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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

Green Car Congress

This would be a massive undertaking, involving the conversion of hundreds of thousands of square miles—at its most ambitious, more than the combined land area of Texas and California—to sugarcane fields. The proposed expansion of sugarcane production is within the area that can be legally converted. Gigatons yr −1.

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

Baua Electric

Washington State is No 3 in the US for renewable generation overall, behind California and Texas. No 1 is cats, No 2 is windows, and ultimately it’s climate change. Washington is legally committed to achieving net zero by 2045, so they’ll ultimately have to figure it out.

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Timnit Gebru Is Building a Slow AI Movement

Cars That Think

These modes of research require organizations that can gather a lot of data, data that is often collected via ethically or legally questionable technologies, like surveilling people in nonconsensual ways. If you’re in a place like Texas or Florida, that can be potential for reporting the student to child welfare services.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The city attorney asked me if I would dismiss my case if the city of Torrance would change their rules. I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. I want to change the industry here because I deal in a lot of cities, a LOT of cities. Oh I do, I do.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

San Antonio, Texas, which, architected by Computer Terminals, was named the 8008. Currently, though history traces today’s microprocessor back to Hoff, Mazor, and Faggin, the legal rights to the invention belong to Hyatt. These days, his main technical interests surround energy, water, and climate change.

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