Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source Science14 Mar 2024 | 58
Google searches for boss to get grip on climate, energy costs of this AI hype cycle Hyperscalers increasingly looking over shoulders as workloads grow AI + ML12 Mar 2024 | 3
Climate change means beer made from sewer water, says North Carolina brewery Water? Like from the toilet? Offbeat11 Mar 2024 | 79
Water worries flood in as chip industry and AI models grow thirstier Mega makers already operate in water-scarce areas, and worry is they'll drink us dry Systems29 Feb 2024 | 32
With $1B to burn on green tech, HSBC seeks Google’s help The clock's ticking on those 2030 net zero climate goals Systems08 Feb 2024 | 7
Think tank funded by Big Tech argues AI’s climate impact is nothing to worry about Sure, datacenters consume lots of energy. But maybe they'll invent stuff that helps Off-Prem07 Feb 2024 | 12
US starts 'emergency' checks on cryptocurrency power use, citing winter power demands Up until now watchdogs say they've just been guesstimating consumption Public Sector02 Feb 2024 | 81
Affordable, self-healing power grids are closer than you think Feature They're just an algorithm away, national lab engineer tells El Reg Public Sector01 Feb 2024 | 111
US cities are going to struggle to green up their act by 2050 Instead of 100% renewables, most will reach around a tenth of that Public Sector19 Jan 2024 | 53
Stripe commuters swap traffic jams for hydrofoil glam SF employees set sail on exclusive six-seater sea shuttle – the rest will have to stick to roads Offbeat18 Jan 2024 | 18
Deep Green gets £200M from power supplier to scale waste heat reuse Octopus Energy wants to back server-cooling, district heating projects On-Prem16 Jan 2024 | 17
Road to Removal: A blueprint for yanking billions of tons of CO2 out of our atmosphere It'll also cost billions, but perhaps a price worth paying? Science07 Jan 2024 | 156
Japan to test datacenter powered by reused hydrogen fuel cells The source? Repurposed parts from electric vehicles On-Prem03 Jan 2024 | 13
Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap In-depth As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need? Science30 Dec 2023 | 242
Shame about those wildfires. We'll just let the fossil fuel giants off the hook, then? Comment As world heads into 2024, scientists are asked: When will Big Oil face the heat? Science16 Dec 2023 | 198
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 42
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 40
Intel chips away at carbon footprint but skims over thirst for water, chemicals Semiconductors are a dirty business Systems15 Nov 2023 | 3
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere 'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!' Science18 Oct 2023 | 12
Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming Science18 Oct 2023 | 91
British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80% Domestic jets can use 'municipal solid waste' to fly the friendly skies Research17 Oct 2023 | 115
Swedish tech biz aims to sail past traffic woes on electric hydrofoils But P-12's production timeline is fuzzy Offbeat10 Oct 2023 | 8
You shouldn't be able to buy devices that tamper with diesel truck emissions on eBay, says DoJ Feds allege tat bazaar turned blind eye to folks buying more than 343k aftermarket defeat devices Legal28 Sep 2023 | 71
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible Science27 Sep 2023 | 87
Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia Science11 Sep 2023 | 20
IBM sells off cloud business – yes, we mean Weather.com What better time for private equity to capitalize on changing climate Science22 Aug 2023 | 14
MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, water Imagine your home's foundation was its own energy-storing supercapacitor Science02 Aug 2023 | 98
Aspiration to deploy new UK nuclear reactor every year a 'wish', not a plan Notably stretching the target requires 'a credible pathway towards its delivery,' says committee Offbeat01 Aug 2023 | 263
Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though Systems28 Jul 2023 | 37
Thames Water to datacenters: Cut water use or we will Utility to consider introducing restrictions On-Prem27 Jul 2023 | 115
Our AI habit is making us less environmentally friendly, Google admits Just 6% of the water it consumed last year was replenished, report says On-Prem25 Jul 2023 | 15
Methane-spotting satellite that gives true readings of industry emissions hits skies in 2024 Potent greenhouse gas even worse for climate than too much carbon dioxide Science12 Jul 2023 | 28
Fancy tinkering with the atmosphere? The Derecho supercomputer can advise NCAR's biggish iron will also explore wildfires, drought and solar storms HPC12 Jul 2023 | 6
Post-Brexit tariffs on cross EU-UK electrical vehicle imports still going ahead Commission official insists it has to protect itself against US subsidies Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 99
NASA to tear the wings off plane in the name of sustainability They'll be replaced with longer, thinner wings supported by a truss Science14 Jun 2023 | 97
How do you boost server efficiency? Buy new kit, keep it busy Increase in efficiency between 2017 and 2019 hardware is 34% for Intel servers, 140% for AMD, claims report On-Prem09 Jun 2023 | 17
Atlassian says 'Don't #@!% the Planet' so it can keep making money Which when you think about it, is a pretty good reason to build a sustainable business Devops24 May 2023 | 9
Boeing takes flight in sustainability battle with carbon data cruncher Analytics to grok impact of competing greener tech as industry seeks environmentally friendly path Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 2
TSMC brags of 20TWh solar scheme. Feels a bit like greenwashing to us A welcome development, but let's not overdo it Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week22 Apr 2023 | 11
America ain't exactly outlawing gas cars but it's steering hard into EVs Maybe soon all our friends are electric Personal Tech12 Apr 2023 | 96
The second dust bowl cometh for America, supercomputer warns Droughts, flash floods the future for the Midwest ... probably Science18 Feb 2023 | 90
Could 2023 be the year SpaceX's Starship finally reaches orbit? Meanwhile, no one is thinking of the horrible emissions coming out of all these rockets, say scientists Science06 Feb 2023 | 65
Have we hit a climate tipping point? Green power attracts big money As much cash went into low-carbon as fossil fuels last year, apparently Systems27 Jan 2023 | 19
Self-driving car computers may be 'as bad' for emissions as datacenters Oh, great – another source of carbon fumes we forgot to factor in Personal Tech13 Jan 2023 | 79
Draft climate law threatens fines for datacenters that don't cut their carbon count Legislation also puts cryptocurrency farms in the crosshairs On-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 15
KaRIn to hitch a ride on NASA's water-tracking sat I demand to speak to the space manager Science14 Dec 2022 | 1
Colocation execs fret about sustainability as world eyes water, energy use What, you thought green tech shift will come from the good of their hearts? On-Prem09 Dec 2022 | 3
Energy being expensive and trickier to source is good news ... for renewables Green tech will be largest power source by 2025, says IEA, but even accelerated rollouts might not stave off disaster Science07 Dec 2022 | 38
US could save billions in health costs if it changed wind energy strategy Socio-economic disparities between who benefits from new plants still remain, say MIT researchers Science05 Dec 2022 | 22
NASA scraps budget-busting GeoCarb greenhouse gas observatory project Being over budget, behind schedule, becoming obsolete, and impeding other projects isn't a way to get a green light Science30 Nov 2022 | 10
Amazon founder Bezos to donate 'majority' of $126bn fortune Comment Climate change goals? Tick. Upping wages and improving working conditions for warehouse staff? Come on Jeff, charity begins at home Offbeat15 Nov 2022 | 39
Semiconductor Climate Consortium aims to cut chipmaking carbon emissions Maybe they can use more renewable energy – oh crap, that needs semiconductors too Systems08 Nov 2022 | 3
DoE supercomputing centers get $1.5B boost from Biden administration US government opens purse strings as China eats into America's former lead HPC07 Nov 2022 | 1
NASA uses space station dust sensor to map 50 methane 'super-emitters' on Earth Oh, we don't think we needed science to pinpoint biggest windbags Science30 Oct 2022 | 40
Bill Gates' green investments to shift from tackling climate change to mitigating impacts Refocuses on adaption technologies while oil industry continues to receive billions in government subsidies Science26 Oct 2022 | 25
California wildfires hit CTRL+Z on 18 years of CO2e removal Time to start considering forest blazes alongside industrial sources of greenhouse gases, say scientists Science20 Oct 2022 | 33
Hardware makers criticized for eco double standards Canalys Channels Forum Don't penalize resellers for selling refurbished kit, educate shareholders on being Earth's friend Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 20
Founder of zero-emissions truck venture Nikola found guilty of $1b fraud Verdict in for trial where promo vid showed gravity rather than batteries or fuel cells keeping electric truck moving Science19 Oct 2022 | 26
Self-imposed climate change may have killed Martian life Hungry microbes blamed for chilling out the party too much Science11 Oct 2022 | 27
Waxworm's spit shows promise in puncturing plastic pollution Scientists believe moth larvae saliva can oxidize, degrade polyethylene Science05 Oct 2022 | 20
Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact Science30 Sep 2022 | 39
Wind, solar fulfill 10% of global electricity demand for first time Curb your enthusiasm – coal-fired power went up too Science29 Sep 2022 | 54