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Maria Rautanen wrote that the coffee grounds of Finns were examined from composters, but according to her, Google had already cleared 528 hectares of forest for data centers before the authorities intervened. She stated that the environmental impact assessments were still ongoing and asked whether the focus of regulatory oversight was in the wrong place. #ympäristö #kompostointi #metsä (translated)

A-J Hirsimäki wrote that he wasn't surprised that the Finns Party didn't consider the National Coalition's package to be good. He described it as completely miserable and useless. Hirsimäki referred to a news item stating that Minister of Climate and Environment Sari Multala (National Coalition) had confirmed "joyful news" in Parliament before the National Coalition's group meeting. He reacted to the news mockingly and said he had laughed about it even twenty minutes after reading it. #Politiikka #Suomi #Ilmastonmuutos (translated)

Petra Nyqvist stated that she had been asked to assess the veracity of Anter Yasa's writing, but according to her, Yasa had prevented her from doing so. Nyqvist described the writing as aggressive and false, noting that, in her opinion, the police do not declare anyone unaccountable. Nyqvist said that the police had called her one summer and said that Yasa was trying to make a criminal complaint against her, but there was no evidence of a crime. According to Nyqvist, the police intended to ask Yasa for more information, but the matter did not progress. She suspected that Yasa had attempted to make another criminal complaint against her but said that she had never received information about it—or that the accusation was fabricated. Nyqvist denied receiving money from mosques and stated that she was doing expert work related to her education in nature and the environment. She said that Yasa's writings could lead to a criminal case, but doubted that Yasa would be able to pay damages or fines. #valehtelu #totuus #poliisi (translated)

The author criticized the fact that waste was coming to Oulu from as far as Rome and claimed that Google was carrying out extensive logging without permits. According to him, Finland was about to become a developing country in terms of environmental protection. #ympäristö #luonto #kestävyys #FI #IT (translated)

Maria Rautanen wrote that in Finland, the construction of a new barn could be halted because trees could not be cut down at the construction site before the necessary permits were obtained. She claimed that Google had cut down over 500 hectares of forest in Muhos and Kajaani for data center projects while environmental impact assessments were still ongoing. Rautanen compared the permit requirements for domestic food production investments to the fact that the consequences of the tech giant's actions were only being investigated. #ympäristö #metsät #rakentaminen (translated)

Maria Rautanen questioned the transportation of foreign waste to Finland for energy production. She referred to information from Kaleva, which indicated that nearly 50,000 tons of waste had been brought to Oulu for incineration at Oulu Energy and Syklon facilities since 2021. According to her, waste had even been transported from the outskirts of a landfill in Rome and from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Rautanen wrote that according to Kaleva, nearly a third of the imports had occurred with figures that had been mistakenly approved by the Finnish Environment Institute. She demanded a transparent investigation into the permit errors. Rautanen criticized the downsizing of Finland's domestic energy production, particularly the reduction of peat use due to taxation and emissions trading costs. According to her, Finnish contractors and energy entrepreneurs had ceased operations, machines had been sold, and expertise in the sector was disappearing as energy was produced by importing waste from thousands of kilometers away. Rautanen called for open life cycle assessments to justify the import of foreign waste, taking into account transport by road and sea, combustion emissions, ash, waste impurities, and domestic fuels replaced by imported waste. She also demanded information about the quality of the waste brought to Finland, its monitoring, and the effects of combustion on flue gases, heavy metals, and fine particles. Rautanen believed that Finland's energy supply should fundamentally rely on domestic raw materials, local labor, and supply security. She found it difficult to accept that waste transported from Rome was used for energy production while the use of domestic peat had been reduced, and she questioned whether this constituted sensible circular economy practices. https://t.co/2CjRydkxAO #ilmasto #energia #kiertotalous (translated)

The extensive logging related to Google's data center projects has raised concerns among authorities and, according to the head of the Permit and Supervision Agency, has resulted in an exceptional case, as the logging has begun before the required environmental impact assessment. #Google #ympäristövahinko #datakeskus (translated)

According to Environment Minister Sari Multala, Google may avoid direct penalties regarding the logging of data center construction sites, as current legislation does not allow for direct sanctions for neglecting environmental impact assessments, even though the government is planning legislative changes to tighten the rules. #Google #datakeskus #ympäristövaikutukset (translated)

Petra Nyqvist wrote that there were no penalties in the law for Google's violation. She dismissed the idea that it was a matter of damage and estimated that Google had probably calculated in advance that it would not harm the company. According to Nyqvist, lawyers kept the matter updated. She also criticized the country's leadership as indifferent and lacking understanding of environmental issues, stating that this was already known worldwide. Nyqvist demanded a complete turnaround in environmental policy in the next government. #Google #laki #ympäristö (translated)

The technology giant Google will not face sanctions for the allegedly illegal logging at the data center construction sites in Muhos and Kajaani, says the Minister of Environment and Climate, Sari Multala from the National Coalition Party, to Uutissuomalainen. #Google #datakeskus #ympäristö (translated)

Sture Fjäder wrote that Helsinki, according to him, bans all advertisements that use fossil fuels. He criticized the city council's bans and stated that he was glad to have moved away from Helsinki. #lentomainontakiellot https://t.co/LKwKKDcned #Helsinki #mainonta #ympäristö (translated)

Tanja Aidanjuuri wrote that the plan in Helsinki to ban advertising of fossil fuels could, according to her, cost the city nearly 100 million euros in advertising revenue. She criticized the proposal as unnecessary and absurd and listed as examples of potentially restricted advertising gasoline and diesel cars, flights, cruises, synthetic clothing, plastic products, and fossil fuels. Aidanjuuri described that the Greens in Vantaa could, in her opinion, follow the same line and that advertising would then practically be limited to, for example, veggie sausages, rainbow flags, and new mosques. She also pointed out that taxpayer money would be used for the handling of the matter. Aidanjuuri cited a proposal stating that the advertising ban would be investigated in the preparation of the next outdoor advertising agreement for Helsinki's public areas and that the advertising agreements of Urban Traffic Ltd would also be taken into account. The assessment would examine, among other things, the legal boundaries of the ban, its climate and environmental impacts, effects on the city's economy, the city's own communication and marketing, as well as the media landscape. The proposal also mentioned the possibility of examining advertising's ethical principles more broadly and limiting outdoor advertising from entities considered to violate human rights and particularly polluting industries. #Helsinki #ilmastonmuutos #mainonta (translated)