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The material cost of the digital economy. Energy consumption of data centers and AI training, rare earth extraction, electronic waste, water usage, and the environmental consequences of manufacturing the devices and infrastructure that modern life depends on. The sustainability narratives coming from the companies driving these costs deserve scrutiny.

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CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH 1 ENERGY 3 GEOENGINEERING
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Cardinal Glass To Install World’s First Float Glass Carbon Capture System
14:07 CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT carbon-herald
AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions
13:45 AI ENERGY ENVIRONMENT wired
Video: Chinese robot dog tracks Tibetan antelopes at 15,420 feet in harsh terrain
12:46 DRONES ENVIRONMENT ROBOTICS interesting-engineering
Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food
10:00 CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT SYNTHETIC wired
An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
17:53 ENERGY ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE the-verge
SpaceXAI pats itself on the back for removing temporary turbines in Memphis under agreed order over the next year: "We care deeply about being good neighbors"
14:52 AI ENVIRONMENT SPRAWL pc-gamer
SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana
14:41 ENVIRONMENT SPACE SPRAWL ars-technica
Virginia state senators call for review into data center groundwater strain and potential state-wide moratorium
12:03 ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPRAWL data-center-dynamics
China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem
11:00 ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH LOGISTICS wired
Amazon’s 2025 emissions jump as AI brings ‘momentum and complexity’: report
14:51 ENERGY ENVIRONMENT NEOCORP supply-chain-dive
Amazon, Duke Energy accused of evading Clean Air Act at under-development data center in Hamlet, North Carolina
13:35 ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SPRAWL data-center-dynamics
Nebius reports 32x emissions jump in a year on back of data center growth
10:30 AI ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE data-center-dynamics
DCD Talks: Driving efficient water usage through closed-loop cooling with Tuan Hoang, Schneider Electric
09:51 AI ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE data-center-dynamics
Proposed rule would exempt commercial launch licensing from environmental regulations
23:12 ENVIRONMENT REGULATION SPACE spacenews
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
08:45 AI ENERGY ENVIRONMENT grist
Willie Nelson Urges Americans to Fight the Construction of Data Centers: They ‘Only Destroy the Environment Around Them’
22:17 ENVIRONMENT variety
Willie Nelson: Data Centers Suck
21:45 ENERGY ENVIRONMENT pitchfork
What Is Cape Cod Doing To Secure Its Energy Independence And Protect Its Natural Resources?
18:41 ENVIRONMENT cleantechnica
Key Areas Where Water Scarcity Intensifies Risks of Conflict
17:30 ENVIRONMENT war-on-the-rocks
Marx and Nature: Why a Socialist Transformation Cannot Ignore the Transformation of Human Relations with Nature
13:55 ENVIRONMENT naked-capitalism
Do small climate habits help or hurt the bigger cause? What a 4-year study found.
13:00 ENVIRONMENT anthropocene
Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever
11:49 CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT carbon-brief
Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025
11:41 ENVIRONMENT carbon-brief
Menominee Nation elders are getting solar and battery systems
11:00 CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT yale-climate-connections
Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program
08:45 ENVIRONMENT REGULATION grist
Next stop for California’s high-speed rail: Finding private investors
08:30 ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE grist
Smoke Blankets Oregon
04:01 ENVIRONMENT nasa
Genevieve becomes the first Category 5 hurricane of 2026
17:26 ENVIRONMENT yale-climate-connections
European Fish Are Adapting to Climate Change in Unexpected Ways
17:03 ENVIRONMENT inside-climate-news
California Marine Sanctuaries Face Threats of New Trump-Backed Offshore Oil Leases
09:00 ENVIRONMENT inside-climate-news
‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake.
08:30 ENVIRONMENT grist
Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat
13:00 ENVIRONMENT grist
Inside a Land Deal That Saved the Okefenokee
09:00 ENVIRONMENT inside-climate-news
Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes?
08:55 ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE inside-climate-news
NASA and ESA facilities avoid major damage from wildfires in Spain
02:15 ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE spacenews
Residents near cement plant raise concerns about more plastic being burnt for fuel
22:01 ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SPRAWL ABC Australia — Business
Vancouver mining companies partner on low-emissions metal recovery tech
22:01 ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH INFRASTRUCTURE Canadian Mining Journal
Kodal ships record lithium from Bougouni in Mali
22:01 ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS INFRASTRUCTURE The Northern Miner
A key solution to climate change isn't happening
17:01 CLIMATE-TECH CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT Newscientist — Tech
The Rare Earth Trap: How China Outmaneuvered the Entire Western Defense Industry
17:01 ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS NEOCORP Oilprice.com
Maine becomes first US state to pass data centre construction ban
17:01 ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION FT Technology
BC Court upholds personal liability for mining execs in environmental violations
13:01 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT REGULATION Canadian Mining Journal
Lead alert: How unsafe battery recycling is poisoning Indians
13:01 ENVIRONMENT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE India Today
China's Subsea Ambition: Powering the AI Race with Global "Thermal Debt"
13:01 AI ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS National Interest
Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers
13:01 ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION Thehill — Tech
'Myopic' World Bank must shift to critical minerals from climate change, Bessent says
22:02 ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS The Northern Miner
Industrial chemical leaks could push ozone layer recovery back by 7 years
22:02 ENVIRONMENT TECH Phys.org
Senate votes to repeal Biden-era wilderness protections in Minnesota, sending bill to Trump's desk
22:02 ENVIRONMENT NEOCORP REGULATION The Hill
In Tasmania, the mines have closed but the rivers remember
22:02 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE Mongabay
Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
17:01 ENVIRONMENT INEQUALITY TRANSIT The Guardian