As AI continues to proliferate, another year of sustainability data from Big Tech is finding that data center expansion is pushing corporate emissions higher. Google and Microsoft’s have both blamed recent jumps in GHG emissions on the AI buildout.
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Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.
Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Sen. Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) said at #ClimateWeekNYC Wednesday that all viable paths to climate safety require a CBAM and there’s a “non-trivial” chance of a bipartisan bill on the topic. “There has to be a price on carbon emissions. It cannot be free to pollute.”
Seeing a lot of people getting ready for college football Saturday without the awareness that Maryland true freshman four-star quarterback Malik Washington is about to win Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
The California Air Resources Board's latest public workshop revealed the agency expects to propose long-awaited regulations for the state's climate-risk disclosure laws on Oct. 14 and the expected annual compliance fees for companies covered by the two rules. www.esgdive.com/news/carb-to...
CARB to propose California’s long-awaited climate-risk disclosure regulations this fall
The California Air Resources Board, tasked with implementing the rules, said at its latest public workshop that it would issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for the laws on Oct. 14.
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No way an airline should be able to cancel a flight less than an hour before boarding.
In the DMV for the first #DCClimateWeek and special guest Bill Nye the Science Guy makes a surprise appearance
The SEC greenlit the nation's first "green" exchange, Green Impact Exchange, expected to begin trading in 2026. The approval could represent the agency's approach to new market offerings, rather than sustainability, as GIX is the second exchange approved this year. www.esgdive.com/news/sec-app...
SEC approves first US ‘green’ stock exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission gave final approval for Green Impact Exchange to open the first national exchange for sustainability offerings, with trading set to begin in 2026.
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The SEC announced Thursday that the agency would no longer defend its climate-risk disclosure rule in court. One commissioner called the move an attempt to "unlawfully" dismantle the regulation, and several experts said the change will hurt the investing community. www.esgdive.com/news/sec-wit...
SEC withdraws defense of climate-risk disclosure rule
The agency will no longer defend its rule requiring companies to disclose certain climate-related risks, a move one commissioner called an attempt to “unlawfully” dismantle the rule.
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The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
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Kenny Smith getting his ATM pin exposed at halftime is exactly what March is about
It's unnatural how reliably incredible the NCAA Tournament is. The best viewing experience in all of sports.
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Just so we’re all clear, the Supreme Court *expressly ruled* that the president cannot fire FTC commissioners without cause in 1935’s Humphrey’s Executor. Trump’s action here is brazenly illegal under any interpretation of the law as it stands. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at FTC, sources say
President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the situation said, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies.
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US banks Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, & Wells Fargo asked the SEC for help dodging climate & social shareholder proposals at their upcoming annual meetings, but the agency so far has denied those requests. @imlamar.bsky.social for ESG Dive: www.esgdive.com/news/sec-rul...
US banks turn to SEC to dodge climate, social shareholder proposals
The agency has largely denied the requests, ruling that banks must put the requests to disclose its clean energy financing ratios and indigenous rights practices to a vote.
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Apple’s shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal requesting the tech giant “cease DEI efforts” at the company’s annual meeting Tuesday. More than 97% of voters opposed the request, as anti-ESG proposals have increased without an accompanying rise in support. www.esgdive.com/news/apple-s...
Apple shareholders emphatically reject anti-DEI proposal
More than 97% of voting shareholders dismissed the proposal by a conservative think tank asking Apple to “cease DEI efforts” at its annual meeting.
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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks" www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
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Member Scholar Victor Flatt of Case Western Reserve University School of Law said in an interview Wednesday that O’Connor’s ruling frames legal questions and “characterizes them as determinations of fact rather than conclusions of law.” ✍️ @imlamar.bsky.social, ESG Dive bit.ly/42dK7g3
Federal judge rules against American Airlines in 401(k) ESG lawsuit
A judge ruled the airline violated its fiduciary duty to loyalty through its retirement plan management, though experts say “the bar is being set really low for what's a violation.”
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JPMorgan has joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance exodus, a spokesperson confirmed to ESG Dive. Five of the six largest U.S. banks have left the group in the last month. JPMorgan will continue to engage with the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, but only 3 U.S. banks remain in NZBA.
JPMorgan becomes latest major US bank to exit NZBA
The bank’s departure from the Net Zero Banking Alliance follows the exits of five other major U.S. banks from the climate coalition in the past month.
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The incoming Trump administration plans to target the National Climate Assessment so that it can't be used to defend regulations in court. Russ Vought, Trump's OMB pick, wants to personally approve a team of climate denialists to rewrite it. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research
A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.
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The White House updated the U.S.'s emissions reduction targets and submitted a Nationally Determined Contribution to the UN that targets a 61-66% reduction in GHG emissions by 2035. As Trump prepares to return to office, Biden's submission emphasizes sub-national collaboration.
White House targets 61-66% GHG reductions by 2035
“Broad participation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of emissions reduction measures will play an important role in reaching the target,” the White House said.
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The fact that he doesn’t do this like twice a night is a waste of height
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 2y agoWemby throws it off the backboard to himself and slams it