigners are holding protests against Palantir's contracts with the NHS, linking concerns over patient data being handed to the US tech firm with anger over its work connected to Israel's military campaign in Gaza. The article by Ana Vračar in Savage Minds details the mobilisation, with campaign groups such as No Palantir in South Yorkshire and NHS activists amplifying calls to end the company's involvement in the health service.