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Archives for November 2023

The incredible shrinking heat pump

Can New York make heat pumps work for renters? It’ll try with public housing first.

Justine Calma
Uber failed to help cities go green — will robotaxis, too?

Uber and Lyft were supposed to reduce carbon emissions, but they turned out to be polluters. Robotaxis look to repeat some of the same mistakes.

David Zipper
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Google developed a more accurate model for weather forecasts.

Called GraphCast, Google’s new AI model was able to make 10-day weather forecasts faster and with greater precision than a traditional model. It outperformed the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in 90 percent of test cases. How? Google’s model was trained on historical data and leverages deep-learning hardware to make forecasts more efficiently.

How to electrify your life when you rent

Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. Not so with apartment dwellers.

Yessenia Funes
We only get one planetWe only get one planet
Kara Verlaney
The right-to-repair movement is just getting started

Apple stunned the world when it came out in support of California’s right-to-repair law. But software locks and other obstacles seem to signal that the fight is far from over.

Maddie Stone
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on cleaning up ‘clean’ energy

The US is the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas. Can Granholm chart a path to a more sustainable future?

Justine Calma