The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Now 100,000kg smaller The Ocean Cleanup pulled all that trash in less than a year, and its newest system could collect 10x more Science26 Jul 2022 | 81
Trees may help power your next electric car No, we're not reverting to steam power – lignin just makes great cathodes Science22 Jul 2022 | 24
It takes an exascale supercomputer to drive carbon capture Here on Earth, we bury our problems and simulate our way out of them later HPC22 Jul 2022 | 8
UK chemicals multinational to build hydrogen 'gigafactory' Johnson Matthey receives government backing to scale-up fuel cell production Science20 Jul 2022 | 100
What are server makers really doing to and for the climate? They paint themselves as eco-saints, but the numbers tell another story On-Prem18 Jul 2022 | 19
Copper shortage keeps green energy, tech ventures grounded Copper the balloon popper for 2050 net-zero goals according to S&P Science15 Jul 2022 | 62
Intel takes deep dive into immersion cooling with GRC Chipmaker looks cool next to immersion pros, talks up increased densities On-Prem15 Jul 2022 | 4
Intel's net positive water use only tells part of the story Chipmaker's 'water into wine' magic is just as well given low levels of water near some fab sites On-Prem13 Jul 2022 | 37
Juniper drills into India’s oil industry, finds racks to fill Nation's second-largest petroleum producer to deploy switches, firewalls Networks12 Jul 2022 |
Fujitsu: Ammonia could power datacenters in the near future Japanese giant working with Icelandic startup Atmonia to develop sustainable process for production On-Prem12 Jul 2022 | 25
Microsoft's Dublin datacenter to help take pressure off Ireland's renewable energy Grid-interactive UPS tech to feed some power back to the grid from backup energy storage systems... for a price On-Prem08 Jul 2022 | 15
Alibaba joins rivals in offering tool for those under pressure to reduce carbon emissions Microsoft, Amazon and Google all have products showing the damage you do and now so does Softbank offshoot PaaS + IaaS04 Jul 2022 | 4
Iceotope: No need to switch servers to swap air-cooled for liquid-cooled Standard datacenter kit just needs a few tweaks, like pulling off the fans Systems30 Jun 2022 | 17
Castrol, Submer shift gears to datacenter immersion cooling Just us who see 'liquid engineering' and think three pints at lunch on a Thursday? OK, got it, just us On-Prem22 Jun 2022 | 10
Eaton, Microsoft to outfit datacenters with 'grid-interactive' UPS tech 'EnergyAware' systems to help electricity grids' transition to renewables On-Prem16 Jun 2022 | 7
If you want to launch Starship from Texas, here's some homework, FAA tells SpaceX Be a good neighbor to folks and the environment, and we'll think that permit over Science14 Jun 2022 | 22
EU lawmakers vote to ban sales of combustion engine cars from 2035 Analysis China one potential source of battery power to service massive expected demand – though market access is limited Off-Prem10 Jun 2022 | 281
AI and ML could save the planet – or add more fuel to the climate fire 'Staggering amount of computation' deployed to solve big problems uses a lot of electricity AI + ML08 Jun 2022 | 31
Why chasing the AI dragon may force big tech to take sustainability seriously Comment Carbon offsets don't make you green when your datacenters are still rolling coal Science06 Jun 2022 | 14
Compute responsibly: Yet another IT industry sustainability drive From greener datacenters to data transparency and 'conscious code', IBM, Dell, others push for better IT ops On-Prem06 Jun 2022 | 1
Small nuclear reactors produce '35x more waste' than big plants Updated At least one manufacturer would like to disagree with study's conclusions Science02 Jun 2022 | 205
Supermicro CEO would like it if you could all build new, greener datacenters Using guess-who's datacenter equipment, natch Systems30 May 2022 | 3
AMD hasn't forgotten about that ambitious 2025 energy efficiency goal it promised Beware, a lot can happen in three years – speaking from experience HPC04 May 2022 | 1
Don't hate on cryptomining, hate the power stations, say Bitcoin super-fans We're not the ones telling them to burn fossil fuels, top names write in response to probe request Personal Tech03 May 2022 | 111
AI helps scientists design novel plastic-eating enzyme In brief Plus: Pentagon hires first chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, and more AI + ML02 May 2022 | 20
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba makes 9 datacenter energy patents available Part of a Low Carbon Patent Pledge with Meta, Microsoft, and others Systems22 Apr 2022 | 7
Plans for Dutch datacenter to warm thousands of homes Bytesnet working with Boston to recycle residual heat in Groningen district Systems22 Apr 2022 | 29
What will help enterprises meet sustainability goals? Algorithms, says Oracle If you want to retain customers, Big Red recommends putting AI in charge AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 3
Fujitsu to provide HPC, AI for startup to produce clean ammonia Ammonia as a viable, sustainable alternative to fossil fuels – and current fertilizer HPC14 Apr 2022 | 8
Intel commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 Greenwashing or serious commitment? Systems13 Apr 2022 | 11
Wiki community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations Cryptocurrencies make up less than 1% of wiki donations, but as member points out, that $130k could pay a salary Networks13 Apr 2022 | 19
South Yorkshire to test fiber broadband through water pipes No actual users harmed yet as dept tests safety of pushing water, telecoms services in single pipeline Networks07 Apr 2022 | 90
Tomorrow Water thinks we should colocate datacenters and sewage plants If it can cut energy requirements for both, this idea might not stink after all On-Prem02 Apr 2022 | 92
'Significant business growth' fueled Microsoft's emissions rise Sustainability report blames carbon generated from data center builds, Xbox sales and usage Off-Prem11 Mar 2022 | 8
This data center will be Europe’s first with hydrogen backup power And could this be a new Reg standard unit: Number of kilometers a Dutch person drives per day? On-Prem15 Feb 2022 | 57
Oregon city courting Google data centers fights to keep their water usage secret Chocolate Factory thirst hidden behind non-disclosure agreement claims On-Prem05 Nov 2021 | 50
Google Cloud will let you know how your workloads are damaging the environment Google Cloud Next '21 brings Distributed Edge, emissions metrics, and a Cybersecurity Action Team Off-Prem12 Oct 2021 | 7
Eco-friendly warning from UK tech trade group: Some of you have dirty green credentials IT sector at risk of public humiliation if CMA finds they're not up to code Legal20 Sep 2021 | 3
AI caramba, those neural networks are power-hungry: Counting the environmental cost of artificial intelligence Feature (And, also worryingly, its increasing financial cost) AI + ML13 Sep 2021 | 64
Amazon: Our carbon footprint went up 19% last year but we grew even more than that, so 'carbon intensity' is down Alrighty... that's OK then? Offbeat01 Jul 2021 | 27
Battery recycling boosted by dentist-style ultrasonics, if manufacturers can cooperate New technique quicker and greener, but needs batteries to be designed for dismantling Science01 Jul 2021 | 24
Intel sponsors report on tech's role in decarbonisation and the irony isn't lost on us Making computer components is a dirty business On-Prem22 Jun 2021 |
Hey, maybe we should all be cat-faced eco-warriors on our daily video chats Column IT can be measured to a high degree of accuracy – and what the world needs now is accurate data Legal15 Feb 2021 | 58
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges £12bn green economy package Hot air? World-beating? Well, billions of the funding had already been committed earlier this year Legal18 Nov 2020 | 116
Apple seeks damages from recycling firm that didn't damage its devices: 100,000 iThings 'resold' rather than broken up as expected iGiant 'would rather shred stuff than let it hit the used market' Personal Tech05 Oct 2020 | 82
Hey, it's 2019. Quit making battery-draining webpages – say makers of webpage-displaying battery-powered kit Save the family joules, urge Apple's WebKit developers Software29 Aug 2019 | 73
Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled Mountain of digital detritus 'not sustainable' – survey Personal Tech21 Aug 2019 | 118
Former Volkswagen CEO indicted over emission cheating conspiracy US Justice Department seeks to punish diesel deceivers Personal Tech03 May 2018 | 25
Scissors cut paper. Paper wraps rock. Lab-made enzyme eats plastic Brit boffins save planet Science18 Apr 2018 | 116
Inside Electric Mountain: Britain's biggest rechargeable battery Geek's Guide to Britain Swallow massive lake, regurgitate, repeat Geek's Guide16 May 2016 | 186
Reusable autonomous swimming microbots soak up 95% of spilt lead New bots 10 times more efficient than old bots. Science12 Apr 2016 | 17
TPP: 'Scary' US-Pacific trade deal published – you're going to freak out when you read it Analysis 'Cos all those pitchforks you bought will go to waste On-Prem06 Nov 2015 | 156
Drone deals DEATH – to deadly starfish Great Barrier Reef boffins poisoning Crown of Thorns by remote control Science02 Sep 2015 | 10
Rock reboot and the Welsh windy wonder: Centre for Alternative Technology Geek's Guide to Britain Biomass and the pit Geek's Guide21 Aug 2015 | 41
Want longer battery life? Avoid the New York Times and The Grauniad Web coding changes power consumption on the client, says dev Security24 Jul 2015 | 67
WOODEN computer chips reveal humanity's cyber elf future Biodegradable semiconductors will allow an Avatar lifestyle with all mod cons Virtualization28 May 2015 | 72
Apple will cut down 36,000 acres of forest in 'conservation scheme' Woodlands to provide ALL of Apple's packaging needs On-Prem20 Apr 2015 | 58
GLOWING TAMPONS hold the key to ending pollution Uni research team finds new way of tracing wonky sewer connections Science31 Mar 2015 | 29
GAMIFY your FRIDAY with our Public Sector Innovation Bingo! 'This is an agile process, meaning... er, whatever we want it to mean' Legal27 Feb 2015 | 6
'Green' Apple: We've smudged a bit off our carbon footprint Er, you're still manufacturing computers, right? On-Prem10 Jul 2014 | 19
SAVE THE EARTH... give all your iThings back to us, begs Apple Then prints 1.5m+ copies of a paper ad criticising Samsung On-Prem22 Apr 2014 | 31