Tag: datacenters
Let’s Talk About Small Modular Reactors
Nuclear has been a bit of a dirty word in the clean technology community, and for good reason. Fears of nuclear meltdown, support for clandestine or latent nuclear weapons programs, and many other valid concerns have been discussed, sometimes to death and sometimes to exaggeration. But anyone who lives in … [continued]
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Are data centers a threat to the Great Lakes?
One of the lowest income cities in Michigan has a proposed $3 billion data center as a potential lifeline — but environmentalists and locals warn of high costs to water, climate and community.
AI Bubble?
We all know the buzzword of the day — AI. AI is going to solve countless problems at it gets infinitely smarter and more useful. We just need to build bigger and bigger datacenters. Hence the reason companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Tesla are building or buying nuclear, natural … [continued]
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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency
Solar and Energy Storage Can Be Built Twice as Fast as Other Technologies President Trump recently declared an energy emergency. In his Executive Order, he states “We need a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy to drive our Nation’s manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and defense industries, and to sustain the … [continued]
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Bill McKibben Celebrates 2024: Climate Successes Can Motivate Us In 2025
Many climate activists are turtling right now with the pressing reminder that the US executive office is about to be filled by a climate denier, supported by a Congress that has shown little spark to advance new, serious clean energy legislation. Yet climate activist and Gandhi Peace Award winner Bill … [continued]
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