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https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/01/05/first-nations-chiefs-shouldnt-be-duped-by-nuclear-is-green-deception/446328/
First Nations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by ‘nuclear-is-green’ deception
Nuclear power is touted as 'green.' It is not, despite what big-money firms are saying. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life.William Eric Altvater (The Hill Times)
Yahoo Finance
Daniel Howley
October 23, 2024
"#ArtificialIntelligence has driven shares of tech companies like #Microsoft (#MSFT), #Amazon (#AMZN), #Nvidia (N#VDA), and #Google (GOOG, GOOGL) to new highs this year. But the technology, which companies promise will revolutionize our lives, is driving something else just as high as stock prices: #EnergyConsumption [and #WaterConsumption].
"#AI #DataCenters use huge amounts of power and could increase energy demand by as much as 20% over the next decade, according to a Department of Energy spokesperson. Pair that with the continued growth of the broader cloud computing market, and you’ve got an energy squeeze.
"But Big Tech has also set ambitious sustainability goals focused on the use of low-carbon and zero-carbon sources to reduce its impact on climate change. While renewable energy like solar and wind are certainly part of that equation, tech companies need uninterruptible power sources. And for that, they’re leaning into #NuclearPower.
"Tech giants aren’t just planning to hook into existing plants, either. They’re working with energy companies to bring mothballed facilities like Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island back online and looking to build small modular reactors (#SMRs) that take up less space than traditional plants and, the hope is, are cheaper to construct.
"But there are still plenty of questions as to whether these investments in nuclear energy will ever pan out, not to mention how long it will take to build any new reactors."
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https://www.aol.com/finance/big-tech-going-nuclear-power-201418756.html
#AI #NoNukesForAI #Cryptocurrency #WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #ThreeMileIsland #TheTerminator #JudgmentDay #NuclearPowerNoThanks
Starmer stands by UK City minister amid Bangladesh corruption probe
No. 10 Downing Street says Tulip Siddiq has ‘not been involved with any decisions relating to Bangladesh since entering government.’Noah Keate (POLITICO)
#NuclearPower #NoThanks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/04/four-of-uks-oldest-nuclear-plants-to-run-for-even-longer-as-hinkley-point-delayed
Iran’s nuclear sites ‘more exposed than ever': official - EUROPE SAYS
Iran’s nuclear sites are as vulnerable as they’ll ever be following Israel’s retaliatory strike on Tehran last month,EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)