Environment

Google bets on carbon capture tech to clean up its mess – in the 2030s

Mountain View backs startup Holocene, hoping to slash emissions costs

On-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 21

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change

Video $7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying

Science10 Sep 2024 | 103

atNorth plans mega datacenter that will help grow veggies and heat homes

It'll also do computery stuff

On-Prem04 Sep 2024 | 1

Meta digs deep to strike geothermal power deal for its US datacenters

Teaming up with Sage Geosystems, house of Facbook plans to tap into Earth's fiery underbelly

On-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 9

Microsoft tries to clear the air with mountains of CO2 credits

'Supply chains still powered by coal and gas' scoffs Greenpeace

On-Prem10 Jul 2024 | 21

Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer

Now that's what you call a golden harvest

Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 39

Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer

Just when you think we've solved chlorofluorocarbons

Science25 Jun 2024 | 92

Micron mega-fab mildly endangered by definitely endangered American bats

Updated Like a bat out of hell they'll be gone when November comes

Offbeat21 Jun 2024 | 12

Google datacenters in Nevada to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy

Part of Mountain View's aim for carbon-free power by 2030

On-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 6

Graveyards a favorite haunt for solar farms in Valencia

Because the dead don't really need all this space to themselves, surely?

Offbeat04 Jun 2024 | 11

We polled thousands of IT pros – and sustainability just ain't a priority right now

Survey results The planet can wait, pal, we've got other problems

On-Prem28 May 2024 | 96

Clean Air Act complaint paints smoggy picture at Tesla Fremont factory

The cars might be zero emission, but accusers claim the paint shops aren't

Offbeat15 May 2024 | 8

Tech industry sheds some light on the planet's situation via LinkedIn

Comment Kyndryl exec ponders 'fragility of the planet,' as Intel and Amazon offer advice

Offbeat01 May 2024 | 14

Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai

There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water

Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17

Digital Realty ditches diesel for salad dressing in US to cut datacenter emissions

Hydrotreated vegetable oil to power bit barns stateside after successful Euro trial

Systems11 Apr 2024 | 17

Intel's green dream is chips without any dips in Mother Nature's health

Sustainability Summit pushes industry partners to reduce their environmental impact, including harmful chemicals

Systems28 Mar 2024 | 7

Tesla Berlin gigafactory to take week-long nap after suspected arson

Losses could surpass €1B as 1,000 vehicles a day go unfinished

Offbeat07 Mar 2024 | 9

Plans to heat districts with datacenters may prove too hot to handle

Report points out the difficulties of getting such a system right

On-Prem28 Feb 2024 | 28

Texas judge turns out the lights on federal survey of cryptominers' energy consumption

Washington sees potential emergency as miners power up to chase new BTC high

On-Prem28 Feb 2024 | 30

Greener, cheaper, what's not to love about a secondhand smartphone?

Price tag, hardware durability underpinning 'already lengthened replacement cycle'

Personal Tech26 Feb 2024 | 44

Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste

Will cough up less than two days of annual profit in settlement – and California calls this a win

CSO16 Feb 2024 | 12

Microsoft hires energy mavericks in quest for nuclear-powered datacenters

Industry vets specialize in the development of small modular reactors

On-Prem23 Jan 2024 | 41

Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet

Caltech looks back on the highs and lows of the SSPD-1 project

Science17 Jan 2024 | 89

Cutting-edge microscopy reveals bottled water has 'up to 100 times' more bits of plastic than previously feared

Gulp!

Science10 Jan 2024 | 46

New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law

Meanwhile, finding a public charge point that works and doesn't require a second mortgage remains a challenge

Offbeat04 Jan 2024 | 376

UK government lays out plan to divert people's broken gizmos from landfill

Right to repair meets right to recycle

Public Sector02 Jan 2024 | 122

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 | 243

Datacenters feeling the heat to turn hot air into cool solutions

It's tricky to pull off, but new rules may make reuse more common

On-Prem08 Dec 2023 | 12

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

Vertiv goes against the grain with wooden datacenters for greener bytes

Will timber tech take root or just go up in flames?

On-Prem28 Nov 2023 | 15

Greenpeace calls out tech giants for carbon footprint fumble

Net-zero promises or zero-net progress?

Offbeat23 Nov 2023 | 172

Japan Airlines fuels up on hydrogen hype with eye on cleaner skies

Jet-setting to a greener future?

Science16 Nov 2023 | 44

Intel chips away at carbon footprint but skims over thirst for water, chemicals

Semiconductors are a dirty business

Systems15 Nov 2023 | 3

UK throws millions at scheme to heat homes with waste energy from datacenters

A load of hot air?

On-Prem06 Nov 2023 | 189

NASA and Boeing try to chase the contrail clouds away

The sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives

Science31 Oct 2023 | 24

Tenfold electric vehicles on 2030 roads could be a shock to the system

Robust policies for renewables needed to increase energy mix to nearly 50%

Offbeat27 Oct 2023 | 345

Microsoft takes concrete steps (literally) toward greener datacenter construction

Plan is to mix a dose of sustainability into bit barn foundations

On-Prem03 Oct 2023 | 11

Telecom giants dial up the heat on suppliers: It's not you, it's your CO2

Tackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with 'best practices' and a 'climate lens'

Networks04 Aug 2023 | 6

Microsoft’s Dublin DC power plant gets the, er, green light

Updated How does more natural gas consumption contribute to Redmond's eco dream?

On-Prem22 Jul 2023 | 51

SpaceX says, sure, Starship blew up but you can forget about the rest of that lawsuit

Won't someone think of the (checks notes) Kemp's Ridley sea turtle?

Science06 Jul 2023 | 54

California man jailed after manure-to-methane scheme revealed as bull

Fraudulent cash cow milked investors for almost $9M

Offbeat28 Jun 2023 | 36

UK told it must double low carbon investment to meet net zero targets

Complexity also a problem across 115 funding streams, watchdog says

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week23 May 2023 | 41

Electric two-wheelers are set to scoot past EVs in road race

Video Micromobility vehicles don't carry any baggage – and that's a good thing

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 80

To quench AI's thirst, the way we build, operate datacenters needs to change

AI infrastructure isn't just hot and power hungry, it's uses a prodigous amount of water researchers tell El Reg

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week15 May 2023 | 7

Money starts to flow as liquid cooling gets hot in datacenters

Global investment company KKR picks up CoolIT Systems for $270M

On-Prem10 May 2023 |

Eco warriors sue FAA over Starship fallout, claim watchdog is lost in space

NEPA was violated by letting SpaceX do its own impact study, suit alleges

Science02 May 2023 | 29

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

European datacenters worried they can't get cheap, reliable juice

UK operators are sweating about price, Nordics chill thanks to low ambient temperatures

Off-Prem18 Apr 2023 | 58

Digital Realty lines up hefty solar, wind projects for APAC datacenters

Not enough to meet the whole energy suck of sites, but 200 tonnes of CO₂ nothing to sniff at

Energy Efficient Datacenters16 Apr 2023 | 2

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

Why Microsoft is really abandoning evaporative coolers at its Phoenix DCs

Less about love of the planet, more frustrated city officials

Energy Efficient Datacenters11 Apr 2023 | 30

When will regulators get serious on datacenter emissions reporting?

Updated An end to greenwashing won't come without a fight

Energy Efficient Datacenters11 Apr 2023 | 6

US and EU looking to create 'critical minerals club' to ensure their own supplies

Euro players unhappy about American green tech subsidies... and everybody's worried about China

Systems08 Feb 2023 | 23

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

Plugging end-of-life EV batteries into the grid could ease renewables transition

Study says this would give old power units years of useful life once unsuitable for cars

Science18 Jan 2023 | 33

Half of environmental claims about products are full of crap, says EU

Draft paper calls out businesses for vagueness

Personal Tech13 Jan 2023 | 40