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The hidden environmental impacts of ‘platform capitalism’ - The Ecologist
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The environmental impact of platform capitalism is yet to become a major focus. One reason for this is that it remains difficult to understand the environmental impact of using the internet. 
 
In particular, there is a lack of clarity about the complex supply chains involved. For example, many online services run on Amazon Web Services, meaning it can be difficult to find out whether they are powered by renewable energy or fossil fuels. 
 
What we do know is that on a smaller scale, it has been estimated that “an average website with 10,000 page views per month could be responsible for emitting up to 4,700 lbs of CO2, equivalent to driving a car for over 5,000 miles”. 
 
While on a larger scale, server ‘farms’ of 150,000 square metres consume vast amounts of energy to power and cool them. 
 
The rapid growth in these operations saw them consume three percent of the global electricity supply last year, while producing two percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, meaning they have “the same carbon footprint as the airline industry.”

#climat #ges #capitalisme #internet

’There could be no flights to and from UK for months after Brexit’ - Ryanair chief - Independent.ie
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Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary has revealed that flights to and from Britain could be cancelled in the weeks immediately after Brexit.

Speaking to Ivan Yates on Newstalk this morning, the airline CEO said he doesn’t know what Britan’s divorce from the EU will mean for the airline industry.

Mr O’Leary has explained that the UK is planning to leave the ’Open Skies’ arrangement as part of the Brexit negotiations and he claims this will mean they will need to negotiate bilateral arrangements with European partners within the next two years.

#ryanair à nouveau très résilient prévoit de s’adapter au Brexit à sa manière :)

Réunion de l’#OACI (Organisation de l’Aviation Civile Internationale) à Montréal, aujourd’hui.

Airlines to push for independent guidance on airspace safety after Ukraine crash | Reuters
▻http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/07/29/ukraine-crisis-airliner-icao-idINKBN0FY01A20140729

Global airlines will push to get “neutral information” on whether to use or avoid airspace over conflict zones at Tuesday’s meeting of the U.N. aviation agency and other airline bodies, a European-based airline industry source said.

The U.N. agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), has invited the heads of the airline industry, airports and the world’s air traffic control networks to the Montreal meeting to discuss what needs to be changed to ensure that airliners are flying in secure airspace after the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine on July 17 took 298 lives.

The meeting is likely to hear calls for wider international powers to intervene when a country fails to monitor threats to its airspace. The Malaysia Airlines crash occurred after Ukraine left open air corridors that lay within the range of the missile blamed for destroying the jet.
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ICAO currently has a limited role and cannot open or close airspace. It issued an advisory this year, warning of a jurisdictional risk posed by two sets of air traffic controllers directing traffic over the Crimea region.

Enhancing ICAO’s role to give it the authority to tell airlines where to fly, or to tell its members what to do with their airspace, would test rules that dates back to World War One peace agreements and are enshrined in ICAO’s founding charter.

It would also require the agency to obtain sensitive information from its member states about their internal military and political affairs.

Diplomats say any attempt to tamper with the sovereignty of airspace could set broader precedents that make quick results unlikely. The United States has already said it is not seeking changes to ICAO’s guidelines.
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But governments may not be eager to share sensitive military intelligence, and singling out particular regions could anger some states.

“Where ICAO has success is where they keep out of politics, as much as possible,” said David Mackenzie, a Canadian professor who has written a history of the U.N. agency.

Even if there is a consensus in favor of expanding ICAO’s role in some way, it may not last.

“When there are challenges, people want ICAO to get involved,” said a second council representative. “But when we are further away from problems, the states would like ICAO to go away.”

“One bad guy in cyber space can create work for 100,000 defenders.”

Cyber security industry launches skill search
FT | February 24, 2014 By Hannah Kuchler
▻http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b7d0dce4-923e-11e3-8018-00144feab7de.html

Jane Holl Lute, president of the US Council on Cyber Security, a non-governmental organisation, is calling on the industry and government to “get serious” about the workforce problem.

“We need more pilots, frequent fliers and people on the runway,” she said in a speech last year, using a metaphor from the airline industry. “We need to bring into other professions a greater understanding of cyber security.”

The council has created the US Cyber Challenge, which aims to find 10,000 bright students and turn them into cyber security professionals. By running competitions at high schools and summer camps and holding job fairs, it hopes to make cyber security an exciting career option for people who may never have considered it.

#cybersécurité

Obama administration approves merger of airline giants - World Socialist Web Site

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Obama administration approves merger of airline giants
By Barry Grey
14 November 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Tuesday that the US government had withdrawn its opposition to the merger of the parent companies of American Airlines and US Airways, paving the way for the creation of the world’s largest air carrier and the further monopolization of the US and international airline industry.

#états-unis #transport_aérien #fusions_acquisitions #compagnie_aériennes #low_cost #dérégulation