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Beyond the Cloud: What’s AI’s True Environmental Cost? Part 2

Enviromental Defense

Goldman Sachs analysis predicts that by 2028, AI will represent about 19 per cent of all data centre power demand. 3 Waste Beyond water and energy, AI infrastructure has a substantial material footprint. This rapid turnover contributes to the growing global e-waste crisis. The environmental justice implications are severe.

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DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 10 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 3266 ) -- LBR Acquisition Company, LLC -Little Blue Brun Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment : DEP issued a Waste Disposal Permit for the facility located in Greene Twp., Armstrong County -- Greendale North Mine Reclamation Project, Valley Twp., Armstrong County -- Storage Tank Removal Project, Clearfield Twp.,

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Clean Philadelphia NOW Applauds New Philadelphia Law To Impound Vehicles Of Illegal Dumpers Caught On Camera

PA Environment Daily

On July 29, the Clean Philadelphia NOW coalition applauded Philadelphia City Council and Mayor Cherelle Parker for enacting a new ordinance to impound the cars of anyone caught on camera illegally dumping waste throughout the city. Introduced by Councilmember Mark Squilla in May and signed by Mayor Parker on June 26, Bill No.

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President Trump Wants Coal Ash in State Hands

Circle of Blue

About 10 percent of the more than 45 billion tons of coal burned in the United States since 1970, most of it for electricity, ends up as coal ash, one of the nation’s largest waste streams. Its coal-fired component is scheduled to close by 2028 as part of the city’s transition to natural gas.

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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is One Damn Dirty Deal

Legal Planet

Consider another part of the bill that actually seeks to senselessly waste more than a billion dollars of taxpayer money. T his mail truck scheme is as pure an example as you’ll find of Republicans trying to replace good policy with nonsensical policy that wastes money simply to wage a culture war. The Postal Service would lose $1.5

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Wants Pennsylvanias Power, So Its Buying 2 Stronghold Waste Coal-fired Power Plants In Carbon, Venango Counties -- Post-Gazette: How Cryptocurrency Is Mined And Why Canadian Bitcoin Mining Co. Ohio- $2.80

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Nuclear Energy’s Unsettled Revival

Circle of Blue

All the activity has not invalidated the standard and sturdy safety, cost, and waste management critiques of nuclear power. Reactors produce radioactive waste that requires permanent disposal, but political opposition in Nevada has prevented the U.S. government from opening a long-term storage facility at Yucca Mountain for decades.