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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Through this post, I’ll guide you to what I have learned about this topic, from the more well-known implications of artificial intelligence in terms of Energy to other less well-known impacts regarding water use and air pollution. In 2018, data centers were using 1.9% (76 TWh) of total United States electricity consumed.

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DEP Invites Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022

PA Environment Daily

Energy Transfer had its brand new Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explode in Beaver County in 2018 and paid a penalty of $30.8 Terrible Compliance Record Energy Transfer’s environmental compliance record in Pennsylvania is absolutely terrible. million to DEP.

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Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. 27 to Feb. 28 to Feb. 31 to Jan. 26 To Dec.

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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

In 2018, frustration was so great with the lack of compliance with Energy Transfer/Sunoco on the Mariner East Pipeline Project that DEP imposed a total permit block on the company and Republican Sen. penalty and $5 million restitution from the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for air pollution violations; -- $1.4

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

Subsequently, two administrative cases were filed, one in Kobe in 2018 ( Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. filed in 2024 and 2018, respectively. The citizens in the Kobe case argue that the aggravation of climate change and air pollution by the new power plants violate their rights.

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War Fuels Ecocide: How Militarism Drives Environmental Destruction

Vermont Law

Military activities and trainings create emissions, disrupt landscapes and marine habitats, create air, soil, light, and noise pollution, and more. Unsurprisingly, according to a 2018 study, wildlife populations are more stable during peacetime and decline during war. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. For nearly a decade, U.S.

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EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations

PA Environment Daily

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. The EPA identified the alleged violations through field investigations conducted in 2018 and 2019.