An international vote to approve cutting maritime emissions was delayed by a year in a victory for the United States, which opposes the carbon-cutting plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/18/us-decarbonizing-deal-sink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #us #carbon #emissions

U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and his administration has reportedly moved to quash debate on the issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/08/climate-change/trump-climate-change-con-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #environment #emissions #carbon #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans

@mediapart BTW, la présentation de rapport est aujourd'hui, live sur youtube: https://theshiftproject.org/evenements/presentation-du-rapport-final-intelligence-artificielle/ "Quelles trajectoires énergie-carbone sont en train d’être impulsées par les filières des centres de données et de la capacité de calcul ? Quels en sont les futurs physiquement réalisables, compatibles avec la contrainte énergie- #carbone ?" 1/2

#AI #climateCrisis #CO2 #energie #LLM #carbon #datacenters

Kansai Electric Power is preparing to decommission the No. 1 and No. 2 units at its Gobo oil-fired thermal power station in Wakayama Prefecture, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/kansai-electric-retirement-gobo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kepco #gobo #wakayama #nuclearenergy #energy #carbon #emissions #coal #oil

Ministers and other senior officials from over 30 nations and international organizations have agreed to more than quadruple the use of sustainable fuels worldwide by 2035. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/sustainable-fuels-agreement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #biofuel #environment #carbon

A quarter of more than 200 heat waves this century may have been impossible without human-induced global warming, a newly published paper linking major carbon emitters to heat waves has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/11/climate-change/heat-waves-carbon-emitters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #carbon #emissions #heatwaves

The #ClimateCrisis is not just about #carbon molecules in the air. It is about who puts them there and who pays the price. French economist #ThomasPiketty warns that if class inequality is ignored, climate policy will fail. The wealthiest emitters are flying in #PrivateJets, buying oversized cars, and taking short distance flights while ordinary households struggle with rising costs for energy, food, and housing.

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The #ClimateCrisis is not just about #carbon molecules in the air. It is about who puts them there and who pays the price. French economist #ThomasPiketty warns that if class inequality is ignored, climate policy will fail. The wealthiest emitters are flying in #PrivateJets, buying oversized cars, and taking short distance flights while ordinary households struggle with rising costs for energy, food, and housing.

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More than 85 scientists have published a lengthy joint critique of a recent Energy Department report that downplayed the effects of climate change, calling it riddled with "pervasive problems.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/03/climate-change/scientists-trump-climate-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #fossilfuels #emissions #environment #carbon #epa #us #donaldtrump #republicans

Japan and India will use a joint crediting mechanism in their plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in India through Japanese technologies, sources say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/science-health/japan-india-joint-crediting-mechanism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #indiajapanrelations #india #carbon #emissions #tech

Bridgestone has said it will sell Mexico Carbon Manufacturing to Cabot of the United States for about $70 million as part of the Japanese tire-maker's efforts to restructure its carbon black business. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/companies/bridgestone-carbon-black-biz/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bridgestone #mexico #carbon

New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to soak up carbon emissions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/28/sustainability/new-zealand-pine-forests-sheep/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #newzealand #forests #sheep #climatechange #emissions #carbon #environment

Private companies are rushing into risky, profit-driven geoengineering projects to fight climate change without clear regulations, raising fears of dangerous unintended consequences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/06/world/geoengineerings-risks-need-to-be-studied/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #carbon #pollution

The heat wave searing Europe is making a compelling case for one of the most ambitious climate targets ever set by Brussels. Many in the European Union, however, have yet to be convinced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/02/climate-change/europe-climate-eu-2040-goal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #europe #climatechange #eu #carbon #emissions

We did the math on #AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The #emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
The latest reports show that 4.4% of all the energy in the #US now goes toward #datacenters. The #carbon intensity of #electricity used by data centers was 48% higher than the US average.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

We did the math on #AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The #emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
The latest reports show that 4.4% of all the energy in the #US now goes toward #datacenters. The #carbon intensity of #electricity used by data centers was 48% higher than the US average.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/