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AI: Fossil Fuel-Driven Doomsday Machine or Climate Superhero? 👀
The conversation around AI is swirling with controversy and confusion. Focused on robots taking our jobs, energy demand spiking emissions, or gen-AI superhero selfies, we’ve overlooked the game-changing ability of AI and Big Data to tackle big issues that directly impact our communities like climate change, hunger, wildfires, and blackouts. We just produced a five-part docuseries about Google’s data centers and AI that explores all of those topics and it left us feeling optimistic. Continue reading to find out why. 📰
It’s Almost Time For Climate Week NYC! ⏰
We have 17 days until Climate Week NY! I repeat, just 17 days! NYCW starts September 22nd and lasts until the 29th, the largest annual climate event packed with hundreds of events and thousands of participants from all over the world. NYCW’s theme this year is “It’s Time”. Let’s unpack the week!
Climate Week: Coming to a City Near You (Yes, Even Yours) 😃
Los Angeles’s first climate week (can you believe it?!), September 8th to the 15th, will bring disparate stakeholders together in a decentralized week of events... Today, we’ll share a few can’t-miss events and what the week has in store for our climate aficionados.
🥇The Green Games: Paris Takes the Gold for Sustainability!
The Olympic Games have notoriously made negative environmental impacts on the surrounding cities and their residents. For the 2024 Olympic Games, Paris set the goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions compared to previous Games. We’re diving into how they did this and what its impact could be on future Olympic Games.
Rain Rain, Won’t Go Away!
Residents of South Florida are finally catching their breath after a brutal series of storms dumped unprecedented amounts of rain on the region in mid-June. While the worst may be over, the scars of the floods serve as a stark reminder of the state's vulnerability to extreme weather events.
Revving Up Change: New Tailpipe Standards
The fight for cleaner air took a significant step forward this year when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced stricter tailpipe emission standards for light-duty vehicles. These new regulations aim to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants from cars and trucks, leading to cleaner air and improved public health.
Food Rescue Gets a Boost from the White House
Food waste is a major environmental and ethical concern. In the United States alone, a staggering amount of perfectly edible food ends up in landfills each year. But there's good news on the horizon! This month, the White House announced a groundbreaking national strategy aimed at tackling this critical issue.