Martin Pigeon
Martin Pigeon  ·  yesterday
This publication is our analysis of the draft EU #carbon removal rules for #BECCS and #biochar.

There is a real risk that these methodologies, currently developed by the EU under the #CRCF, end up certifying activities consisting of a mere transfer between the biogenic & geological carbon pools, or even additional CO2 emissions, instead of actually removing it from the air.

#climate#COP29#CDR #negativeemissions

@pluralistic this could become a global blueprint...

https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/draft-carbon-removals-rules-will-the-eus-climate-action-be-ruined-by-its-bioenergy-policy/

Bread and Circuses
Bread and Circuses  ·  3 weeks ago
In the entire universe, we know of only a single planetary biosphere in which life can thrive… and now, a tiny cabal of greedy capitalist idiots is wantonly destroying that precious biosphere.

This sounds like the plot of a bad science fiction movie. But it's not fiction. It's reality.

#Science#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Capitalism

Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen  ·  last month
Latest comic on Big Tech's climate hypocrisy

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #tech #technology #ai #energy #cartoon

INNOVATIONS IN HYPOCRISY 1. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME TECH EXECS NOT TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. EXECUTIVE IN SUNGLASSES - CHILL OUT, EVERYONE! WE'LL INNOVATE OUR WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM. 2. YOU MEAN "INNOVATIONS" LIKE CRYPTO AND AI, WHICH USE SO MUCH ENERGY THAT OLD POWER PLANTS ARE BEING BROUGHT BACK ONLINE? EXECUTIVE WITH PRIVATE JET IN BACKGROUND - NOT A PROBLEM AT MY PRIVATE OFFSHORE PARTY COMPOUND! 3. IN SOUTH MEMPHIS, A NEW AI DATA CENTER RUNS ON METHANE GAS GENERATORS THAT SPEW POLLUTION-AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAD BAD AIR QUALITY. EXECUTIVE CLIMBING STEPS ONTO PLANE - A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR A CHATBOT THAT SWEARS! 4. AND WHY IS MICROSOFT SELLING AI TO FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES TO HELP MAXIMIZE PRODUCTION? EXECUTIVE ON PRIVATE JET TAKING OFF - CAN'T TALK NOW-I'M LEAVING ON MY JOURNEY TO NET ZERO! © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! https://jensorensen.com/subscribe/
INNOVATIONS IN HYPOCRISY 1. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME TECH EXECS NOT TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. EXECUTIVE IN SUNGLASSES - CHILL OUT, EVERYONE! WE'LL INNOVATE OUR WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM. 2. YOU MEAN "INNOVATIONS" LIKE CRYPTO AND AI, WHICH USE SO MUCH ENERGY THAT OLD POWER PLANTS ARE BEING BROUGHT BACK ONLINE? EXECUTIVE WITH PRIVATE JET IN BACKGROUND - NOT A PROBLEM AT MY PRIVATE OFFSHORE PARTY COMPOUND! 3. IN SOUTH MEMPHIS, A NEW AI DATA CENTER RUNS ON METHANE GAS GENERATORS THAT SPEW POLLUTION-AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAD BAD AIR QUALITY. EXECUTIVE CLIMBING STEPS ONTO PLANE - A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR A CHATBOT THAT SWEARS! 4. AND WHY IS MICROSOFT SELLING AI TO FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES TO HELP MAXIMIZE PRODUCTION? EXECUTIVE ON PRIVATE JET TAKING OFF - CAN'T TALK NOW-I'M LEAVING ON MY JOURNEY TO NET ZERO! © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! https://jensorensen.com/subscribe/
INNOVATIONS IN HYPOCRISY 1. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME TECH EXECS NOT TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. EXECUTIVE IN SUNGLASSES - CHILL OUT, EVERYONE! WE'LL INNOVATE OUR WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM. 2. YOU MEAN "INNOVATIONS" LIKE CRYPTO AND AI, WHICH USE SO MUCH ENERGY THAT OLD POWER PLANTS ARE BEING BROUGHT BACK ONLINE? EXECUTIVE WITH PRIVATE JET IN BACKGROUND - NOT A PROBLEM AT MY PRIVATE OFFSHORE PARTY COMPOUND! 3. IN SOUTH MEMPHIS, A NEW AI DATA CENTER RUNS ON METHANE GAS GENERATORS THAT SPEW POLLUTION-AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAD BAD AIR QUALITY. EXECUTIVE CLIMBING STEPS ONTO PLANE - A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR A CHATBOT THAT SWEARS! 4. AND WHY IS MICROSOFT SELLING AI TO FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES TO HELP MAXIMIZE PRODUCTION? EXECUTIVE ON PRIVATE JET TAKING OFF - CAN'T TALK NOW-I'M LEAVING ON MY JOURNEY TO NET ZERO! © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! https://jensorensen.com/subscribe/
L-)
L-)  ·  2 months ago
It has been said before, and I will say it again. AI might destroy humanity. But not in the way the tech-bro's want you to believe.

Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers
https://www.techradar.com/pro/generative-ai-triples-the-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-data-centers

Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/09/microsoft-ai-oil-contracts/679804/?gift=lhL3dXSYCcu9vqTqEbg0OHfJiu_TRdq079IHN4QaSAE

AI Boom Is Driving a Surprise Resurgence of US Gas-Fired Power
http://archive.today/2024.09.16-111903/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/us-natural-gas-power-plants-just-keep-coming-to-meet-ai-ev-electricity-demand

#AI#Climate

Catherine Shinners
Catherine Shinners  ·  2 years ago
Professional life since 1990s-Silicon Valley high tech, products, marketing (active in advent of Internet 1.0 & Web 2.0) - Shifted to communications, change management apres Great Recession-focused on enabling teams, organizations with digital for greater collaboration. Adjunct in KM at Columbia U 4 a few years. Recently pro bono work with retired NASA scientists on climate policy and public education. Avid, omnivorous reader. Always committed to empowered citizenship. #collaboration #climate
Æpstein
Æpstein  ·  2 months ago
@pluralistic

Thank god! I was really worried about dropping uncontrollably AND running out of air at the same time. I shouldn't have been. More likely the elevator will be vaporized by the #Climate#Emergency. Good to know someone is on call.

Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝
Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝  ·  3 months ago
On a slightly popular (for Mastodon) #climate post I got two people saying that climate change was caused by ordinary people's bad behavior. That's a level of ignorance that we can't afford: the fossil fuel industry's campaign of public propaganda and political lobbying is well documented, and it is just as much of a factual claim to refer to it as it is to refer to climate science.

https://mastodon.social/@richpuchalsky/112978963373973613

Bread and Circuses
Bread and Circuses  ·  3 months ago
HEADLINE: "Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows"
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A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe, and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet. The UN World Health Organization says European countries are seeing temperatures rise at around twice the global average.
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Meanwhile, Business As Usual proceeds uninterrupted.

LEARN MORE -- https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1152766

#Europe#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Capitalism#BusinessAsUsual