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CranfordTeague 3d ago

#DataCenters #EnvironmentalImpact #QualityOfLife #EnergyCosts #PublicOpinion #Masto #CranfordTeague

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Fickle Futures 3d ago

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Jason §The Fickle Futurist 3d ago

Few Democrats and Republicans alike say data centers are mostly good for the environment, home energy costs and people’s quality of life. Republicans are more likely to say that the facilities’ impact in these areas is neither good nor bad, or that they are not sure."

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/how-americans-view-data-centers-impact-in-key-areas-from-the-environment-to-jobs/

#DataCenters #EnvironmentalImpact #QualityOfLife #EnergyCosts #PublicOpinion #Masto #JasonSpeaks

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US views of how data centers affect the environment, energy costs, jobs and more | Pew Research Center

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact…

Pew Research Center

CBC British Columbia 3d ago

Gas flaring at LNG Canada far exceeds permitted volume, documents show
Documents show the volume of gas flared at the LNG Canada plant on B.C.'s North Coast between October and January far surpassed what its permit allows.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-gas-flaring-exceeds-permits-9.7157738?cmp=rss

Headlines Africa 4d ago

Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment - or Protect It - Study Highlights Trade-Offs: [The Conversation Africa] Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land use changes every year. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRwYkp #ClimateChange #CarbonEmissions #Sustainability #TreePlanting #EnvironmentalImpact

Hacker News 5d ago

12k Tons of Dumped Orange Peel Grew into a Landscape Nobody Expected (2017)

https://www.sciencealert.com/how-12-000-tonnes-of-dumped-orange-peel-produced-something-nobody-imagined

#HackerNews #dumpedorangepeel #landscape #innovation #environmentalimpact #unexpectednature #2017stories

How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find

An experimental conservation project that was abandoned and almost forgotten about, has ended up producing an amazing ecological win nearly two decades after it was dreamt up.

ScienceAlert

andybrwn Apr 2

'You're a liar.' Why the world's biggest building boom has run into a wall in California - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-04-02/youre-liar-why-worlds-biggest-building-boom-has-run-into-wall-in-california #DataCenters #EnvironmentalImpact #Energy #Climate

'You're a liar.' Why the world's biggest building boom has run into a wall in California

The blue-collar jobs to build AI infrastructure are moving outside of California

Los Angeles Times

Headlines Africa Apr 2

Africa: Insects in the Tropics Are Already Near Their Heat Limits - Climate Change Could Push Many Beyond Survival: [The Conversation Africa] Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species will cope with rising temperatures driven by climate change. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRqcCH #ClimateChange #Insects #Biodiversity #Tropics #EnvironmentalImpact