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Mobile industry slashes global carbon emissions despite 4X increase in worldwide data traffic - here's why it matters

GSMA finds mobile data traffic soars, but emissions dropped – a rare climate win in tech’s fast lane Europe leads the race in cutting mobile emissions, but Asia is closing in fast China’s billion-plus ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases. By Maxine Joselow ...
Observer

A.I. Data Centers Are Emitting Nearly as Much Greenhouse Gases As Commercial Airlines

The U.S. is home to over a third of the world’s data centers. Getty Images for Unsplash+ Data centers, the nondescript facilities that dot the U.S., have for decades housed the computing equipment ...
Morningstar

Mobile industry emissions down 8%, but pace must double to hit net zero

LONDON, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The mobile industry's operational emissions fell by 8% between 2019 and 2023, even as mobile connections grew by 9% and data traffic quadrupled, according to the ...
Reuters

Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 4% in 2024, government data shows

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% in 2024, provisional government data showed on Thursday, as the country's last coal-fired power plant closed and emissions ...
Reuters

It's time for the white goods industry to get serious about cutting emissions

March 11 - The air conditioner hums, the refrigerator drones, the washing machine churns – a symphony of domestic necessity that's simultaneously strangling our planet. The home appliance industry, ...