Google's AI push drives up energy use and emissions
Google's 2023 environmental report shows emissions at 14.3 million metric tons of CO2e, up 48 percent from 2019 and 13 percent from 2022, driven by data center energy use and supply-chain emissions as AI expands across core products. AI compute increases infrastructure needs, challenging 2030 net-zero aims amid rising power demand and renewable supply limits in several countries. Industry voices note AI’s rapid growth blindsided prior goals.
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Google
Alphabet Inc
Mountain View
Calif
Bloomberg News
Silicon Valley
Saudi Arabia
Ireland
Malaysia
Microsoft
Sasha Luccioni
Hugging Face Inc
Luccioni
Heat waves push New York and New Jersey into climate action
The story describes summer heat across New York City and surrounding states, with Astoria residents enduring 90s temperatures and humidity. It notes climate change driving harsher heat, state plans from New Jersey and New York to boost cooling centers and emergency response, and examples from Miami-Dade and Phoenix on heat officer programs. It cites individuals like Elianne Alvarado and Meg Johansson and includes public health data on heat-related deaths and risk.
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Astoria
Queens
Elianne Alvarado
New York City
Astoria Boulevard
Alvarado
Stateline
New York State
East Coast
Midwest
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Providence
R.I
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Arizona
Florida
Louisiana
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Nathaly Agosto Filion
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
New
Agosto Filion
United States
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
31St Street
Hassan Johnson
Long Island
Meg Johansson
Broadway
Johansson
Ladd Keith
University of Arizona
Miami-Dade County
Fla
Phoenix
Jane Gilbert
Miami-Dade
Gilbert
N.Y
TNS
West drought monitor lags as climate change raises stakes
A recent study finds the U S Drought Monitor cannot keep up with rapid western warming and shifting drought patterns. It notes exceptional drought now occurs far more often than the map’s intended guidelines and could prompt calls for new categories or methods to reflect ongoing climate change impacts on water and agriculture in states like Colorado.
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U.S. Drought Monitor
Colorado
Monitor
U.S
AGU Advances
Justin Mankin
Dartmouth College
Drought Monitor
Mankin
National
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
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