Facebook Meta signs 20-year deal with nuclear plant, signals AI’s growing energy needs
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/meta-signs-20-year-deal-with-nuclear-plant-signals-ais-growing-energy-needs Meta’s deal to help revive an Illinois nuclear power plant was one way of signaling that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is preparing for a future built with artificial intelligence. Meta’s 20-year deal with Constellation Energy follows similar maneuvers from Amazon, Google and Microsoft, but it will take years before nuclear energy […]
Apple backs Trump rare earth minerals push, invests $500M in US mine
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple-backs-trump-rare-earth-minerals-push-invests-500m-us-mine By Brooke Singman FOXBusiness Apple is expected to announce a $500 million commitment to MP Materials — the only rare earth mine currently operating in the United States, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. The agreement includes plans for Apple to purchase American-made rare earth magnets from MP Materials’ Texas facility, marking […]
Bjorn Lomborg: Europe is committing economic suicide with climate change cult – ‘Climate crusade is a masterclass in self-sabotage, chaining its economy to ruinous policies while preaching moral superiority’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/opinion/europe-is-committing-economic-suicide-with-climate-change-cult/ By Bjorn Lomborg Excerpt: The European Union is offering Democrat-led states a cautionary tale in how to hamstring an entire economy in the name of green dogma — while failing to solve climate change. Blue states are sending delegates to Europe to learn how to implement climate policies, egged on by progressive think-tanks. But Europe, which has pursued […]
Watch: Former Canadian MP Laurel Collins: ‘I am wildly emotional’ – ‘Climate emergencies are not gender neutral…disproportionately impacts women & girls’ – Warns of ‘the intersection of gender & the climate crisis’
Canadian MP Laurel Collins: “Climate emergencies are not gender neutral. The degradation of ecosystems disproportionately impacts women and girls, and I am wildly emotional.” “We need to think about the intersection of gender and the climate crisis.” pic.twitter.com/Jix5SfwzSA — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) July 14, 2025 bbbb
UK Telegraph: China’s air pollution clean-up ‘sped up global warming’ – With ‘more sunlight is now reaching Earth’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/14/chinas-air-pollution-clean-up-sped-up-global-warming/ Global efforts to cut aerosol emissions have increased the Earth’s temperatures The speeding up of global warming has been largely driven by cuts to air pollution in China and wider East Asia, scientists believe. Experts say that more sunlight is now reaching Earth because of fewer aerosols in the atmosphere since countries began tackling […]