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Beef, Cotton, and Chatbots: Putting AI’s Environmental Impact in Context

Beef, Cotton, and Chatbots: Putting AI’s Environmental Impact in Context

Beef, Cotton, and Chatbots: Putting AI’s Environmental Impact in ContextAmie Rafter
Published on: 22/12/2025

"AI is draining our water supply." "Every ChatGPT query hurts the planet." If you care about sustainability, these headlines land hard. They create guilt. And guilt changes behavior—but often in ways that don't create the change we actually need.

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