The courts have rejected similar arguments before. Meanwhile, maintenance costs are rising, and the Forest Service’s own data contradicts the administration’s wildfire claims.
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Artificial intelligence systems have big environmental costs but are also finding ways to save energy and water, cut emissions and make businesses more efficient.
After a hiatus, the World Bank returned to dam building, but has anything changed?
For lawyers, industry, advocates and the courts, environmental review after the Eagle County decision is not just a new ballgame. It is a new sport.
President Trump’s national energy emergency declaration does not qualify as an emergency that would exempt energy projects from environmental laws and regulations.
Give a bacteria-fungi biofilm access to sweetened tea and you can make not only kombucha – but a fibre vital to making clothing.
Most carbon footprint calculations are more like toe prints, because they don’t give the full picture.
By phasing out sugar, we could spare land that could be rewilded and stock up on carbon. Sugar could also be used to produce biofuels and bioplastics.
Artificial intelligence promises revolutionary solutions to global challenges, but the water costs to produce and power AI hardware and infrastructure may exceed the benefits.
You can donate to environmental charities and even purchase carbon offsets, but not having an additional child typically has a much greater impact.
Corporate supply chains are riddled with high, uncounted emissions, as Lego discovered. New regulations mean more companies will face tough, sometimes surprising, choices.
The answer might surprise you.
Further research is needed in order to quantify the costs of extreme heat so we can reduce its damaging effects now and in the future.
Fireworks can frighten wild and domestic animals, start wildfires and affect some people’s mental health.
Heading on holiday soon? Here’s some tips for making your holiday greener.
The HealthcareLCA database is an interactive tool for exploring health care’s significant environmental impact. It can inform changes in health policy and practice, and identify areas for research.
All those Cinderella stories, buzzer-beating finishes and wild cheering sections have a high price tag – for the climate.
Burial land is running low in certain parts of the world. It’s about time we started to consider the environmental cost of our final resting place.
Cryptocurrency has a substantial carbon footprint. Ethereum have taken steps to address this, but will others follow suit?
A 1972 report warned that unchecked consumption could crater the world economy by 2100. Fifty years and much debate later, can humanity innovate quickly enough to avoid that fate?
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