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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

electricity consumption and projections to 2028 fall within 6.7% Data Centers also Contribute to Air Pollution and Degradation of Health The energy consumed by data centers doesn’t just contribute to carbon emissions—it also generates air pollution that directly harms human health. to 12% (300+ TWh to 500+ TWh).

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China’s oil demand could peak in 2025

A Greener Life

The forecast also predicts that Chinas overall fossil fuel demand will peak in 2028, coinciding with the peak in energy-related carbon emissions. Following the anticipated peak, demand will gradually decline, falling to 240 million tonnes by 2060 a nearly 70% drop from peak levels, ETRI revealed.

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The Pipeline Reality Check Part 2

Enviromental Defense

Simply stated, more pipelines mean that more fossil fuels are pumped or mined from the ground, which are eventually burned, producing more greenhouse gases. As my colleague Emilia Belliveau says, “pipelines enable more fossil fuel use. We need less.”

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Oil and Gas Industry’s Mating Call Strikes a Sour Note 

Union of Concerned Scientists

API specifically targets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to reduce carbon emissions from automobile tailpipes and fuel economy standards established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The fourth policy proposal involves the federal permitting process, a perennial enemy of the fossil fuel industry.

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Boosting Michigan’s Energy Future with Regional Transmission Upgrades

Union of Concerned Scientists

This much-needed set of 18 projects will improve electricity reliability, address overloaded wires , and help unlock more lower-cost wind and solar power to replace costly, polluting fossil fuel plants in Michigan and many other states in the Midwest (including Illinois and Minnesota ).

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Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

Union of Concerned Scientists

Today, hydrogen is overwhelmingly produced through a heavily polluting fossil fuel-based process. However, to enable scaling up of the systems required for such hourly matching, producers can rely on annual matching until 2028, at which time all producers—new and existing—must convert to hourly matching.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to official analysis from CARB and EPA, soybean oil-based diesel has lower lifecycle carbon emissions than fossil diesel, but this finding is quite uncertain. Capping vegetable oil fuels and investing in alternatives to combustion The oil industry is in transition. billion gallons thereafter.

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