AI and the Environment: A Call for Sustainable Development

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Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training
Volcano on Ascension island in the mid-Atlantic ocean. A project to extract rare minerals and elements from the plumes of a volcano, and another to extract them from mining waste are among nine innovation partnerships that have been awarded £3.5 million of funding from Innovate UK. The projects are: Ascension Earth Resources: A partnership between […]
Water pipes for drinking water supply are visible on a construction site: The EA said 19% of water supplies are still being lost due to leakage before reaching consumers. Almost a fifth (19%) of water supplies are lost by water companies before reaching customers’ taps, a new report from the Environment Agency appears to find. […]
The Royal Society of Chemistry has welcomed the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s decision to apply stricter limits on PFAS levels allowed in English and Welsh drinking water but cautions there is more to be done to improve chemicals monitoring and regulation. PFAS, more commonly known as ‘forever chemicals’, are a group of chemicals found in […]
Image credit: Recycle Your Electricals. Around £266 million of copper resides in the UK’s unused or binned electricals,1 says charity group Recycle Your Electricals, citing “drawers of doom” that “groan with stashed tech”. New research from the group appears to reveal that the UK’s 1.3 billion unused or binned electricals, including 627m cables, could hold […]