Source: Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

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Training ChatGPT AI Required 185,000 Gallons of Water: Study

  2023-04-11 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

An average user’s conversational exchange with ChatGPT amounts to dumping a large bottle of fresh water out on the ground, new research says.

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power

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A Striking Satellite Image Shows a Major Greenland Meltdown

  2022-07-26 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The bright turquoise run-off might look beautiful, but it's emblematic of a rapid and worrying decline.

  Tagged under: Arctic | Climate Change

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Think Car Exhaust Is Bad? Wait 'Til You Hear About Tire Pollution

  2022-06-10 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

We're breathing in some seriously nasty particles.

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Exxon Announces Weak Net Zero Pledge

  2022-01-20 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The company announced it plans to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. There are just a few teeny, tiny problems.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Chevron | Net Zero | Finance

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IPCC Scientist Survey Shows Most Expect Climate Catastrophe Soon

  2021-11-02 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

A survey of the world’s top climate researchers shows a stark finding: Most expect catastrophic levels of heating and damage soon—very soon.

  Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change

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California Is Banning Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers and Lawnmowers

  2021-10-18 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Using a gas-powered leaf blower for an hour can produce as much carbon pollution as driving for 8 hours, so this is a good move. But the timeline isn't clear.

  Tagged under: California

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Utilities Took Public Money, Turned People’s Lights Off During Pandemic

  2021-09-30 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Some of the country's most powerful utilities took public money and then just kept disconnecting customers in the midst of a public health emergency.

  Tagged under: California | Health | Finance

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Swedish Group Delivers the World’s First Batch of Green Steel

  2021-08-20 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

HYBRIT, a partnership between a mining firm, an electric utility, and a steel company, made the world's first delivery of clean steel to Volvo. It's a huge leap.

  Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Finance

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New Florida Law Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels

  2021-06-26 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Florida just took a huge step backward in the clean energy revolution. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation into law earlier this week that requires Florida cities and towns to keep using fossil fuels.

  Tagged under: Florida | Climate Change | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Legislation | Sustainable Cities | Finance

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10% of the World's Sequoias Burned in 2020 Castle Fire

  2021-06-04 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The climate crisis has put sequoias on a dangerous path. A draft report from the National Park Service indicates that 10% of the largest trees in the world were wiped out in last year’s Castle Fire.

  Tagged under: Wildfires | California | Trees

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How Google, Microsoft, and Big Tech Are Automating the Climate Crisis

  2020-02-18 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

In a deal that made few ripples outside the energy industry, two very large but relatively obscure companies, Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger Limited, announced a joint venture called Sensia. The new company will “sell equipment and services to advance digital technology and automation in the oilfield,” according…

  Tagged under: Climate Change

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The frozen calm of normalcy bias

  2013-05-02 in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

When disaster strikes, some people lose their heads, some people become cool and effective, but by far most people act as if they've suddenly forgotten the disaster. They behave in surprisingly mundane ways, right up until it's too late. Around the world, researchers are wondering how to combat normalcy bias.

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