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• Post #4503295

  Some people are under the mistaken impression that wind and solar are taking over the world, that coal is on its last legs. Coal is booming. "Global coal consumption reached a record in 2025" https://oilprice.com/Energy/Coal/Global-Coal-Consumption-Hits-Record-Even-as-Coal-Power-Declines.html Some also think China is some bastion of sustainability. Green China consumes more coal every year than the rest of the world combined. China is opening 6 times more coal plants every year th...

• Post #4499696

  The Irish bird population has collapsed by 60% since 1970. We are facing a global bird apocalypse In the Sperrins, where they plan to install massive wind factories, the area has some of the last birds of Ireland. "Multiple protected bird species, including hen harrier, peregrine, merlin, golden eagle and red grouse. Turbines can create both collision and displacement from key feeding, breeding and flight areas. The bat evidence is also concerning." https://www.rundale.org/2026/03/30...

• Post #4488176

  Africa's growing e-waste crisis Africa is a dumping ground for Global North e-waste https://www.meer.com/en/110183-africas-growing-e-waste-crisis E-waste is the story that the techies never like to tell or hear about. What happened to those 18 billion--yes, 18 billion--smartphones made since 2007. What happened to the billions of laptops? What happened to the used solar panels? Poisoning the land Poisoning the water Poisoning the air And you say there's something called green te...

• Post #4486197

  'You can't sacrifice our community's health' City council chambers were packed in Hamilton, Ont., on June 4 as residents urged officials to reject a proposal that would pave the way for the Steelport AI data-centre campus. But if you're a poor community, they already have. You're a sacrifice zone for progress. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/10/news/ai-data-centre-protests-canada

• Post #4469795

  Land is weather Land is climate Change the land, change the climate "Even though the exact ratio of sea-rain coupling to land-rain coupling remains a puzzle waiting to be fully solved, what we do know is that global rainfall is a deeply interconnected dance: distant ocean temperatures steer atmospheric rivers and winds across entire planets, while local vegetation and soil moisture actively recycle water back into the sky to help fuel subsequent rainfall." https://climatewaterproje...

• Post #4445903

  This happens with every single mine. Every single mine. The mine's massive toxic waste dump is abandoned, to poison the air, water and soil for generations and generations. Everywhere. Everywhere This is us. This is our civilization. This is why we have "cheap" things. This is why we can jump up and down celebrating "cheap" solar and "cheap" wind. Nothing changes. It's extratavism, colonialism, imperialism, greed. Consume, consume, consume Devour, devou...

• Post #4379353

  People: Our air is boiling. It's getting so hot. So much drought. Big Tech: We're building the biggest hottest ovens the world has ever seen. They get so, so hot, they super heat the atmosphere. People: What? Big Tech: And to keep them from overheating, we need massive quantities of water. People: That's not right. Big Tech: We're Big Tech! We can do what we want. We own the government. Suck it up, baby, because we're only getting started!

• Post #4378475

  From an "efficiency" point of view, where is the best place to put a water-guzzling data center? A desert. Yes, a desert. Process Engineer Explains: The Math Behind "Water-Efficient AI Data Centres" Is Laughably Wrong https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8bbe-Ev-Yns

• Post #4373142

  Containers reportedly filled with illegal e-scrap set to arrive in the Philippines More than 180 shipping containers from the U.S. are scheduled to arrive at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the Philippines between Aug. 6 and Sept. 30, BAN says. https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/containers-reportedly-filled-wuth-illegal-escrap-set-to-arrive-in-the-philippines/ The dumping of e-waste by the Global North in the Global South is a great environmental crime. But what goes around, comes around. The...

• Post #4372942

  Data centers in the U.S. consumed about 17 billion gallons of water in 2023, tripling the 5.6 billion gallons used in 2014 When data centers discharge water, they release cooling system blowdown, domestic wastewater, stormwater runoff, and construction-phase discharges, according to the report. Pollutants can include total dissolved solids, chlorine, metals like copper and nickel, biocides, corrosion inhibitors, and pH-altering chemicals. https://legis1.com/news/data-center-water-consumption-c...

• Post #4372567

  There are range of data centers proposed for Foyle, Derry, Ireland. The community has been able to get access to a large quantity of disclosure documentation but they don't have the technical expertise to understand them. Much of it relates to how water will be used. Is there anyone out there who might be able to help them?

• Post #4372491

  Gold is the gold standard of our civilization. It's the most precious thing. Who would not want to win a gold medal? Gold mining is one of the most environmentally devastating of all mining. 20 ton of poisoned soil for one gold ring. 20 ton of poisoned soil for one gold ring. 20 ton of poisoned soil for one gold ring. Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/nicaraguas-gold-boom-is-now-encroaching-on-protected-area...

• Post #4370726

  Toxic men are the problem "By identifying patriarchy as the most enduring historical expression of a culture grounded in domination, we are invited to look beyond the visible symptoms of the ecological and social crisis." "No transition toward a just and sustainable society will be possible as long as relationships of power continue to shape our world." https://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv22n08page2.html

• Post #4370706

  Escaping the Growth Death Cult " For centuries, we have built a civilization that imagines growth as destiny, progress as permanent expansion, and power as the answer to every uncertainty. In doing so, we have forgotten a simple truth: everything that lives exists because it recognizes limits." https://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv22n08page2.html

• Post #4353117

  "Racial capitalism requires us to be atomized in order to become the subject of the nation state, okay. The subject of capitalism is the consumer; an individual consumer." Dian Million, Alaska Native The community is the greatest resistance The ultimate objective of AI is to utterly atomize and isolate us.

• Post #4194356

  "While artificial intelligence data centers are increasingly turning to closed-loop cooling systems so they use less water, those systems occasionally need to be flushed, and the water can become polluted with PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as forever chemicals. Commenters also worried about diesel and gas pollutants washing into the lake from the truck stop." https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/07/28/yet-another-data-center-planned/

• Post #4162039

  "The rapid buildout of artificial intelligence data centers is often framed as a story of innovation, speed, and growth. But for communities already living with the consequences of the world's discarded electronics, it can look more like a warning. Solomon Njoroge, a former waste picker in Kenya, says the people dealing with that toxic aftermath should have a say in what happens next." https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/kenya-waste-picker-sees-ais-010700175.html

• Post #4144031

  Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives 'It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room.' https://www.wxyz.com/news/voices/neighbors-say-noise-from-michigan-data-center-is-24-7-and-upending-their-lives Vineland residents sue over nonstop humming at AI data center https://www.nj.com/business/2026/05/this-nonstop-humming-coming-from-an-ai-data-center-has-pushed-nj-neighbors-to-sue.html?gift=764756ee-c56d-4dc3-a3b5-cdbc5f63e555

• Post #4136830

  Archaeologists Keep Finding Women Where Men Were Supposed To Be https://thenoosphere.substack.com/p/archaeologists-keep-finding-women For thousands of years, men have systematically written women out of history. Environmental collapse is the inevitable result of the rise of male supremacy because women have always been the guardians and protectors of nature. Testosterone is far more dangerous than CO2 We must address core causes and the number one core cause is toxic white men.

• Post #4116949

  "Black Americans are exposed to 56% more pollution than they produce. Non-hispanic white Americans are exposed to 17% less pollution than they produce." Paul Gallay There's a reason why Nazi Musk put his toxic AI data center in Memphis https://capitalbnews.org/musk-xai-memphis-black-neighborhood-pollution/

• Post #4087489

  Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/24/adelaide-airport-cancels-environment-ads-keeps-gas-mining-advertisements

• Post #4086335

  In the US, "1,489 new data centers are currently being planned or are already under construction. If they’re completed, they’ll demand as much electricity as the entire country of Spain by 2028." "New gas-fired generation in development has nearly tripled over the past year to a record 252 gigawatts." https://350.org/press-release/350-org-us-calls-for-moratorium-on-new-data-centers-as-ai-boom-drives-up-americans-energy-bills/?r=ES&c=EU

• Post #4085643

  " When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren't talking about — or hearing about — data centers that power artificial intelligence. But with barely three months until November's contest, the perceived threat to rural life, ranchland and dwindling water supplies could become a defining issue for her long-shot challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/democrats-seize-on-ai-data...

• Post #4061705

  Community resistance against data centers is working "More than 300 cities, towns, and counties—including Monterey Park, Calif., Dekalb County, Ga., and Jefferson County, Pa.—have placed bans or moratoriums on the construction of hyperscale data centers. In the first three months of 2026, 75 major projects worth more than $130 billion were delayed or canceled in part due to organized local opposition." https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/community-backlash-ai-data-centers/

• Post #4061129

  Draining the Ogallala Aquifer for AI? Project Matador and the myth of limitless growth A 17-gigawatt AI campus in the Texas Panhandle is staking its future on water the region doesn't have to spare. https://environmentamerica.org/texas/center/articles/draining-the-ogallala-aquifer-for-ai-project-matador-and-the-myth-of-limitless-growth/ Murder-suicide in the Growth Death Cult

• Post #4060858

  "U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 17 billion gallons of water directly in 2023, KHI said, and “that use could double or quadruple by 2028,” based on a range of scenarios modeled by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Just five years ago, 20% of U.S. data centers were already located in areas of the country experiencing water stress." https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/us-data-centers-could-4x-water-use-by-2028-double-electricity-by-2030-khi/825868/

• Post #4009928

  “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model—but it also takes a lot of energy to train a human” Sam Altman said that. As evil and as greedy as it comes. Saying it out loud. Preparing the ground. "The justification for energy usage has equated non-sentient machinery to human beings, creating a narrative that we should devote as many resources to AI development as we should to ensuring people have access to natural resources." https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publi...

• Post #4009831

  The mining oligarchs are coming for the deep seas. If we let them, they will devour everything. “The deep seabed belongs to no single country and no corporation; it belongs to all of us,” Letitia Carvalho, the secretary-general of the regulatory body, said in Jamaica last week. “If we lose sight of this, we risk repeating on the ocean floor the same injustices and destruction we still strive to remedy on land.” https://grist.org/indigenous/french-polynesia-objects-to-an-american-seabed-mining...

• Post #4009775

  Green colonialism “This project by Aboitiz proves that renewable energy projects are not inherently beneficial for marginalized communities if such projects operate under the same violent frameworks seen in traditional extractives,” said Funa-ay Claver, secretary-general of KATRIBU. The groups said the accounts pointed to a broader pattern in which large renewable energy projects are imposed on communities without genuine consultation or respect for their rights. https://www.licas.news/2026/0...

• Post #3990973

  Land change has a bigger impact locally than CO2. So, why aren't we told that? Because CO2 is a big baddie that nobody can really do anything about. However, nobody is going to tell me I can't pave my front garden! Concrete and deforestation are super chargers of a hotter climate. Land change is climate change. What's done on a local basis to the land has a crucial impact on how hot or cool the local climate will be. More trees. Less concrete. More nature. https://theconversa...