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Research indicates that carbon dioxide removal plans will not be enough to meet Paris treaty goals
New research indicates a large “emissions gap” between what actions nations have committed to help remove carbon from the atmosphere and what’s required to meet Paris treaty goals.
The White House wants a zero-emission freight industry by 2040
The Biden administration is tackling the monumental task of making America’s industrial freight system more environmentally friendly. The White House said on Wednesday that it aims to have 30 percent of industrial truck sales produce zero emissions by 2030 and 100 percent by 2040.
NASA confirms 2023 was the hottest year on record
NASA just released its annual global temperature report and, well, 2023 was the hottest year since measurements began in 1880. Additionally, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 2024 could be even hotter.
Swedish Researchers develop ‘electronic soil’ that speeds up plant growth
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden developed a ‘bioelectronic soil’ that can speed up the growth of plants in controlled agricultural farming environments.
Researchers quantify the carbon footprint of generating AI images
Researchers discovered that generating an image using artificial intelligence has a carbon footprint equivalent to charging a smartphone.
Hitting the Books: We are the frogs in the boiling pot, it's time we started governing like it.
Rising authoritarianism, climbing temperatures, and expanding social media empires are exacerbating our ongoing democratic crisis.
IBM and NASA teamed up to build the GPT of Earth sciences
IBM, NASA and Hugging Face have teamed up to build an open-source geospatial foundation model.
Water-soluble circuit boards could cut carbon footprints by 60 percent
German semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG announced that it’s producing a printed circuit board (PCB) that dissolves in water. Sourced from UK startup Jiva Materials, the plant-based Soluboard could provide a new avenue for the tech industry to reduce e-waste as companies scramble to meet climate goals by 2030.
Amazon workers walk out to protest return to office mandates and the company's climate impact
The event was streamed live in front of Amazon's Seattle headquarters.
NASA’s AIM spacecraft goes silent after a 15-year run studying the Earth’s oldest clouds
NASA launched AIM in 2007 to study noctilucent or night-shining clouds.
ZF's exothermic seat belts could help EVs go 15 percent farther
Prototype "heat belts" from ZF could help eliminate the thermal waste caused by conventional vehicle climate controls by using the same local-heating principle exploited by electric blankets.
California invests $2.6 billion to build 90,000 EV chargers
The California Energy Commission announced new investments this week designed to double the state's EV charging infras
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is turning to the metaverse to preserve its culture
With sea levels rising, Tuvalu says it has no choice but to build a digital version of itself.
Senate passes sweeping climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act
After more than a year of infighting, President Joe Biden’s climate agenda has cleared a significant hurdle.
An Amazon dispatcher pressured a driver to keep delivering packages amid tornado alarms
An Amazon dispatcher in Illinois told a driver to continue delivering packages even after tornado sirens warned of incoming danger.
Amazon's casualties in Illinois aren't an isolated incident
While Friday's tornado system may have been an unusually extreme weather event for many reasons, Amazon's decision to schedule its workers during potentially deadly conditions is not.
Hitting the Books: Bill Gates on why we can't have electric airplanes
In his new book, tech luminary Bill Gates lays out his comprehensive plan to halt the oncoming environmental apocalypse, blunt the effects of human-caused climate change, and keep Earth habitable for the next generation.
The US officially rejoins the Paris climate change agreement
One of the first things President Biden did after his inauguration was to sign an executive order saying the US will rejoin the Paris Agreement. Today, that move is official.
Google says it offset all of the emissions it has ever generated
Google eliminates its 'entire carbon legacy' and plans to use only clean energy by 2030.
Apple says its products will be carbon-neutral by 2030
Apple promises to make its supply chain and all of its products carbon neutral by 2030.
