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What can a technologist do about climate change? A personal view.

worrydream.com/ClimateChange/

• design, tag
• essay, tag
• climate_change, tag
• impact, tag
• technology, tag
• policy, tag
• funding, tag
• ·1 year ago

The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret | News | The Guardian

theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/08/the-curse-of-white-oil-electric-vehicles-dirty-secret-lithium

• environment, tag
• climate, tag
• lithium, tag
• batteries, tag
• mining, tag
• climate_change, tag
• ·3 years ago

We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says | MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/

The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business.

• machine_learning, tag
• paper, tag
• nlp, tag
• ai, tag
• ethics, tag
• climate_change, tag
• ·3 years ago

Air pollution is much worse than we thought. Climate change is far from the only problem with fossil fuels. - Vox

vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/12/21361498/climate-change-air-pollution-us-india-china-deaths

• climate_change, tag
• pollution, tag
• air, tag
• ·3 years ago

LOW←TECH MAGAZINE

solar.lowtechmagazine.com/

• magazine, tag
• solarpunk, tag
• sustainability, tag
• energy, tag
• climate_change, tag
• ·5 years ago

In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/07/17/climate/india-heat-wave-summer.html

• environment, tag
• climate_change, tag
• cities, tag
• labour, tag
• inequality, tag
• migration, tag
• ·5 years ago