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#CO2-Bepreisung in der #Ökonomie ist ausgereift ✅
Nächstes großes Thema: #Naturschutz, #Biodiversität und sauberes #Trinkwasser.
#Brandeins spricht mit #BerndHansjürgens (#Helmholtz-Zentrum für #Umweltforschung), der sich mit dem ökonomischen Wert der #Natur beschäftigt. Mittlerweile gibt es Einiges:
Maes-Framework (Mapping and Assessment of #Ecosystem and their Services) der #EU, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment der #UN, #Cices (Common International Classification of #Ecosystem Services), #Teeb (The #Economics of Ecosystems and #Biodiversity), #ESVD (Ecosystem Services Valuation Database), #SEEA (System of Environmental-Economic #Accounting), Biodiversity Metric Tool, Biodiversity Credit Price, #BÖP (Brutto-Ökosystemprodukt), #Nature #Capital Project und die #opensource #Software #Invest (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Treadeoffs).

#cbam#EuGreenDeal#BIP

“However, #HAI highlights the enormous level of investment still being pumped into the sector, with global corporate #AI investment reaching $252.3 billion in 2024, up 26 percent for the year. Most of this is in the US, which hit $109.1 billion, nearly 12 times higher than China's $9.3 billion and 24 times the UK's $4.5 billion, it says. …Despite all this #investment, "most companies that report financial impacts from using AI within a business function estimate the #benefits as being at low levels," the report writes.”

#ArtificialIntelligence / #Stanford / #InstituteForHumanCenteredAI (HAI) <theregister.com/2025/04/11/sta>

The Register · Billions pour into AI as emissions rise, returns stay pitiful, say Stanford boffinsBy Dan Robinson

With reference to … This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value” vanityfair.com/news/story/meta (via wandering.shop/@jwilker/114353):

"Robber baron" is a pejorative term used to describe powerful and wealthy American industrialists and financiers during the late 19th century, an era often referred to as the Gilded Age. The term implies social criticism, suggesting these businessmen were unethical, unscrupulous, or ruthless in their practices.

They were accused of amassing their fortunes through exploitative methods, such as monopolizing large industries (often by forming trusts), restricting output to raise prices, exploiting workers through practices like wage slavery, engaging in unethical business dealings, squashing competition, and influencing government officials. The term combines the idea of criminal behavior ("robber") with illegitimate aristocracy ("baron").

Some prominent figures commonly labeled as robber barons include John D. #Rockefeller, Andrew #Carnegie, Cornelius #Vanderbilt, J.P. #Morgan, and Leland #Stanford, among others.

britannica.com/money/robber-ba

Vanity Fair · This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”By Keziah Weir
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…Tony Brass, a lawyer for one of the #protesters, Hunter Taylor-Black, said he was upset that Rosen took >10 mos to file charges. Taylor-Black, a 25-yr-old #Stanford film student, & other protesters had already completed their suspensions from the university & were beginning to put their lives back together, Brass said.

“The voice of #StudentProtest is an important voice in American history—always has been. Everyone accepts there will be consequences for actions, & so did the protesters.“

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They face up to 3 years & 8 months in prison, as well as the payment of restitution to reimburse the #university for the damage.

#Stanford is one of dozens of schools being investigated by the #Trump admin for how they have handled pro-#Palestinian protests & whether they have done enough to combat antisemitism on campus. The admin has also revoked the #visas of several Stanford #students & recent graduates, though the reason is unclear.

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The charges were among the most severe levied against participants in last year’s pro-#Palestinian #demonstrations on #college campuses. >3k people were arrested at college #protests & encampments in spring 2024, but they generally faced misdemeanor charges or saw their charges dropped.

Jeff Rosen, the DA for Santa Clara County, which includes the #Stanford campus, charged 12 protesters w/ #felony #vandalism & felony #conspiracy to #trespass.

"Prosecutors on Thursday announced felony charges against 12 pro-Palestinian protesters — all but one current and former Stanford students or graduates — who in June allegedly broke into and vandalized a Stanford University administration building, barricading themselves inside before being arrested that same day.

"The Stanford prosecutions represent among the most serious consequences for the more than 3,200 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at 73 college campuses between April and July last year."

latimes.com/california/story/2

@palestine #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #California #USpol #Stanford #academia #education

Students walk by graffiti near university president Richard Saller's office at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly injured. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Los Angeles Times · Pro-Palestinian Stanford protesters face felony charges linked to building takeover, vandalismBy Susanne Rust