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The same technological infrastructure driving everything else has a physical cost that is easy to ignore from behind a screen. Data centers consume more electricity than most countries. Rare earth mining for consumer electronics devastates local ecosystems. E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams on the planet. Meanwhile, the companies responsible for the largest environmental footprints are also the ones selling the solutions: carbon capture technology, clean energy investments, and sustainability pledges that often amount to accounting tricks. The climate is changing, the resource math is getting harder, and the relationship between technological growth and environmental cost is one that nobody has figured out how to resolve. Planetary Health covers the collision between technological civilization and the physical systems that support it.

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Louisiana carbon capture project gets new life with federal funding boost
Business Report|Apr 20
CLIMATE-TECH ENVIRONMENT REGULATION
Environmental group sues US Interior for approving rare earth mining in Mojave Desert
The Northern Miner|Apr 20
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH REGULATION
Nessel appeals DTE data center contracts in continued push for contested case
Michigan Advance|Apr 20
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION
China drives record wind installations worldwide
Windpower Monthly|Apr 20
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH
China's Rare Earth Exports to Japan Show Marked Drop in March
Bloomberg|Apr 20
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH
Batam Powers Ahead as Southeast Asia's Emerging Hyperscale Data Center Hub
The Jakarta Post|Apr 20
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPRAWL
USA Rare Earth to Acquire Serra Verde in $2.8 Billion Deal
Wall Street Journal|Apr 20
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH
The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
Grist|Apr 20
ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH INFRASTRUCTURE SPRAWL
Greenland again a focus as Critical Metals ups rare-earths stake
TheStreet|Apr 19
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH
Britain's Renewable Energy Glut
Oilprice.com|Apr 19
ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy's funding boom
TechCrunch|Apr 19
CAPITAL-MARKETS EMERGING-TECH GREEN-TECH
Trump backs US$50 million investment for South Africa rare earths
South China Morning Post|Apr 19
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH
US firm's thorium nuclear fuel bundles move to manufacturing for commercial reactors
Interesting Engineering|Apr 19
ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
White House Wants a Nuclear Reactor Orbiting the Moon by 2028
Oilprice.com|Apr 19
GREEN-TECH SPACE SPRAWL
Using the ocean to power data centers
CBS News|Apr 19
AI ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Europe's Energy Problem Isn't the Transition—It's That Europe Never Finished It
Oilprice.com|Apr 19
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
US scientists' new method can measure rare-earth elements in plants without destroying them
Interesting Engineering|Apr 19
ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH
Mexico's climate supercomputer could change forecasting
Fox News|Apr 19
AI CLIMATE-TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
Trump-branded AI data center megaproject stalls, CEO departs
Axios|Apr 19
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPRAWL
More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are 'substandard'
The Conversation|Apr 18
DIGITALDIVIDE ENVIRONMENT GREEN-TECH REGULATION