#Larbert #AI data centre could become a ‘top 10 polluter’

Routine backup power tests could make a green AI #DataCentre one of #Scotland’s top 10 #polluters

During power outage, #diesel generators could hit the development’s neighbours in Larbert with air #pollution of up to 44 times healthy limit

The 300MW data centre would be equipped with 200 generators to ensure uninterrupted operation during a power outage

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26205897.larbert-ai-data-centre-become-top-10-polluter/

#greed #CorporateGreed #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

Holt drops promise of stricter carbon price for big polluters
Premier Susan Holt has departed from a campaign promise that New Brunswick's biggest greenhouse gas emitters would fall under a more "robust" system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/susan-holt-drops-carbon-price-promise-9.7230231?cmp=rss
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597173/missing-climate-briefing-note-who-knew-what-and-when
has much useful background on the question of whether #polluters and/or producers of material that will #pollute when used can be held liable for #damages. Applicable world-wide, not just in #NewZealand.
#permission2pollute
Missing climate briefing note: Who knew what, and when?

A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.

RNZ
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597173/missing-climate-briefing-note-who-knew-what-and-when
has much useful background on the question of whether #polluters and/or producers of material that will #pollute when used can be held liable for #damages. Applicable world-wide, not just in #NewZealand.
#permission2pollute
Missing climate briefing note: Who knew what, and when?

A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.

RNZ
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597173/missing-climate-briefing-note-who-knew-what-and-when
has much useful background on the question of whether #polluters and/or producers of material that will #pollute when used can be held liable for #damages. Applicable world-wide, not just in #NewZealand.
#permission2pollute
Missing climate briefing note: Who knew what, and when?

A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.

RNZ

«Outcry as Trump gives away 1.4M acres of land 2 appease #polluters

Defendrs of the planet took aim @ #Trump admin Wednesday for transferring ~1.4 million acres of public lands along the #DaltonUtilityCorridor from the US #BureauOfLandManagement to the state of #Alaska

#AndreaFeniger, Dir of state’s #SierraClub chapter: “this→massive giveaway 2 out-of-state corp's that don’t want 2 b burdend by fed protections that safegard our lands, watrs, wildlife, & communities"»

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-public-lands/

Outcry as Trump gives away 1.4M acres of land to appease polluters

Defenders of the planet took aim at President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday for transferring approximately 1.4 million acres of public lands along the Dalton Utility Corridor from the US Bureau of Land Management to the state of Alaska.“This corridor encompasses some of Alaska’s most cr...

Raw Story
Liberals, PCs kill Green leader’s environmental bill of rights
The bill had proposed giving citizens more power to file complaints and bring court challenges against polluters, along with an independent environmental investigation process.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/environmental-bill-of-rights-9.7144828?cmp=rss

Bills Would Ban #Liability #Lawsuits For #ClimateChange

#Republican lawmakers in multiple states and #Congress are advancing proposals to shield #polluters from #climate #accountability and prevent any type of liability for climate change harms -- even as these harms and their associated costs continue to mount. It's the latest in a counter-offensive that has unfolded on multiple fronts,
#maga #Trump

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/16/2222200/bills-would-ban-liability-lawsuits-for-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Bills Would Ban Liability Lawsuits For Climate Change - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: Republican lawmakers in multiple states and Congress are advancing proposals to shield polluters from climate accountability and prevent any type of liability for climate change harms -- even as these harms and their associated costs cont...

The Latest Front in the Battle Over #Climate #Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability
Republican lawmakers are advancing legislation that would shield major #polluters from legal accountability for #climatechange harms.
"I really think it's an un-American effort to deny Americans the traditional right of access to a jury," Inslee said. #Oil and #gas execs are "terrified" by prospect of having to stand before a jury and face evidence of their climate-change lies and deception
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14032026/republican-legislation-shielding-polluters-from-climate-lawsuits/
The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability - Inside Climate News

Republican lawmakers are advancing legislation that would shield major polluters from legal accountability for climate change harms.

Inside Climate News

"paying attention to #polluters may be one of the best ways to understand what’s currently happening in the #UnitedStates." https://heated.world/p/actually-i-do-know-how-to-do-this

#BigOil #authoritarianism #humanRights #democracy #climateBreakdown

Actually, I do know how to do this

In retrospect, paying attention to polluters may be one of the best ways to understand what’s currently happening in the United States.

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