Read more in Farmdoc here.
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AI can lower energy bills with data centers that power themselves
Artificial intelligence may be the future, but the public isn’t convinced it’s the future they want.
Even as companies, investors, and the federal government invest heavily in this transformative technology, the American people remain skeptical. A third of Americans are concerned about AI, nearly half think AI will cause “significant job losses,” and less than half think the government will regulate AI well.
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Withdrawing from Climate Treaties Is Mostly Symbolic, but It Has Little Upside
Last week, the Trump Administration announced its intention to withdraw the United States from several landmark international climate institutions, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In practical terms, the move is largely symbolic: U.S. participation or non-participation in these bodies has relatively little direct effect on domestic climate policy or near-term global emissions outcomes.
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Ex-Tesla Energy Chief Raises $230 Million for Battery Startup
Bloomberg reporter Coco Liu writes on the fast-growing home battery market as grid strain pushes storage into the mainstream. Read more on the startup in Bloomberg here.
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Can We Refill the Great Salt Lake?
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Since the mid-1980s, the lake has dropped 22 feet, and its surface area is 60 percent smaller than it once was. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, consider this: it takes 12 minutes and 13 seconds to walk from where the lake’s shoreline once was to where it is today.
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Third Way urges Democrats to prioritize data privacy amid separate GOP push
Read the full article in The Hill here.
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Why Innovation Is Key to Affordable Food
When most Americans talk about agriculture, they don’t start with emissions targets or land-use debates. They start with the price of food. Often, the mainstream environmental movement overlooks this reality, prioritizing solutions that may reduce environmental impacts but risk undermining an affordable, abundant, and reliable food supply. C3 Solutions’ research shows this is a false tradeoff. Innovation is the path to lower food prices, stronger farm economies, and better environmental outcomes.
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The US is exporting huge amounts of natural gas. Will it cost Americans?
Dan Gearino writes about the AI boom in Inside Climate News. Read more in Inside Climate News here.
