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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Through this post, I’ll guide you to what I have learned about this topic, from the more well-known implications of artificial intelligence in terms of Energy to other less well-known impacts regarding water use and air pollution. In 2018, data centers were using 1.9% (76 TWh) of total United States electricity consumed.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

Subsequently, two administrative cases were filed, one in Kobe in 2018 ( Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. filed in 2024 and 2018, respectively. Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossil fuels for its power generation. Sendai Power Station ). Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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War Fuels Ecocide: How Militarism Drives Environmental Destruction

Vermont Law

Military activities and trainings create emissions, disrupt landscapes and marine habitats, create air, soil, light, and noise pollution, and more. Unsurprisingly, according to a 2018 study, wildlife populations are more stable during peacetime and decline during war. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. For nearly a decade, U.S.

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

isoprene, carbitol, benzyl alcohol) to secondary organic aerosol are emitted from trees, fossil fuels, and an assortment of industrial and personal care compounds collectively known as volatile chemical products (VCPs). There has been progress in improving air quality over the past several decades. Image modified from [8].

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 26 to May 2: Contaminated Livestock Water Supply; Ruptured Gathering Pipeline; Failure To Comply With Shale Gas Well Plugging Order

PA Environment Daily

Both Atlas and Diversified reported this well plugged in 2018, but Diversified submitted production reports in 2023 showing the well is producing. Atlas holds 564 permits, many of which are inactive or were proposed but never materialized. The well may have been transferred to Diversified Production Co. Multiple violations issued.

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Endangerment Finding establishes that heat-trapping emissions harm people and the environment, and it forms a core legal basis for the agencys subsequent actions to set standards to limit global warming pollution from vehicles and power plants, as well as methane pollution from oil and gas operations.

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Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1 Million For Pipeline Violations So Far]

PA Environment Daily

million for multiple, serious violations related to the construction of the Mariner East Pipelines and the Revolution Pipelines starting in 2018 that resulted in an explosion, contamination of water supplies, pollution of the Marsh Creek State Park lake and the lake at the Raystown Lake Recreation Area. Read more here.]