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July 06, 2024

Google emissions surge nearly 50% as demand for AI sets fire to their Net Zero plan

The World must act, The Science is clear say Google, but Armageddon will have to wait while they make money from AI
Saint Google’s climate piousness vanished the moment they had to give up something they cared about. The unwashed masses need to take cold showers, eat bugs and fly less often, but if those same people want artificial intelligence, who cares about the heat waves or the hurricanes? Do carbon emissions matter, or don’t they?

For three decades Saint Google strove to save the world from CO2 (and from skeptical opinions). Google were the first major company to become carbon neutral in 2007, the first to commit to operating 24/7 on carbon-free energy. They boast they’re helping 550 cities to reduce a gigaton of carbon emissions. Then opportunity knocked and set fire to those plans.

In 2020 they boldly set the goal of being 100% carbon-free by 2030, now t

https://joannenova.com.au/2024/07/google-emissions-surge-nearly-50-as-demand-for-ai-sets-fire-to-their-net-zero-plan/

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The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal

The America of 1960 was healthier than the America of 2025 because they lived in an environment that did not conspire against physiology.

Independent Medical Alliance Sep 17

By IMA Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Varon

Originally published by The Brownstone Institute on 09/16/2025


Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, the families queuing for fast food, the crowds rushing past. You are looking at a country that our grandparents would not recognize. In less than three generations, the very shape of the American body has shifted so dramatically that what would once have been regarded as rare or concerning is now routine. Airplane seats have been widened, retail clothing racks have been extended, mannequins have been reshaped, and soda cups have been enlarged. Entire industries have recalibrated to accommodate a physiology that is neither healthy nor sustainable.

Yet our cultural ...

September 16, 2025

University of Alberta law prof placed on leave over Charlie Kirk comments

https://www.junonews.com/p/university-of-alberta-law-prof-placed

September 17, 2025
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