Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares of forest for new data centers in Finland without the required environmental assessments.
  • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This is what happens when corporate crimes are punished with just slap-on-the-wrist fines that can be written off as a cost of doing business. Why should they obey the law? There is no downside to breaking it.

    • Scrollone@feddit.itItaliano
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      30 days ago

      Problem is, once you destroy a forest you can’t easily recreate it by just planting trees. You lost a lot of animals and plants that you can’t just put back

  • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    300 hectares — the equivalent of almost 500 football fields

    Thanks for the context. As someone who lives in the US, I wouldn’t have been able to put that to scale otherwise.