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inari ( inari@piefed.zip )  to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months ago

Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa declines to directly reaffirm whether the company remains on track to meet its goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030

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Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa declines to directly reaffirm whether the company remains on track to meet its goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030

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inari ( inari@piefed.zip )  to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months ago
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Microsoft's AI boom collides with its climate goals
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Microsoft's latest environmental report shows the growing tension between its race to build AI infrastructure and its long-standing climate commitments.
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  • HeartyOfGlass ( HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social ) 
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    I’m sure that’s difficult to answer when your employer is building a gas-powered data center.

    If you ever feel like your job is worthless, just remember you’re not Microsoft’s “Chief Sustainability Officer”

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    I’m doing my part by avoiding microsoft products as much as possible. I don’t care if they make an amazing new Fallout game (they won’t). Fuck them.

  • Malyca ( Malyca@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Hard to reach your goals when you’re actively working against them

  • pot_belly_mole ( pot_belly_mole@slrpnk.net ) 
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    “as AI demand accelerates”. Right, the demand by billionare-shareholders and execs to push that shit everywhere at maximum volume and to blow all the world’s resources into the AI bubble.

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