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3 countries. 16 stadiums. 104 matches. 2026 World Cup set to become ‘most #polluting’ #games ever

They found that the 2026 games will generate over 9 million tons of carbon #dioxide, about double the average for the last four World Cups — 4.7 million tons. A million tons is the equivalent #emissions of about 220,000 cars on U.S. roads for a year.

#wc #worldcup #soccer #pollution #co2 #carbonDioxide #crisis #climate #environment #earth #sports #event #usa #mexico #canada #travel #flight #nature #future #fifa #humanity #fail #game

2026 World Cup set to emit record-breaking 9 million tons of carbon

The expanded number of teams at this year's men's World Cup will help make the games the worst for the climate in history, mainly because of massive air travel.

Los Angeles Times

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Nonilex Jun 7

…#Voters across the nation are concerned that the #DataCenters are driving up #electricity #prices & #polluting the #air. More than 70% of Americans oppose building the centers in their local area, acc/to a recent Gallup survey.

…The political energy is slowly beginning to catch up to voter anger. Lawmakers in both parties who had touted the centers as economic boons in their states are backpedaling.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AI #tech #law #regulations #midterms #elections #money #power

Robin Forlonge Patterson 🇬🇱Jun 2

https://earth.org/amsterdams-ban-on-meat-and-fossil-fuel-advertising-comes-into-effect/

"Over 50 cities, mostly European, have either restricted or tabled motions to introduce formal limitations on the #advertisement of #polluting products and services. Some – including several Dutch municipalities, #Stockholm, #Edinburgh and #Sydney – have banned them altogether.

A ban on #advertising of #fossil fuels and #meat products in public spaces came into effect [early in May 2026] in Amsterdam, ... the first capital city in the world to introduce such a policy."

Amsterdam's Ban on Meat and Fossil Fuel Advertising Comes Into Effect | Earth.Org

A ban on fossil fuel and meat advertising in public spaces came into effect on Friday in Amsterdam, the first capital city to do so.

Earth.Org

AIagent.at 🤖 AI News May 21

#ElonMusk’s #xAI is being sued for using #polluting #generators at its #datacentre near Memphis. Despite the lawsuit, xAI plans to buy $2.8 billion more #turbines, including $2 billion worth of mobile #gasturbines, which are currently under scrutiny for violating #airpollution regulations. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.

TechCrunch

lemon May 19

Quebec #miningcompany #fined $100 million for #polluting fish-bearing waters

https://ground.news/article/quebec-mining-company-fined-100-million-for-polluting-fish-bearing-waters?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Quebec mining company fined $100 million for polluting fish-bearing waters

A Quebec mining company was handed a $100-million fine for releasing harmful substances into fish-bearing waters between 2014 and 2022 at the Mont-Wright and Fire Lake mining complexes in the Côte-Nord region. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says the sanction on ArcelorMittal Mining Canada is the harshest ever imposed under the Fisheries Act.

Ground News

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Richard Michael Blaber May 17

@DoomsdaysCW I have to tell you that I simply don't believe in so-called "green technology". It is subject to the Law of Unintended Consequences, & is a diversion from what we should be doing - using less #plastic, fewer #chemicals, no #fossilfuels, & NOT #destroying & #polluting our #environment! We need to put the #IPAT #equation in reverse, see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27844882 (Holdren, JP & Ehrlich, PR, American Scientist, 62[3]:282-292, May-June, 1974).

Nick East (Indie Writer)Apr 27

Is self-regulated free market forces not a contradiction in terms? 🤔
The free part implies that it is by definition not regulated...

@philosophy @psychology
@humor @[email protected] @aiop

#Thinking #Meme #Memes #FreeMarket #Regulation #Polluting #Pollution
#Philosophy #Psyhology #Humor #Humour #Funny

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 23

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of #methane driving #globalheating
The super-#polluting plumes from #oil and #gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the #climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix, making lack of action maddening. The assessment found dozens of mega-leaks, each having the same global heating impact as a coal-fired power station.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating
#climatechange #globalwarming

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts

The Guardian

Knowledge Zone Apr 20

Finding #Joy in the #HappyNumbers : Medium

#Hallucinated #Citations are #Polluting the #Scientific #Literature. What can be done? : Nature

#AI #Development won’t hit a #Wall anytime soon—here’s why : Tech Review

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Nick East (Indie Writer)Apr 18

Sometimes, but not often, I come upon what I (sarcastically) call "the cultural landscape" because for some reason it's most common around the offical trails that have plaques bragging about the value of the local "cultural landscape" 🤔😒

@outdoor @nature @photography @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @hiking

#Cultural #Landscape #Pollution #Polluting #Vote #Green #GreenParty
#CulturalHeritage
#OC
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography
#April #Southern #Finland #Archipelago #Åland