Akshat Rathi / is on Nostr

- Senior climate reporter, Bloomberg News
- Podcast http://bloomberg.com/zero-podcast
- Newsletter http://bit.ly/bbg-zero
- akshat.rathi@proton.me
- https://akshatrathi.com

Last Notes

2024-09-06 05:24:36

If done right: "A study published late last year found that insect abundance had tripled over five years on test plots at two other Minnesota solar sites. The abundance of native bees grew twentyfold."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/climate/solar-power-pollinators-wildlife.html

2024-08-05 19:06:05

"Google paid Apple, Samsung and others $26 billion in 2021 to make it the default search engine, which brought $146 billion in search advertising that year." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/google-loses-doj-antitrust-suit-over-search

2024-06-12 11:25:47

These are all addictions. And all of them now have cures. Right? https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/12/tobacco-alcohol-ultra-processed-foods-fossil-fuels-deaths

2024-05-28 13:33:03

ESG backlash aside, divestment is still a thing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-28/europe-s-biggest-pension-fund-sells-10-billion-in-fossil-fuels

2024-05-15 16:11:15

2020: Microsoft sets goal to be carbon negative by end of the decade.
2023: Microsoft's emissions are 30% higher than in 2020.
Main cause? The relentless push to meet AI demand, which requires new data centers built out of carbon-intensive steel, cement, chips.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft-s-ai-investment-imperils-climate-goal-as-emissions-jump-30
https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/112/445/978/781/128/738/original/afafa7227d2749d5.jpg

2024-05-15 16:11:15

2024-05-09 14:58:46

But the consensus is that climate won't be an issue in the 2024 US election (likely the hottest year on record), right?
https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/112/411/719/805/157/650/original/c5f5ee34ea650e3d.jpg