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Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions

The Verge: Energy

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers a speech during an event called Microsoft Build: AI Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 2nd, 2024. In many ways the moon is five times as far away as it was in 2020” Back in 2020, Microsoft set a target of becoming carbon negative by the end of the decade.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals. Joel Makower.

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6 Sustainable Technology and Software Solutions For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Impact measurement management (IMM) software Impact measurement management (IMM) software will analyze a company’s positive and negative social and environmental impacts, to then figure out ways to mitigate the negatives and maximize the positives in alignment with an entity’s goals.

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? Blackrock’s $550M DAC bet #174

Climate Tech VC

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. 

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? Alterra’s $30B bridge for climate financing #176

Climate Tech VC

💨 Yard Stick , a Cambridge, MA-based soil carbon monitoring platform, raised $12M in Series A funding from Extantia Capital, Breakthrough, Lowercarbon Capital, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Pillar VC, and other investors. 52 countries pledged to reduce their global cooling emissions by 68% through 2050. CDR with one click.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

During the most recent determination of the NHL’s total carbon footprint , it was estimated to emit 530,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases , an amount rivaling the yearly emissions from 110,000 cars, says the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). HFCs heighten the greenhouse effect, while carbon dioxide similarly intensifies global warming.