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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 2023, it increased to 4.4% (176 TWh) of the total U.S. to 12% (300+ TWh to 500+ TWh).

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Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why.

Union of Concerned Scientists

But there is no question about the impact that EVs will have on reducing climate-changing emissions. Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving, even when emissions from mining, manufacturing, and generating electricity are included.

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Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges

PA Environment Daily

Since early 2023, PJM has been warning of the potential for an electricity supply and demand imbalance — one we are now seeing play out — and the effect that could have on future grid reliability. More recently, PJM has been thrust into a more public light. In many instances, that has been a good thing. 11 Hearing On A.I.

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DEP: Widespread Non-Compliance With Environmental Laws Continues In Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; 3,108+ Abandoned Wells; At Least 85% Conventional Well Owners Fail To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports

PA Environment Daily

“Wells that are improperly abandoned may pose environmental and public health and safety threats such as gas migration into occupied structures, water supply impacts, surface water impacts, hazardous air pollutant emissions, methane emissions, and soil and groundwater contamination,” said Klapkowski. Read more here.

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Bury it, don’t burn it: turning biomass waste into a carbon solution

Physics World

The pits vary in depth, and have been refilled and packed in different ways, to test how their build impacts carbon storage. The researchers will also be calculating the carbon emissions of processes such as transporting and burying the biomass – including the amount of carbon released from the soil when the pits are dug.

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189 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Other Events -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Ready To Develop Brilliant Trail Across Allegheny River At Aspinwall -- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Trout Unlimited to Hold Stream Cleanup April 19 On Lycoming Creek -- Gettysburg Connection: Gettysburg Nature Alliance Hosts April 26 Stream Cleanup Event At Sachs Bridge -- The Derrick: (..)

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President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is despite the agencys own analysis showing the rules would save consumers $23 billion in fuel costs and result in annual health costs benefits of $13 billion from reduced air pollution. In 2023, he said the the hype over wildfires is just hype to justify climate policies.