Generative artificial intelligence uses 30 times more energy than a traditional search engine
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ai-is-accelerating-the-climate-crisis-warns-top-expert-200570
#AI #tech #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Flooded Texans resist government buyout offers
In Harris County, flood-prone residents are resisting buyouts despite repeated flooding, citing affordability and attachment to their homes
https://www.ehn.org/flooded-texans-resist-government-buyout-offers-2668366603.html
#Texas #USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Medical device companies warned that ignoring climate change could spell disaster
Taking to the stage as part of the MedTech Forum 2024, representatives from the World Health Organization and the European Commission urged manufacturers to be wary of their carbon output
#health #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Climate activists break into Amundi offices to protests TotalEnergies investments
Item 1 of 3 A police officer and two CRS officers look on as Greenpeace activists deploy a banner with the portrait of French energy group TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne saying 'WANTED: Boss of TotalEnergies, The civil society is looking for the CEO of the French company that is the most polluting, making billions at the expense of the planet and its people.
#France #ClimateStrike
Where classrooms are becoming too hot for learning
As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy
#school #education #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Life in the Dirt Is Hard. And Climate Change Isn’t Helping.
Heat and drought are taking a toll on the tiny soil creatures that help to lock away planet-warming carbon, according to a new analysis
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/climate/mites-springtails-climate-change.html
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
‘We’re up for this fight’: Labour plans to make climate key focus of election
Leadership now sees environment as core issue for voters and strong dividing line against the Tories
#UK #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Lake Victoria - bordering #Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - is heavily fished by some 200,000 fishers, in spite of frequent severe thunderstorms and its reputation as one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world.
These findings are especially concerning considering that thunderstorms, wind and rain are predicted to become more intense and up to 10 times more frequent by the end of the century, the authors note in the study, published May 22 in the journal PLOS ONE
https://www.miragenews.com/climate-change-ups-drowning-risk-for-kenyan-1240746/
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere
Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Joint Statement on housing measures in the Federal Government’s 2024 budget
Partly refinancing programs to get heat pumps and other energy efficiency measures to low- and mid-income households will help families reduce their energy...
#canada #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Election of Donald Trump ‘could put world’s climate goals at risk’
Former UN climate chief warns of global impact of a possible regression in US green policies
#UN #USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
How ‘assisted migration’ could help species survive climate change
Habitats are changing quickly, but many plants and animals can’t move to new homes on their own
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Mental health and psychosocial interventions in the context of climate change: a scoping review
The evidence on the impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing is growing rapidly
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44184-024-00054-1
#MentalHealth #psychosocial #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Electric Vehicles Beat Gas Cars on Climate Emissions over Time
New research says building electric vehicles leaves a bigger carbon footprint than making gas-powered cars, though EVs make up the difference in the long run
#car #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
BUDGET 2024-2025 DU GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC - Électrification des transports : un ralentissement des investissements qui pourrait nuire à l'atteinte des objectifs environnementaux du gouvernement québécois
https://www.lelezard.com/communique-21293584.html
#Québec #ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
Malgré leur coût environnemental, la saison des croisières est lancée à Vancouver
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2056479/croisieres-saison-navire-tourisme-2024
#Vancouver #CB #canada #ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
LA CAQ doit cesser d’instrumentaliser la transition énergétique pour favoriser les lobbys
#Québec #ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
Les ponts de glace pourraient bientôt disparaître au Québec à cause des changements climatiques
#Québec #ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
Québec « tire la plogue » sur les subventions à l’achat de voitures électriques
La subvention du programme Roulez vert, qui est de 7000 $, disparaîtra le 1er janvier 2027
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2056726/roulez-vert-fin-subvention-vehicule-electrique
#Québec #ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
Climate change is forcing massive changes to how Australia protects endangered animals and plants from extinction
#Australia #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate