We've been sold a lie about the Energy Transition "The theory was that if we replace fossil fuels with renewables, emissions will fall and the climate-change problem is solved. But the reality is that no credible outlook shows fossil fuel use falling enough to reduce emissions in a meaningful way. "There’s no “peak demand” for fossil fuels—only a plateau, with a slight decline after 2035, but fossil energy still makes up nearly 70% of the energy mix in 2050."
Mother Pelican ~ A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability
Sustainable Human Development
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.
Grist
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent
A project in Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.
 There a global mining boom: one of the biggest red lights for our envronment.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman: ‘AI could surpass human intelligence by 2030’ The asshole grifter is at it again https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/openai-sam-altman-ai
"The Global Mining Boom: Transforming Resources and Economies in 2025" There is absolutely nothing worse for our environment than a global mining boom There is absolutely nothing worse for our environment than a global mining boom There is absolutely nothing worse for our environment than a global mining boom There is absolutely nothing worse for our environment than a global mining boom There is absolutely nothing worse for our environment than a global mining boom
"Japan is in the midst of a data center-building boom: Out of Japan’s 275 publicly listed data centers, some 20% of them have opened in the last decade alone. Just this year, new large-scale data centers were launched or announced in Tokyo by Princeton Digital Group, Equinix, and DayOne, and in Fukuoka by Asia Pacific Land."
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers - The Japan Times
"Meta, for instance, is currently developing a facility in Louisiana that Mark Zuckerberg has promised to expand into a data center “supercluster” that will use almost twice as much energy as the entire city of New Orleans."
The New York Review of Books
The Costs of the Cloud | Ashley Dawson
Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive order, suffered from “a ...
"On September 25, seven Indigenous nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon – Kichwa, Waorani, Sápara, Shiwiar, Andwa, Shuar, Achuar – issued an international denunciation of the government’s oil expansion plans, rejecting new auctions in their territories and warning of attempts to weaken constitutional protections for consent. Their statement comes amid a state of emergency and nationwide mobilization opposing subsidy cuts, extractive expansion, and the rollback of rights."
Amazon Watch
Global Outcry and Indigenous Opposition Challenge Ecuador’s Amazon Oil Agenda | Amazon Watch
“Ecuador’s new oil auction is a direct threat to our territories. After 60 years of extraction, we’ve seen only death and destruction, not de...
Red alert: nickel mining threatens all life across Raja Ampat Hold on, but isn't nickel a "green" metal, essential for our clean Green Transition? Green Sacrifice Zones: "Some 6,000 acres of coral reefs, 17,500 acres of forest cover, and the livelihoods of over 64,000 Indigenous and local community members across the 9 million acre archipelago are now under threat."
Oceanographic
Red alert: nickel mining threatens all life across Raja Ampat - Oceanographic
Earth Insight has revealed the damage already caused and the threats looming large across Raja Ampat as nickel mining goes unchecked
"Fermi America and Texas Tech are set to establish what is being called the world's largest AI data center in the Texas Panhandle. The facility, which will use nuclear reactors, requires significant water resources for cooling. On Saturday, community members protested at the old Potter County Courthouse, voicing concerns about the impact on local water supplies."
KVII
Protesters raise water concerns over world's largest AI data center in Texas
Fermi America and Texas Tech are set to establish what is being called the world's largest AI data center in the Texas Panhandle.The facility, whic...
Big Tech, Data Colonialism and modern day slavery "The historical parallels also become stark when we look at big tech’s choice of landing ports, West Africa being a favourite site. St. Helena Island, for instance, which served as a transit port for slaves in the 1800s, now serves as a main port for Google’s undersea cables between Africa and the Americas." https://www.firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/download/13637/11600 Open letter to President Biden from tech workers in Kenya, Kenya Tech workers
Foxglove
Open letter to President Biden from tech workers in Kenya - Foxglove
22 May 2024 Dear President Biden, Cc: Ambassador Katherine Tai, US Trade Representative, We are 97 data labellers, content moderators …