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Environment
20
Dec

French High Council for the Climate publishes its report “Controlling the carbon impact of 5G”

December 20, 2020
French Media Reports ‣France24news: A carbon footprint not neutral, warns the High Council for the climate (Auto translated from French) In a report published on Saturday, December 19, the HCC sounded the alarm. The independent authority believes that the deployment of 5G in France, which began this fall, risks not only increasing electricity consumption, but...
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15
Dec

5G technology: speed, profit and liabilities.

December 15, 2020
Source: Clovers Law https://clovers.law/it/blog/2020/10/27/pomzej6aer99qib3epmgk4iqpy5i3d Auto-translated from Italian Matteo Molesti – Partner We are celebrating the undoubted positive aspects linked to the use of this amazing new technology, to be applied in many different and heterogeneous fields of application, nevertheless we know that the introduction of fifth generation mobile telephony will give rise to new scenarios...
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12
Dec

Panel for the Future of Science and Technology – Workshop on 5G

December 12, 2020
RECORDED 07 December 2020, 10:00 – 12:00 Panel for the Future of Science and Technology – Workshop on 5G https://tinyurl.com/yyh2u9tx Added note by EMFSA: 5G Workshop Summary by Electromagnetic Radiation Safety https://www.saferemr.com/2020/12/european-parliament-workshop-on-5g.html?fbclid=IwAR27dE-bAnc
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12
Dec

The curse of ‘white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret

December 12, 2020
Source https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/08/the-curse-of-white-oil-electric-vehicles-dirty-secret-lithium The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But while the EU focuses on emissions, the lithium gold rush threatens environmental damage on an industrial scale by Oliver Balch Tue 8th Dec 2020 Even before the new mine became the main topic of...
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27
Oct

France: Ministries of Solidarity, Health and Transition-the fourth national environmental health plan (PNSE4)

October 27, 2020
Auto translated from French. Extract only. Original article https://tinyurl.com/y36qnay3 The PNSE4 Project Axis 2 – Reducing environmental exposure affecting our health From 10/21/2020 to 12/10/2020 Reducing environmental exposures affecting our health is a permanent priority, given the large and growing number of pathologies caused by the degradation of our environment. This new national health and environment...
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07
Oct

5G technology arrives in France: Necessary progress or a danger to our health?

October 7, 2020
In France, the arrival of 5G technology is imminent: phone network providers hope to begin 5G operations by the end of the year. Together they have spent more than €2 billion purchasing the required frequencies. While the transition to a 5G world is expected to revolutionise various parts of the economy, including the industry and health...
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16
Sep

French govt on defensive after Macron’s 5G ‘Amish’ jibe

September 16, 2020
French officials insisted Wednesday that there was no reason to halt the country’s rollout of next-generation 5G mobile telecom networks, following a barrage of criticism from environmental and left-wing lawmakers citing potential health risks. The debate flared after some 70 lawmakers signed an open letter last weekend urging a moratorium on new 5G antennas, ahead...
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11
Sep

5G and the Myth of a Green Transition

September 11, 2020
by jobak17 11 September 2020 Far from absurd conspiracy theories about spreading coronavirus, Jo Baker argues that the rapid and seemingly unstoppable spread of 5G is happening without consultation or due consideration of the economic, environmental and climatic impact of such technologies. 5G infrastructure is currently being rolled out in many of our towns and cities....
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16
Aug

Proposal for Turkish company to anchor ‘floating power stations’ off SA harbours raises alarm bells

August 16, 2020
Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-13-proposal-for-turkish-company-to-anchor-floating-power-stations-off-sa-harbours-raises-alarm-bells/ By Tony Carnie 13 August 2020 Under cover of the Covid-19 crisis, government and private officials appear to be using legal loopholes to speed up a proposal by a Turkish company and local empowerment partners to sail a small armada of “floating power stations” into South African harbours. While the red flag has been...
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01
Aug

Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes

August 1, 2020
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint. By Karen Hao June 6, 2019 The artificial-intelligence industry is often compared to the oil industry: once mined and refined, data, like oil, can be a highly lucrative commodity. Now it seems the metaphor may extend even further. Like its fossil-fuel counterpart, the process of deep learning has an outsize environmental...
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