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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

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For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap.

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Study Highlights the Importance of Considering Climate Effects of Non-CO2 Emissions from Transport in Mitigation Strategies and Policies

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The study applied the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model for Physical Understanding of Composition-Climate INteractions and Impacts (G-PUCCINI). This model has been used previously to understand the role of short-lived air pollutants in climate change for past, present and future atmospheres. Unger et al.

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