Germany has taken a significant step in its transition to a greener future, permanently shutting down its last three nuclear power stations at midnight on Saturday. * The move is part of the country's ambitious plan to achieve fully-renewable electricity generation by 2035. Zoom In: The decision to bid adieu to...
As AI continues to evolve, so does its environmental impact. A recent pre-print research paper reveals that training OpenAI's GPT-3 in Microsoft's U.S. data centers directly consumed a whopping 185,000 gallons of water, used for cooling purposes. * To put that into perspective, that's enough water to produce 320...
Cities and towns across Europe have started embracing free public transport to cope with the ongoing fuel price crisis and reduce carbon emissions. * Germany’s Bundestag recently adopted a discounted monthly transportation pass, allowing passengers to use regional public transport for €9 per month in June, July, and August. * Luxembourg...
The world has reached a significant milestone in the push for more renewable energy. According to photovoltaics publication PV Magazine [https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/15/humans-have-installed-1-terawatt-of-solar-capacity/] , There are now enough solar panels installed throughout the globe to generate 1 terawatt (TW) of electricity directly from the sun, enough...
President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Russian crude oil [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/world/europe/biden-bans-russian-oil.html] on March 8. The formal embargo comes in the wake of rising gas prices in the US, as an increasing number of corporations refuse to import Russian crude. The Cost...
New York-based Aether [https://aetherdiamonds.com/] is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) startup that makes lab-grown diamonds from carbon recaptured from the atmosphere. While it sounds straight out of sci-fi, the company already began shipping products to customers in the middle of 2021 and claims that it has produced “hundreds” of carats...
