A panel of South Dakota senators defeated a state lawmaker’s second attempt to require environmental impact studies for carbon dioxide pipelines. Sioux Falls Republican Rep. John Hughes’ first ...

However, the authors argue that this energy-centric framing obscures other environmental impacts. Water consumption, ...

Opacity in A.I. infrastructure and narrow measurement tools are widening the gap between corporate climate commitments and environmental reality. Courtesy Microsoft As A.I. adoption accelerates, ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) may solve certain sustainability issues in the future, the technology’s environmental footprint is already a topic of much discussion today. To help society bridge ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." Environmental groups filed a lawsuit for failing to conduct an environmental ...

AI has become nearly ubiquitous in today's world, but many users don't know the environmental impact of chatting with large language models like DeepSeek and ChatGPT. A study from the Munich ...

Scientists are deeply concerned about SpaceX's recent proposal to launch one million satellites into orbit around Earth. Their concerns range from a loss of the natural night sky and our access to ...

A key issue that inevitably arises when discussing cryptocurrencies is their environmental impact, particularly due to the energy-intensive processes and resulting emissions involved in mining. As the ...