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- AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, experts warn - Le Monde 01.10.26 524179
- EU accused of hiding environmental impact of data centers - Politico 30.09.26 524182
- Green AI or greenwashing? Why NVIDIA can’t compute its way out of the climate crisis - Greenpeace 29.09.26 524180
- The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. - NY Times 22.09.26 524181
- Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds - Guardian 25.08.26 523761
- ‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres - Guardian 29.06.26 519796
- Video: “New Form of Imperialism”: Renowned U.N. Scientist on AI Boom’s Huge Water, Carbon & Land Footprint - DN! 12.06.26 518503
- Artificial Intelligence Won’t Solve Climate Change - UCS 07.05.26 515528
- The AI boom is dangerously dependent on helium - Scientific American 18.03.26 511895
- Invisible datacentres and capricious chips: is UK’s AI bubble about to burst? - Guardian 14.03.26 511670
- Data Center Giant Secures $14 Million Deal to Consume 40% of Pennsylvania Town’s Excess Water - CD 16.02.26 509556
- AI’s growing thirst for water is becoming a public health risk - Al Jazeera 21.01.26 506430
- Researchers Tackle AI’s Energy Problem With a Greener Fix - ENN 23.12.25 503259
- Video: Former U.S. VP Al Gore Reveals Shocking Data on Global Warming and Extreme Climate Events | AC1N - DRM News 12.11.25 502537
- How ‘everyday AI’ encourages overconsumption - Conversation 09.12.25 501135
- Behind AI Hype, Climate Consequences - CD 10.11.25 498340
- No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China - DeSmog 24.09.25 490463
- Why Is Big Tech Using the Energy of the Past to Power the Future? - CD 06.09.25 486270
- Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants - Guardian 27.06.25 476210
- Energy and AI - IEA 04/25 486495
- Artificial intelligence risks becoming an environmental disaster - BMJ 13.03.25 465486
- Here’s How We Can Power the AI Boom Without Building a Ton of New Gas Plants - Mother Jones 13.02.25 457158
- European data centre space shortage expected in 2025 as AI booms - Reuters 05.02.25 454829
- The Rising Hunger of AI Data Centers Accelerates the Need for Clean Energy to Meet Demand - DeSmog 27.01.25 454811
- Organizations are increasingly aware of the environmental footprint of Gen AI, but most aren’t able to address it alone - Cap Gemini 14.01.25 458133
- Video: Why does AI pose a huge energy supply problem? - Al Jazeera 24.07.24 424542
- AI and energy: Will AI help reduce emissions or increase demand? Here's what to know - WEF 22.07.24 424514
- Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race? - Guardian 04.07.24 421219
- Amid A.I. Boom, Google’s Emissions Have Grown by Half - ENN 03.07.24 421254
- The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI - Jacobin 20.06.24 422248
- How to manage AI's energy demand — today, tomorrow and in the future - WEF 25.04.24 417875
- Report Warns Generative AI Could Turbocharge Climate Disinformation - CD 07.03.24 402377
- Microsoft Is Using a Hell of a Lot of Water to Flood the World With AI - Gizmodo 11.09.23 373059
- Turns out there’s another problem with AI – its environmental toll - Guardian 01.08.23 363351