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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 25, 2025
electricity consumption and projections to 2028 fall within 6.7% Second, the electricity powering data centers often comes from fossil fuel power plants that release air pollutants when burning coal and natural gas. In 2018, data centers were using 1.9% (76 TWh) of total United States electricity consumed.
Enviromental Defense
JULY 2, 2025
Goldman Sachs analysis predicts that by 2028, AI will represent about 19 per cent of all data centre power demand. Coal plants are being kept online or converted to gas facilities specifically to meet this growing demand. The post Beyond the Cloud: What’s AI’s True Environmental Cost?
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Circle of Blue
JULY 10, 2025
Due to Environmental Protection Agency regulations set by the Obama administration in 2015, and by the Biden administration in 2024, the coal ash disposal site at the Cayuga station was closed, and the ash removed. Its coal-fired component is scheduled to close by 2028 as part of the city’s transition to natural gas.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 23, 2025
Not for the betterment of the US public, as these actions would freeze, repeal, or actively undermine critical public health and environmental protections. Moreover, fossil fuel pipelines crisscross the nation and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals extend the reach of gas transmission from within the country to around the globe.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
However, the “actions”—given euphemistic titles like “protect consumer choice”—actually aim to roll back science-based environmental protections in order to maximize already massive profits. Pump up gas. Reverse protections for public land and health. Muzzle environmental reviews.
Legal Planet
JULY 10, 2025
Illustration with Canva AI While many of us prepared to celebrate Independence Day last week, a group of employees from the Environmental Protection Agency were bravely speaking out about what they see as their boss “recklessly undermining the EPA mission” of protecting human health and the environment. A fifth of U.S.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
TODAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. TODAY 9:30: Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture. Click Here to watch live. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.
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