Google, Amazon and Microsoft each set goals to meet 100% of their energy use with clean power. But how will AI energy demand complicate these goals?
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Polls in Arizona and Nevada are still inconclusive, but some have show Harris with a slight lead. With Walz, she's captured the attention of Gen Z and independent voters.
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TL:DR, Harris has spent most of her career in the West, tackling legislation on wildfires, access to nature, public lands & climate equity.
Jury is out on what her national priorities will be, but she's consistently pro-climate/enviro.
Full story on @highcountrynews
Here's Kamala Harris' record in the West
⛽️As CA attorney general, won several multi-million $ settlements against corporate polluters
🏞️In the Senate, co-sponsored efforts to preserve public lands
🏜️As VP, supported the IRA & new national monuments
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+ Here's Harris’ record on Indigenous affairs
🏔️ prev. as AG, opposed applications that would have helped to grow a tribe’s land base
🗳️ 2020 presidential campaign sought Native voting rights & funding
🌄 2021 onward, supported tribal priorities in public lands management
SCOTUS throw Chevron deference out the window, reshaping the balance of power in favor of Congress & the courts
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Two critical Supreme Court decisions today, which will have ramifications across the West
⛺️ cities are free to punish the houseless for sleeping outdoors;
📝 federal agencies will have much less power to enforce regulations
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Waste pickers around the world unite for recognition in global recycling treaties: “We’ve mastered the art of collecting and diverting all of this plastic…. Come and integrate what is already working.” @erinxy @grist https://t.co/WGL5ZyBQVP
When recycling collection services are formalized, or outsourced to private companies, they often monopolize waste streams that more than 20 million waste pickers around the world rely on for income. https://t.co/kgPSFlsg0M
This week at the the UN plastics treaty, waste pickers continue to fight for recognition. They come armed with data: In South Africa, the informal sector collects up to 90% of all plastic recycled.
My first for @grist
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We're now hiring for a new China editor, to work alongside the star team of @violazhouyi & @CaiweiC, who have been a dream to work with. Feel free to DM me or reach out to me at [email protected] with any questions about the role!
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Sci-fi Osahon is back! I’m so thrilled I had the pleasure of working with @logic_magazine for “A Home that Lives” my emotional near-future story about the demolition of Nigerian ancestral homes. Full issue in December, but read my story here: https://t.co/Ll8H30cJj4
50% of the utility workforce will retire in the next decade. Meanwhile, the electric grid is complicating at the edges, with more EVs, storage and local generation.
AI is arriving right on time.
A second feature for @_LatitudeMedia
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Transition-AI: New York brought together utilities, startups, investors, and AI experts across the energy and tech sector.
Speakers described AI as a tool, but many acknowledged that adopting new, complex tech will take time for utilities.
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