/tags/environment/ Recent bookmarks tagged #environment Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:48 +0000 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers-turn-to-ex-airliner-engines-as-ai-power-crunch-bites#xenforo-comments-3887983 Faced with multi-year delays to secure grid power, US data center operators are deploying aeroderivative gas turbines — effectively retired commercial aircraft engines bolted into trailers — to keep AI infrastructure online.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #ai #energy #environment #power</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:19:21 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:37853 ai energy environment power https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/rebecca-solnit-climate-change-wealth-abundance/ What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil-fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness to flourishing nature, to good food produced without abuse of labor? What if we were to think of wealth as security in our environments and societies, and as confidence in a viable future?<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #climate #environment #future #imported:pinboard #solarpunk</p> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 16:19:32 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:30632 climate environment future imported:pinboard solarpunk https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/rebecca-solnit-climate-change-wealth-abundance What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil-fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness to flourishing nature, to good food produced without abuse of labor? What if we were to think of wealth as security in our environments and societies, and as confidence in a viable future?<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #climate #environment #future #solarpunk</p> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 16:19:32 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:29287 climate environment future solarpunk http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/02/bill-nye-to-cnn-the-two-sides-arent-equal-on-climate-change/ “There are a couple of things that you can’t really dispute,” Nye explained to CNN’s Carol Costello. “Sixteen of the last 17 years have been the hottest years on record. That’s just how it is.” “I appreciate that we want to show two sides of the stories — there’s a tradition in journalism that goes back quite a ways, I guess — but the two sides aren’t equal here. You have tens of thousands of scientists who are very concerned and you have a few people who are in business of equating or drawing attention to the idea that uncertainty is the same as doubt. When you have a plus or minus percentage, that’s not the same thing as not believing the whole thing at all.”<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #billnye #climatechange #environment #imported:pinboard #politics #science #to:fb #weather</p> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:36:58 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32723 billnye climatechange environment imported:pinboard politics science to:fb weather http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/02/bill-nye-to-cnn-the-two-sides-arent-equal-on-climate-change “There are a couple of things that you can’t really dispute,” Nye explained to CNN’s Carol Costello. “Sixteen of the last 17 years have been the hottest years on record. That’s just how it is.” “I appreciate that we want to show two sides of the stories — there’s a tradition in journalism that goes back quite a ways, I guess — but the two sides aren’t equal here. You have tens of thousands of scientists who are very concerned and you have a few people who are in business of equating or drawing attention to the idea that uncertainty is the same as doubt. When you have a plus or minus percentage, that’s not the same thing as not believing the whole thing at all.”<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #billnye #climatechange #environment #politics #science #to:fb #weather</p> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:36:58 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:22348 billnye climatechange environment politics science to:fb weather http://ifixit.org/1856/why-the-ipad-has-to-be-made-in-china/ Today, an American electronics company can only be exempt from China’s rare earth export quotas by manufacturing within China. So that’s what most companies, including Apple, are doing. The only other solution is for us to stop consuming so much—an option that people rarely find appealing. Not as appealing as a retina display, at least.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #apple #china #environment #gadgets #hardware #imported:pinboard #rareearths #tech #to:fb</p> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:32:27 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32945 apple china environment gadgets hardware imported:pinboard rareearths tech to:fb http://ifixit.org/1856/why-the-ipad-has-to-be-made-in-china Today, an American electronics company can only be exempt from China’s rare earth export quotas by manufacturing within China. So that’s what most companies, including Apple, are doing. The only other solution is for us to stop consuming so much—an option that people rarely find appealing. Not as appealing as a retina display, at least.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #apple #china #environment #gadgets #hardware #rareearths #tech #to:fb</p> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:32:27 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:21507 apple china environment gadgets hardware rareearths tech to:fb http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8889541/BBC-drops-Frozen-Planets-climate-change-episode-to-sell-show-better-abroad.html Viewers in the United States, where climate change sceptics are particularly strong group, will not see the full episode.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #climatechange #environment #journalism #politics #science #usa</p> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:09:03 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19727 climatechange environment journalism politics science usa http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/were-screwed-limiting-emissions-to-a-2c-temperature-rise-is-almost-beyond-reach.ars In other words, we've got five years to make a dramatic shift in the sorts of power plants we're building, or there's no way we're going to limit climate change to stated goals. It's also worth noting that the IEA ran a "New Policies" scenario that takes into account all current pledges by national governments. It resulted in much higher emissions and a likely temperature rise of 3.5°C. Still, if the New Policies targets aren't implemented, then the IEA estimates that we would be on track for a rise of 6°C.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #climatechange #environment #politics</p> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:19:30 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19643 climatechange environment politics http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2009-06-01 "100 years ago this year, the founders of General Motors convinced the world to give up their horses and saddles and buggy whips to try a new form of transportation. Now it is time for us to say goodbye to the internal combustion engine. It seemed to serve us well for so long. We enjoyed the car hops at the A&W. We made out in the front -- and the back -- seat. We watched movies on large outdoor screens, went to the races at NASCAR tracks across the country, and saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time through the window down Hwy. 1. And now it's over. It's a new day and a new century. The President -- and the UAW -- must seize this moment and create a big batch of lemonade from this very sour and sad lemon. "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cars #detroit #economy #environment #flint #gm #michaelmoore #michigan</p> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:49:41 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12287 cars detroit economy environment flint gm michaelmoore michigan http://www.ok.co.uk/worldinaction/view/5810/Beavers-break-the-law "A police spokesman said: "The campaigners are feeling pretty stupid. There's nothing more natural than a beaver.""<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #beavers #environment #logging</p> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:35:07 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:11757 beavers environment logging http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?title=be-patient-this-gets-amazing&videoId=174783 "The Bush administration gets the EPA to rewrite their policy on greenhouse gases by not opening the e-mail."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #bush #dailyshow #environment #epa #videos</p> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:55:08 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:11017 bush dailyshow environment epa videos http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070917.wdung0917/BNStory/Science/home "When the organic matter left behind by mammoths and other wildlife is exposed to the air by the thawing permafrost, his theory runs, microbes that have been dormant for thousands of years spring back into action."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #climate #dung #environment #globalwarming #mammoth #permafrost</p> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:03:28 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:9629 climate dung environment globalwarming mammoth permafrost http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=673 "the cautionary tale catalogued in ancient rocks warns us that the environment is certainly not impervious to the actions of those living in it."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #biology #earth #environment</p> Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:34:01 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:7749 biology earth environment http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/26/coverstory/index.html "No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #earth #environment #politics</p> Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:17:46 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:6737 earth environment politics