The Aporia
The Aporia
10 articles about 10 events for “Environmental Impact of AI” from Mother Jones.
“The event’s special guest, Stacey Abrams, focused on the health impacts of abortion bans, including maternal deaths in her home state of Georgia.”
““When I’m elected again, I’ll continue to lead efforts to combat the economic and national security impacts of climate change on our local community, invest in energy projects that create jobs and lower prices, and protect clean air and water,””
“Many states are offering the chance to impact conservation and wildlife as well, through ballot measures focused on things like dedicating more money to habitat protection or mitigating the impacts of climate change.”
“You capture the cumulative impact of a sustained airstrikes campaign in an El Niño flooding context.””
“Abre’ Conner, director of environmental justice at the NAACP, said about industrial facilities, “but because of the recent rise of AI data centers, our communities are bearing the brunt of climate decisions without our voices being centered in the decisions.””
“The nighttime light demonstration, near the town of Lone Pine in the Sierra Nevada region, was conducted by a startup called Reflect Orbital, which has an almost sci-fi aim to launch 50,000 satellites into space in the next decade to illuminate parts of the…”
“It will be their largest data center kind of AI footprint in the country, maybe even in the world.”
“To help draft the bill, Scott’s office has been working with 350Seattle, a climate justice organization that advocates for communities most impacted by climate change.”
“…ington, a watershed project manager with Montana Trout Unlimited, witnessed firsthand the environmental damage that can happen from off-highway vehicle use on the Middle Fork of the Judith River, which runs through the Little Belt Mountains of central…”
“The operation aims to ensure that essential work performed by US scientists for the next major U.N. climate assessment, due in 2029, cannot be meddled with or compromised by the administration of President Trump, which has slashed funding for climate…”