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Climate change highlights from Bill Gates’ 7th Reddit AMA

February 26, 2019 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Bill Gates Reddit AMA - February 25, 2019

Bill Gates sat down for his seventh Reddit AMA session on Monday, February 26, dispensing some interesting perspectives. Asked about the biggest threat to humanity during the AMA, short for Ask Me Anything, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist offered the following. There are some things that aren’t likely but we should worry about – […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial Tagged With: Bill Gates, climate change

When solar sours the home buying experience

February 21, 2019 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Conventional wisdoms states that a roof crowned with solar panels adds value to a home. And for environmentally-conscious home buyers, finding a place already outfitted with the renewable energy-soaking arrays may seem like a nice perk. A recent story in Bloomberg by Esmé E. Deprez shows the downside of trying to purchase a home with […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: home buying, solar, SunRun

Watch: Nova’s Rise of the Superstorms

June 19, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Nova - Rise of the Superstorms

Harvey, Irma and Maria are names many in the U.S. and the Caribbean won’t soon forget. In the span of a month beginning in August 2017, those hurricanes were responsible for thousands of lives lost, according to some estimates, not to mention the hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. They upended lives in Houston, Texas […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: climate change, hurricane, Nova, PBS

Microsoft’s green underwater datacenter project reaches phase 2

June 7, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Microsoft Project Natick - Phase 2

Remember Microsoft’s underwater datacenter concept from a couple of years ago? Where the company stuffed servers and other IT equipment into a big metal tube and dropped it off the coast of California? Microsoft has done it again, this time off the coast of Scotland as part of the second phase of Project Natick, an effort […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Green IT Tagged With: cloud, datacenter, green datacenter, Microsoft

Earth Day 2018: Apple’s new robot recycler, Jane Goodall Google Doodle

April 22, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Apple Daisy Robot

Following up on Liam, Apple has a new robot that can disassemble iPhones, plucking valuable components from old phones that electronics recyclers can miss. It’s called Daisy, here’s how Apple describes it: Created through years of R&D, Daisy incorporates revolutionary technology based on Apple’s learnings from Liam, its first disassembly robot launched in 2016. Daisy […]

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling, Environment Tagged With: Apple, Earth Day, electronics recycling, Google

Earth Day 2018: America’s Greenest States

April 18, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Earth Day 2018: America's Greenest States

It’s that time again. In the run up to Earth Day, which falls on Sunday, April 22, personal finance site WalletHub has published its list of the greenest, most eco-friendly states in America. Like last year, Vermont takes first place in 2018. Oregon, Massachusetts, New York and South Dakota round out the top five. Interestingly, […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Environment Tagged With: economy, green buildings, LEED, renewable energy, report, states

Microsoft sets record 315-megawatt solar deal in the U.S.

March 22, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Azure Regions

Microsoft is set on making its cloud-computing operations are as environmentally-friendly as possible. The Redmond, Wash. tech titan announced on March 21 that it had inked a deal for 315 megawatts of solar power for its cloud data centers across two projects in Virginia, the largest corporate agreement of its kind in the United States. […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Data Center Tagged With: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Google, Microsoft, solar

AI and blockchain factor into Microsoft’s sustainability vision

February 17, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Ecolab - Microsoft Sustainability

Although I typically cover Microsoft from a software and cloud services perspective at eWEEK, the tech titan’s environmental initiatives also deserve some attention. Recently, Claudia Rössler, ‎director of Industry Solutions, Strategic Business Development, Chemical and Agriculture, at Microsoft, posted five “big ideas” for a more environmentally conscious world using technology. Her thoughts on how AI […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Cloud Computing, Environment Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, blockchain, Cloud Computing, Microsoft, sustainability

JFK Airport Terminal 4 is LEED Gold certified

February 13, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

JFK Airport Terminal 4 is LEED Gold certified

NYC-area travelers now have a reason to feel good about flying out of John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport, Terminal 4 to be exact. Today, JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT), which operates Terminal 4 (T4), announced that the U.S. Green Building Council had awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings: Operations and […]

Filed Under: Business, Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: LEED, LEED gold, travel

AT&T calls up 520MW wind deal

February 9, 2018 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

AT&T - Wind Energy Project

T-Mobile isn’t the only telecom provider that’s betting big on wind power. Several days after its magenta-hued rival announced a commitment to 100-percent renewable energy, AT&T announced two wind projects that will decrease the company’s carbon footprint. The company is purchasing a total of 520 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries, […]

Filed Under: Business, Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: AT&T, renewable energy, wind power

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