renewable energy
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Bitcoin Is Dirtier Than Ever
Bitcoin proponents have long argued that miners moving to the U.S. can help lower the network’s carbon emissions. But a new paper out Friday finds that global shifts in the location of bitcoin miners driven by a crackdown in China last year have actually made bitcoin even dirtier. Thanks in part to fossil-fuelled grids in…
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The U.S. Has a Plan to Fix Puerto Rico’s Dangerously Busted Energy Grid
Several U.S. government agencies announced a plan to fix Puerto Rico’s ailing electrical grid and move it toward renewable energy. The initiative will combine efforts from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department Housing and Urban Development along with local policies to start a clean energy transition by 2025,…
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Google, Walmart, and Other Big Companies Are Half-Assing Their Climate Plans
The world’s leading companies are seriously overstating their plans to act on climate change, according to a report released Monday. In findings that should surprise no one, 25 firms, including Google, Unilever, and Walmart, are only on track to reduce emissions by an average of 40% — a far cry from what’s suggested by popular…
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Data Centres Are Pushing Ireland’s Electric Grid to the Brink
Behind every TikTok, Zoom call, and cat meme is a data centre that stores, processes, or reroutes that data around the world. The more we do online, the bigger these data centres and their energy footprint get.