November 18, 20240 Comments

We can’t fight the climate crisis without fighting militarism | All Hail | Climate

The impact of war is so much more than just the emissions from tanks, ships and warplanes. The impact of war on the climate is much more than just the emissions from tanks, ships and warplanes. Modern warfare has a devastating effect on both people and the planet. So what is the scale of planetary destruction wrought by militaries? And in a world where nations justify war on the basis

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November 11, 20240 Comments

The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres

Julie Bolthouse Julie Bolthouse is opposing new data centre planning applications in Northern Virginia Environmental campaigner Julie Bolthouse points out that Northern Virginia has the world’s largest concentration of data centres. This is not something she is thrilled about. “We’re the Wall Street of the data centre industry,” says Ms Bolthouse, who is a director of local Virginian charity and campaign group Piedmont Environmental Council. Data centres are vast warehouses

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