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#airpollution — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #airpollution, aggregated by home.social.

  1. "xAI has added 19 natural gas turbines to its second data center campus in Southhaven, Mississippi, over the past two months, according to internal emails seen by WIRED.

    The additions come as xAI is fighting a lawsuit from the NAACP and several environmental groups, alleging that the company is violating the Clean Air Act by operating more than two dozen natural gas turbines at the site without appropriate air permits.
    Emails between an official in the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and a representative from Trinity Consultants, obtained via a public records request by the Southern Environmental Law Center and shared with WIRED, show that xAI installed 19 portable gas turbines on its site in Southaven between late March and early May. That brings the total to 46 turbines operating at the site.
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    A spreadsheet included in the email to MDEQ, has a column labeled “Total Power Output” that appears to list the megawatt capacity of each turbine on the site. xAI appears to have added more than 500 megawatts of natural gas turbines since mid-March."

    wired.com/story/xai-adds-19-ne

    #AI #GenerativeAI #xAI #USA #Mississipi #AirPollution #DataCenters

  2. How diabetes could drain $5 trillion from the global economy by 2050

    New modeling shows diabetes is not only a health crisis but also a long-term economic threat, with disability,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #Aging #Airpollution #AU #Australia #blindness #CardiovascularDisease #diabetes #disability #Education #Healthcare #Kidney #KidneyDisease #Labor #mortality #pollution
    newsbeep.com/au/667132/

  3. Mississippi Today: xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. State officials are ‘evaluating the situation’. “The company uses the turbines to power its two data centers just across the state line in Memphis, and is also planning to build another large center in Southaven. XAI now has 46 ‘temporary-mobile’ turbines at its Mississippi facility, according to the Mississippi Department […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/mississippi-today-xai-now-has-46-gas-turbines-without-air-permits-state-officials-are-evaluating-the-situation/
  4. 🏭 Aussie researchers found that there is a link here between air pollution exposure and the risk of ending up in the hospital with lung and heart issues

    ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨
    scimex.org/newsfeed/air-pollut

    #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #airpollution #pollution #airpollution #heartissues #lungissues

  5. New report recommends phasing out diesel vehicles to improve air quality
    By Jonathon Kendall

    A new study has found a clear link between air pollution exposure and the risk of ending up in hospital. It's a battle Julia Ovens knows only too well.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/air

    #AirPollution #Health #Asthma #JonathonKendall

  6. Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What’s Left to Do

    As a child growing up in Southern California, Ann Carlson remembers mountains obscured by haze and yellowish brown…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Airpollution #AirQuality #Books #California #Losangeles #q&a #Science #Smog
    newsbeep.com/us/633906/

  7. Study Finds Higher Air Pollution Levels Increase Risk of Post-Surgical Complications

    📰 Original title: Air Pollution Tied to Poorer Post-Surgery Outcomes

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/study-finds-hi

    #health #airpollution #surgery

  8. Study Finds Higher Air Pollution Levels Increase Risk of Post-Surgical Complications

    📰 Original title: Air Pollution Tied to Poorer Post-Surgery Outcomes

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/study-finds-hi

    #health #airpollution #surgery

  9. Study Finds Higher Air Pollution Levels Increase Risk of Post-Surgical Complications

    📰 Original title: Air Pollution Tied to Poorer Post-Surgery Outcomes

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/study-finds-hi

    #health #airpollution #surgery

  10. Study Finds Higher Air Pollution Levels Increase Risk of Post-Surgical Complications

    📰 Original title: Air Pollution Tied to Poorer Post-Surgery Outcomes

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/study-finds-hi

    #health #airpollution #surgery

  11. Investigators head to Geraldton as dust fears rise with iron ore expansion
    By Joanna Prendergast, Chris Lewis, and Piper Duffy

    Geraldton residents say dust from expanding iron ore operations is blanketing homes, boats and businesses, fuelling fears the coastal city could turn into "the next Port Hedland".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-09/dus

    #AirPollution #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #IronOre #EnvironmentalHealth #JoannaPrendergast #ChrisLewis # #PiperDuffy

  12. The Conversation: Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year. “The exact results varied with each simulation and with a range of assumptions about emissions from diesel generators. But in general, we found that using backup diesel generators this way would cause about 500 more premature deaths per year in the U.S. compared with getting the same […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/07/the-conversation-using-diesel-generators-to-power-the-ai-revolution-would-kill-hundreds-of-americans-a-year/
  13. Short version: #DAC is not the panacea it's presented as, and deployment of DAC instead more renewable systems is no beneficial.

    Well worth reading the thread, and the article summary:

    bsky.app/profile/mzjacobson.bs

    #ClimateCrisis #AirPollution

  14. Please like my new #article about #lichens and their role as #monitorspecies for #climaticchanges and #airpollution on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxusBM8nwtY

    My article is presenting a short #macro series of the #lichen #Parmelia #sulcata, which I #photographed in the #urban #forest area #Jungfernheide in #Berlin in March 2026, close to a wetland area, the lake Flughafensee.
    © #StefanFWirth, Berlin, May 2026

    Please support my freelance science writing and photography
    ko-fi.com/sfwirth

  15. My colleague will be presenting at the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) next week on our work estimating wildfire smoke impacts with low-cost sensors. I’ll also be talking about sensor evaluation. I’d love to connect if you’ll be there.

    #airpollution #airquality #sensors #machinelearning

  16. My colleague will be presenting at the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) next week on our work estimating wildfire smoke impacts with low-cost sensors. I’ll also be talking about sensor evaluation. I’d love to connect if you’ll be there.

    #airpollution #airquality #sensors #machinelearning

  17. My colleague will be presenting at the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) next week on our work estimating wildfire smoke impacts with low-cost sensors. I’ll also be talking about sensor evaluation. I’d love to connect if you’ll be there.

    #airpollution #airquality #sensors #machinelearning

  18. My colleague will be presenting at the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) next week on our work estimating wildfire smoke impacts with low-cost sensors. I’ll also be talking about sensor evaluation. I’d love to connect if you’ll be there.

    #airpollution #airquality #sensors #machinelearning

  19. My colleague will be presenting at the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) next week on our work estimating wildfire smoke impacts with low-cost sensors. I’ll also be talking about sensor evaluation. I’d love to connect if you’ll be there.

    #airpollution #airquality #sensors #machinelearning

  20. I’m excited to be heading to Los Angeles next week for the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) 2026. I’ll be sharing new findings from our work evaluating low‑cost air sensors for data fusion.

    Presentation: In-Situ Evaluation of Low-Cost PM2.5 Sensor Networks Using a Novel Distance-Based Method Quantifies Sensor Uncertainty and Reveals Episodic Variability in Performance
    Session: Air Sensor Degradation and Operating in Challenging Environments
    Time: Thursday, May 7th, 2026 | 1:30–3:00 PM

    If you’ll be at ASIC, I’d love to connect and exchange ideas.
    #ASIC2026 #airquality #lowcostsensors #airpollution #datafusion

  21. The Unexpected Reason Why Your Migraines Might Get Worse Depending on the Air

    A study out this week may have uncovered something else that can set off people’s painful migraines: air…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #Airpollution #Climate #migraines
    newsbeep.com/us/591359/

  22. theguardian.com/environment/20; link.springer.com/article/10.1 (abstract & refs. only). "'The most striking finding was the sheer breadth & severity of the impact from #airpollution exposure. We found that #air #pollutants were significantly associated with the accelerated onset of different chronic #diseases, spanning almost every major organ system. We were particularly surprised by the high sensitivity of #neurological & #psychiatric disorders.'"

  23. #Feinstaub, #Passau, Fußgängerzone, 2025-07-04, 12:15h (MESZ / CEDT / UTC+2):
    (48°34′28″N 13°27′53″E)

    PM2.5 : 42,8 μg/m^3
    PM10: 91.6 μg/m^3

    (LVL1 Moderate) i.e. not very good

    Gemessen mit: HoldPeak HP-5800D (no bot; posted, if really bad air)

    Skala zur Bewertung „PM2.5 Air Pollution Level“ (Auszug):
    LVL1 Good 0-35 μg/m^3
    LVL2 Moderate 36-75 μg/m^3
    LVL3 Unhealthy- 76-115 μg/m^3

    #energy
    #particulates
    #particulatematter
    #airpollution
    #luftqualität
    #luftverschmutzung
    #weather

  24. #Feinstaub, #Passau, Fußgängerzone, 2025-07-04, 12:15h (MESZ / CEDT / UTC+2):
    (48°34′28″N 13°27′53″E)

    PM2.5 : 42,8 μg/m^3
    PM10: 91.6 μg/m^3

    (LVL1 Moderate) i.e. not very good

    Gemessen mit: HoldPeak HP-5800D (no bot; posted, if really bad air)

    Skala zur Bewertung „PM2.5 Air Pollution Level“ (Auszug):
    LVL1 Good 0-35 μg/m^3
    LVL2 Moderate 36-75 μg/m^3
    LVL3 Unhealthy- 76-115 μg/m^3

    #energy
    #particulates
    #particulatematter
    #airpollution
    #luftqualität
    #luftverschmutzung
    #weather