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Solar Panel Recycling In 2025

Earth 911

To put this growth in perspective, solar panels are now being installed at a pace that would have seemed impossible just a decade ago, with predictions that the world could be installing one terawatt of solar annually by 2030—enough energy to power the state of California for a week-and-a-half. million in 2025 to $548 million by 2030.

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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

data centers in 2030 to be valued at more than $20 billion per year, comparable to emissions by on-road vehicles in California. Take Action: Learn More Understanding AI’s environmental implications is crucial for being more mindful about its use and for asking representatives to design and implement appropriate policies and regulations.

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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

the Environmental Protection Agency In the recent Supreme Court case , San Francisco was disputing permit language for its Oceanside wastewater treatment facility, which has an outfall pipe that discharges 4.5 San Francisco City and County v. miles into the Pacific Ocean near Ocean Beach.

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Environmental Defense Fund To Receive Dickinson College Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism

PA Environment Daily

In 2023, the organization helped secure commitments from 50 oil and gas companies, representing 40 percent of global oil sales, to reduce their methane pollution by 90 percent by 2030. In 2024, EDF launched MethaneSAT, a satellite to measure and map methane pollution and help usher in a new era of climate accountability.

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 Are Data Centers a Threat to the Great Lakes?

Circle of Blue

Environmental Protection Agencys region 5, which covers most of the Great Lakes states. But with the global AI industry set to be worth more than $390 billion by 2030, for communities struggling with a lack of funds and outdated infrastructure, there may be no other choice. Image courtesy of the Joyce Foundation.

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Guest Essay: Significant Electricity Load Growth Can Be Accommodated Without A Stampede To New Natural Gas Generation Just By Increasing Efficiency At Existing Power Plants

PA Environment Daily

Thats almost three times the amount of projected data center load growth nationally by 2030. The study estimates 18GW of curtailment-enabled headroom potential in PJM alonemore than triple PJMs estimated data center load growth of 5GW by 2030.

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Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

Delayed action on emissions cuts may require even more (and more expensive) CDR – the 2024 United Nations Emissions Gap Report released this week found that 2023 greenhouse gas emissions set a new record, and current emissions reduction pledges for 2030 are insufficient to meet temperature goals.