Microsoft is also active in pressing its climate agenda beyond its own business.
Agreed. Microsoft also invests heavily in empowering their employees and customers to focus on sustainability efforts.
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- Mar 2022
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Reforestation is currently Microsoft’s main method of carbon removal.
It's easy to overestimate how much carbon trees are removing from the atmosphere. Sure, we can plant as many trees as Brazil has, but where do they go? Not everyone has the same plans for how land should be occupied.
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But Dr. Draucker of Ceres said that even if more use were made of carbon removal, companies would need to reduce the emissions they generated.
There's a lot of problems with carbon-removal technologies beyond their cost and being able to be scaled up. A lot of other corporate companies are also still relying on methods like these to reduce emissions when they aren't effective. What's the reason that people are still sticking with these?
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The company said on Thursday that it was working to reduce carbon emissions from construction and to make its devices more energy efficient.
What actions are being taken? What policies are being put in place to ensure this will happen?
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The increase was almost entirely driven by emissions from energy used to build data centers and make devices — like the Xbox and the Surface tablet — and from the power that Microsoft estimates its products consume when people used them.
This isn't something only applicable to Microsoft but big tech companies in general. It's ironic how we strive to reduce carbon emissions with the solutions we create, yet the technology itself unfortunately requires a lot of energy to run. There's a lot of both environmental and technological ethical implications to consider here.
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“I do think a lot of NFTs will end up going to zero in the long run,” he said. “Your success depends on your ability to pick the best projects, and that isn’t easy.”
Are NFTs a fad then? I wonder how long they'll be able to last.
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In the winter of 2021 she saw people were going crazy for NFTs, and she decided to try to make her own collections, with work that focuses on her Filipino and Black heritage, and collaborate with other artists on their NFTs.
NFTs almost act as an additional heritage site to preserve important pieces of a person's identity and culture. Farris's NFT collections are excellent opportunities for her to share her passions and educate others on Filipino and Black heritage.
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He has also benefited from investing in newer types of NFTs.
A lot of the language in the article focuses on the positive aspects of investing in NFTs ("benefited" from investing in newer types of NFTs) but doesn't really acknowledge that losing money is a huge risk. The headlines are targeting the potential for profits with NFTs to garner attention from people who might not know that much about investing with NFTs. The world of NFTs is very volatile, and there should be more than just a brief mention at the end because it leaves readers under the impression that NFTs are just fun ape art with no obvious problems.
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But there are a few NFTs that have become very valuable and have earned their owners and creators a vast sum of money in a short period of time.
What determines the value of these NFTs? Is it just the fact that they are considered "rare" or is there something more?
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“This amount of money is a big deal to me because I come from poverty. We had to accept church donations for food growing up,” she said. “The other day I walked into Walmart and was like, ‘I can buy the cheese, I can buy the good coffee.’ I had never experienced that freedom before.”
A lot of people don't realize that these NFTs are transforming peoples' lives. Silver sharing her lived experience of being able to become financially stable through selling virtual art is an inspirational story for all.
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“NFTs are like manna from heaven,” said Mr. Pollak, who also acknowledges how lucky he is. “I’ve heard horror stories of people spending their rent money on NFTs. It’s heartbreaking to see people risk their money when it doesn’t usually work out.”
The inclusion of this quote from Pollak is powerful. Although Pollak's personal experience with NFTs was positive, it's important to acknowledge that it's not always the case that you end up being able to buy a house in LA with the money you gain from it. There's been scams such as the Evil Ape incident back in 2021 when the creator just disappeared even despite promising the buyers that they would receive a unique NFT.
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The city’s municipal worker vaccine mandate, among the most strict local measures during the pandemic, required existing city employees like police officers, firefighters and teachers to receive at least one dose of the vaccine, and many of those workers must do so by Friday.
info about NYC vaccine mandate
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Eco-anxiety, a concept introduced by young activists, has entered a mainstream vocabulary.
has the use of this term increased over time?
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an unruly, disrespectful and even dangerous occupation
residents share a different perspective on the protest; could potentially cause harm
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