It’s really not cool
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The calendar says it is still WINTER
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Satellite image analysis shows 329 hectares of forest cleared during development
of factory in Germany
The development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin has resulted in about 500,000
trees being felled, according to satellite analysis.
The building of the German factory has been highly controversial and attracted
significant protests, as well as prompting a debate about the trade-offs
involved in developing a green economy.
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And it’s not even in the Olympics!
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A hardy few of you still see some hope as you trudge wearily along life’s grim
parade
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Hint: it’s not good news
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Does that cloud have a silver lining or is it something else?
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These days, protests must not inconvenience anyone ever
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It’s a hot topic for scientists all over the world
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New computing infrastructure means big tech is likely to miss emissions targets
but they can’t afford to get left behind in a winner takes all market
The artificial intelligence boom has driven big tech share prices to fresh
highs, but at the cost of the sector’s climate aspirations.
Google admitted on Tuesday that the technology is threatening its environmental
targets after revealing that datacentres, a key piece of AI infrastructure, had
helped increase its greenhouse gas emissions by 48% since 2019. It said
“significant uncertainty” around reaching its target of net zero emissions by
2030 – reducing the overall amount of CO2 emissions it is responsible for to
zero – included “the uncertainty around the future environmental impact of AI,
which is complex and difficult to predict”.
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