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“One of the greatest challenges for conservationists has been detecting environmental harms before it’s too late. Now Earth Index enables users to easily find and act on damaging activities, like illegal mining, in minutes not months… Processing satellite imagery and developing models requires expertise. Scanning imagery is tedious and slow. Earth Index streamlines the process …
Licensed to Loot – Big Finance, Big Tech and the AI Infrastructure Grab: I. Introduction: A manufactured market. The global race to build AI data centres is a manufactured investment cycle. Consumer demand did not create it and no credible case for economy-wide benefit underpins it. It is built by concentrated financial capital in alliance …
The New York Times Gift Article / DataVis “Electricity is perhaps the most underrated issue of our time. In the United States, we have been blessed with a power grid that instantly responds whenever you flick on the lights. It works mostly as expected, cooling our homes, charging our laptops and phones, running life-saving equipment. …
The New York Times: “The Trump administration is creating a new office that critics say could weaken the environmental oversight of oil drilling and seabed mining in territorial waters. The new agency, the Marine Minerals Administration, will be formed by reunifying two offices that had been split up after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill …
Wired – no paywall: “Marine insurers and oil traders want to know what’s going on in one of the world’s most critical waterways. As the volume of disappearing ships in the area increases, analysts are getting creative…Tracking disappearing ships makes use of several technologies, some of them newer than others. Samir Madani, the cofounder of …
knowhereconsulting: “This map shows where the world’s most strategically important minerals are mined and processed — the raw materials that underpin electric vehicles, semiconductors, renewable energy, defence systems, and modern electronics. As demand accelerates and supply chains come under increasing geopolitical pressure, understanding who produces what, and where, has never been more important. What the …
Foreign Affairs – From fertilisers to helium, the Third Gulf War is redrawing the map of who pays and who profits….We are accustomed to overlooking the degree to which the petroleum century, so frequently declared over, persists because hydrocarbons permeate, directly or otherwise, virtually every activity of our hyperindustrial societies. The ramifications surface in the …
The Atlantic – A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets [no paywall] The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric…The Ram 1500 REV, set to debut later this year, is what’s called an “extended-range electric vehicle,” or EREV. In essence, it is an electric …
Mobile Phone Browser – Quiche Industries is a solo venture creating minimalist products for people who value thoughtful design and simplicity. Quiche Browser Ads, trackers, cookie banners, and other insufferable nuisances are all blocked by default. Website Darkening Dark mode for all websites. Support any search engines, Even Kagi. Quick actions in your toolbar. Add …
Follow up to These Apps Can Help You Find the Cheapest Gas See also The Drive A tool originally made to track beer prices unites public data, crowdsourced photos, and robocalls to find the cheapest gas near you. “…Appropriately called “The Gas Index,” the project started as a tool to track the price of a …
The Guardian: “The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled. All this is common knowledge, …
ZDNET – Lance Whitney: “Feeling pain at the pump lately? I certainly am. With war in Iran affecting oil supplies, gas prices are on the rise again. After declining over the past year, the price we pay to fuel our cars has now risen more than $1 per gallon in the US, reaching on average …
