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Hirom ( Hirom@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 17 hours ago

Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project

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Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project

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Hirom ( Hirom@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 17 hours ago
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Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares of forest for new data centers in Finland without the required environmental assessments.
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  • Manjushri ( Manjushri@piefed.social ) 
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    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.

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    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.

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      500 football fields does not properly convey the size at all.

      Why they choose stupid things like that or buses or whatever is beyond me.

      1.15 square milea or ~ 3 square kilometers is much more easily perceived.

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    They should be made to forfeit the land and replant every single tree they felled.

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