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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% All these estimates come from the 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report. As GPUs are not perfectly efficient, a substantial portion of the energy is turned into heat. In 2023, it increased to 4.4% (176 TWh) of the total U.S.

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Here Comes the Fossil Fuel Agenda

Union of Concerned Scientists

As part of his wide-ranging first-week activities, President Trump issued a barrage of executive orders specifically intended to boost the fortunes of the fossil fuel industry. Not for the betterment of US energy abundance, as these actions sideline critical clean energy resources and threaten to stall the deployment of more.

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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is One Damn Dirty Deal

Legal Planet

The budget bill still slashes clean energy funding. It looks like what Secretary of Energy Chris Wright envisions for American energy, writes Matthew Zeitlin for Heatmap News. If the Republicans pass a version that cuts clean energy funding, they will increase the average U.S. Energy Businesses canceled $1.4

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The Good, the Bad and the Utter Contempt

Legal Planet

For the first time, fossil fuels provided less than half of U.S. electricity generation for a whole month March 2025 thanks to record-high solar and wind power, according to data released by energy think tank Ember. Electricity! The state of Hawaii will not be deterred from moving forward with our climate deception lawsuit.

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Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

So, how much energy will data centers need in the future? Nobody is 100% sure, but some experts estimate it could nearly triple in just 5 years, with data centers representing up to 12% of total US electricity consumption in 2028, up from 4.4% Utilities play a role in this too, of course. But who pays for all this gas infrastructure?

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Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees?

Legal Planet

Sheldon Whitehouse gave what’s billed as his 300th “time to wake up” speech on the floor of the Senate, a rollicking takedown of dark money, fossil fuel polluters, and Republicans who have let them “burrow into government.” The fallout from this tax and spending bill is a big story from now until 2028.

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The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

Legal Planet

When Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics, you can bet the city will be trying to hide our homeless crisis from the world. Thousands of jobs and hundreds of thousands of homes powered by clean energy was at stake. Less party and more results, Taveira says. Senator Alex Padilla says hes placing holds on EPA nominees in exchange.