Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow questioned FIFA’s motive.
“Why do you need to buy a water bottle when you can just carry your water in? It is cheaper that way and it is good for the environment. It is outrageous. They are just trying to make more money.”
www.latimes.com/sports/story...
Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio.
Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands
As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%
www.latimes.com
FIFA is asking 60 fans who were sold World Cup tickets for free to pay corrected face value for them. FIFA also is shutting down water refill options.
The popular wildfire tracking app is adding flood monitoring to its platform. It’s the first new disaster alert on the service, with many more to come.
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The popular wildfire tracking app is adding flood monitoring to its platform. It’s the first new disaster alert on the service, with many more to come.
No electricity, no gas, no sleep: Cubans on edge amid endless outages - four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a day
By Ruaridh Nicoll
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Big fan of this paper and I'm glad it found a home. Environmental infrastructure spending is understudied compared to its budget.
Four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a day
www.theguardian.com
A puny snowpack and widespread drought have experts predicting a severe U.S. wildfire season. They’re worried that the federal firefighting effort that’s in the midst of reorganization will struggle to cope.
