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AI used the same amount of water as the entire bottled water industry in 2025

AI used the same amount of water as the entire bottled water industry in 2025

Huge figures According to new study, a carbon footprint that matches a small European country could be possessed by AI data centres. In 2025, 80 million tons of CO₂ could be produced by AI systems, which is as much water as the world’s bottled water industry. The carbon footprint of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2025 […]

3 months ago

Royals produce 50 times more carbon than the average UK family despite COP26 pleas

Royals produce 50 times more carbon than the average UK family despite COP26 pleas

The Royals are leaving yeti-sized carbon footprints The “time for words has now moved to the time for action”, the Queen said in a video message to world leaders attending the COP26 climate summit this week. But how climate-conscious are the Windsors, really? While Prince Charles has been fighting for the environment for decades, he’s […]

4 years ago

UK ‘lying’ on climate change progress, says Greta Thunberg

UK ‘lying’ on climate change progress, says Greta Thunberg

18-year-old Thunberg takes aim at world leaders Climate activist Greta Thunberg has accused the UK of ‘lying’ about its climate credentials, going so far as to say ‘It feels like… they’re trying to create loopholes’. Her statement came at a briefing to launch a major Unicef report, published on Friday, which warns that roughly one […]

4 years ago

There’s now too much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees cannot save us

There’s now too much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees cannot save us

Yet another chapter in ‘Just How F*cked is the Planet?’ For those who needed reminding, climate change has gone anywhere – it’s only gotten worse and everything we’ve done is too little too late. Thems the facts. The latest in the long list of terrifying statistics is that there is now so much C02 polluting […]

4 years ago