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"Updated climate chatbot shows users energy use per query"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Energy

Updated climate chatbot shows users energy use per query
A new feature has launched on ChatNetZero, the world’s first chatbot providing users with information on the climate targets set by businesses and governments. The chatbot has introduced per-query energy disclosure, making the energy footprint of AI visible to users.

Extreme global climate outcomes are possible even at 2°C warming, study warns #environment

Extreme global climate outcomes are possible even at 2°C warming, study warns
Extreme climate impacts on people and the environment are often associated with very high levels of global warming (3 or 4°C). A new study led by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) shows that this assumption is too simplistic. Even moderate warming of 2°C could pose considerable climate risks for sectors that are particularly important for society and ecosystems. These include densely populated regions facing heavy rainfall, key agricultural areas affected by droughts, and …

“Big Tech’s AI hype is distracting users from the rapid and dangerous expansion of giant, energy and water-intensive data centres […].
There is simply no evidence that AI will help the climate more than it will harm it.
Rather than relying on credible and substantiated data, Big Tech companies are writing themselves a blank cheque to pollute on the empty promise of future salvation. We cannot bet the climate on these baseless claims.”

"Companies in the UK gas industry may have breached competition law by acting together to undermine the uptake of heat pumps in the UK, lawyers at environmental charity ClientEarth are warning.
[..] ClientEarth lawyers point to evidence suggesting that certain companies joined together to influence the development of the UK home heating market, including by potentially misleading consumers into thinking that heat pumps are not a viable option. "

Lawyers flag risk of anti-competitive conduct to block UK heat pump uptake | ClientEarth
Companies in the UK gas industry may have breached competition law by acting together to undermine the uptake of heat pumps in the UK, lawyers at environmental charity ClientEarth are warning.

"Ofcom to investigate complaints of climate change denial for first time since 2017"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Bill didn't inhale
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/02/27/epstein-files-bill-clinton-to-give-private-testimony-to-congressional-panel/

‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong’: Bill Clinton testifies to US Congress committee about Epstein
Deposition follows appearance by Hillary Clinton before the same panel on Thursday

Here's what we know about the climate cost of white trails aircraft leave in the sky #environment

Here's what we know about the climate cost of white trails aircraft leave in the sky
Contrails, short for condensation trails, are the white streaks often seen in the sky behind aircraft. The International Cloud Atlas, which classifies clouds, has a category just for them: cirrus homogenitus, an example of man-made clouds.

US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds #UnitedStates

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/25/tropical-plants-flower-shifted-months-climate-breakdown-aoe

Targeted climate policies are successfully cutting carbon, study shows #climate

Targeted climate policies are successfully cutting carbon, study shows
Countries with stricter and better-targeted climate policies cut carbon emissions faster, according to a major new study by researchers in the UK and EU. The study draws on the most comprehensive climate policy dataset ever assembled, using over 3,900 policies adopted since 2000 in 43 leading economies responsible for well over three quarters of global emissions. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.