Tag Archives: Environmentalism

Microsoft’s chief environmental officer on why we need a Planetary Computer

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What if we could treat the Earth like a computer, a system with an ever-flowing set of data that can be tracked, analyzed, and potentially even predicted. That's the gist of Microsoft's latest environmental initiative, which it's dubbed a "Planetary...

Podcast: What the heck is a ‘Planetary Computer?’ Microsoft explains.

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What if we could track everything happening on Earth in real time? And — even better — what if all of that data was readily accessible? This week, Devindra chats with Lucas Joppa, Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer, about the company’s “Planetar...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Says Global Warming is Real

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The world is supposedly getting hotter and hotter due to carbon emissions and the resultant global warming has led to a massive meltdown of the arctic snow caps.This was the frightening prediction...

Hurrah! The European Union Will Not Be Regulating Fracking For Natural Gas

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One of the worries that we over here in Europe have had is that the European Union will decide to regulate the practice of fracking for natural gas. No, this isn’t because we believe (nor that I...