North Seattle College campus. (Seattle Colleges Foundation Photo) The pressing need for more computer science graduates combined with tech companies’ pledges to build more racially and ethnically diverse workforces are teeing up a new solution: Empower two-year colleges to offer computer science bachelor’s degrees. Seattle-based Amazon has stepped up to help the effort. The tech…
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Solar panels. (Unsplash / Chelsea Photo) Seattle-area tech giants Amazon and Microsoft were global leaders in clean energy power purchase agreements made by corporations last year. Amazon held the top spot for the second year in a row with energy purchases totaling 6,212 megawatts (MW), or 6.2 gigawatts (GW). Microsoft was a close second with…
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Unfortunately, emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases aren’t this easy to visualize, making it challenging to figure out rigorous systems for calculating and reporting the pollution. (Matthias Heyde Photo / Unsplash) More than 683 companies, 136 countries and 234 cities have made pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions. But for those goals to…
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Amazon secured the naming rights for Seattle’s rebuilt KeyArena, dubbing it the Climate Pledge Arena. The company’s investments helped make it the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world. Among its enviro features is a living wall. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)) President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation Tuesday that includes the…
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An Amazon Prime truck heads north on Interstate 5 in Washington. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon today announced a deal with low-carbon fuel manufacturer Infinium to purchase some of its “electrofuel” to power delivery trucks beginning next year. The partnership is another step in the tech giant’s path to curbing its rising carbon emissions….
How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out
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Solar arrays in Lind, Wash., that will provide power for Avista Utilities’ customers. (Avista Utilities via Instagram) In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but no one knows exactly where and how much renewable power is out there. So Microsoft is teaming up…