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Mauricio Argote-Cortes

@mauricioargote.bsky.social
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Teaching science, one Earth's rotation at a time. Advocating for safe streets. Opinions are mine.

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Brainiac Kim 🇨🇦 @brainiackim.bsky.social · 19h
Bike lanes are used by disabled people too. Some e-scooters, electric wheelchair users, etc. use them. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/15/e... #TOpoli #ONpoli #biking #cycling #Toronto #BikeTO
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Person in wheelchair arrested at protest as bike lane removal work underway in Etobicoke
Cycling advocates continued their protest of the removal of bike lanes from Bloor Street West in Etobicoke
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 20h
Doug Ford’s war on bike lanes isn’t about traffic—it’s part of a global right-wing backlash to vilify urban residents and defend fossil fuel interests. @desmondcole.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of the showdown in Toronto. breachmedia.ca/doug-ford-bi...
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Toronto’s battle over bike lanes is one front in a global right-wing backlash ⋆ The Breach
Doug Ford’s war on bike lanes isn’t about traffic—it’s part of a global right-wing playbook to vilify urban residents and defend fossil fuel interests
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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I hope all the Ford voters in Barrie and Niagara and Vaughn and Brampton can explain why spending $50M of their tax dollars to rip out bike lanes in Toronto is a good use of their cash. Are your kids class sizes that small? Your hospital waiting times so short? Nothing better to do with that $?
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“The people who price risk for a living are warning that our models have underestimated the danger,” Lord Nicholas Stern said. “And that mispriced risk is building to potentially unmanageable levels.” => Heed the recent warnings from the UK Institute of Actuaries actuaries.org.uk/media-releas...
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Underestimates in global warming pose greater climate and financial risks than governments and markets are planning for, warn actuaries and scientists | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
New analysis suggests the planet may be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than many models assume.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026
Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Very dystopian that on the article about a A.I. data center poisoning the air, there's a little rainbow A.I. chatbot button just lurking at the edge, waiting to poison the air some more to answer your banal question
The article below with a rainbow tab on the side which initiates a chat bot 
Text: 
Gadget Revieu_

HOME Y

EMERGING TECH / AI

Virginia Data Center Ran
Diesel Generators for 24
Hours. Residents Fled Their

Homes

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Sterling residents had no legal recourse as
189 of Virginia's 197 data-center air permits
allow emergency diesel runs without public

review
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This study was unethical when it was announced last year and it remains unethical today. The birth dose of the hepatitis b vaccine prevents perinatal acquisition of the infection. You cannot randomize a group of newborns to not receive it while giving it to others. www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...
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Hepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 08/10/2026
Great CBC article on how first-past-the-post has distorted Quebec's democracy. The PQ, QS, and PCQ all committed to electoral reform during the election campaign. Now is the time to make that happen. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Parti Québécois win with record-low vote share revives calls for electoral reform | CBC News
A record-low vote share for Quebec's incoming PQ government has reignited a long-simmering debate over how the province elects its leaders.
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The Maybe @themaybe.org · 09/10/2026
@alixdunn.com sat down with @ketanjoshi.co, an independent climate writer who tracks the climate impact of data centers and AI. Ketan breaks down how Big Tech’s bet on AI is single-handedly keeping the fossil fuel industry alive—while killing our dreams of a sustainable energy grid. Listen here:
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The Climate Cost of AI Prophecies: How Data Centers Fuel Big Fossil w/ Ketan Joshi
Ketan Joshi explains how we got from facilities that drew the power of a suburb to facilities that consume as much electricity as Nigeria’s entire power grid.
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk, and there is no network of side streets that could replace these lanes."
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Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A new startup plans to set AI agents loose in academic publications. Editing or reviewing for a journal could ultimately be about responding to the demand to curate high quality academic content for AI agents to crawl and collect valuable knowledge tokens. www.redpine.ai/insights/pub...
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Redpine
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A top factor in the rise of antimicrobial resistance remains the large and growing quantities of antibiotics administered to livestock. See for instance: bsky.app/profile/ajst...
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Japan has just made 30km/h (I.e. 20mph) the default in most residential roads due to the evidence-base from EU cities. etsc.eu/japan-makes-...
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Japan makes 30 km/h the default speed limit on most residential roads - as European city survey shows significant safety benefits
Japan has lowered the statutory speed limit on most of its residential streets from 60 km/h to 30 km/h, effective 1 September. The new limit applies automatically to roads narrower than 5.5…
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The war begins. It will be ugly. I really hate this.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How come Wikipedia is doing better than academic publishing? Btw love that icon: 🚫🤖 🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmat...
	
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's worth voting in your municipal election. Cities do a lot of the boots-on-ground climate work. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Climate despair? Take it to the civic election booth
Cities have a lot of power to reduce carbon pollution with policies such as banning gas heating in new homes and buildings.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived
Margaret Hamilton standing next to a printout of code she and her team wrote for the Apollo program, which is as tall as she is
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 06/10/2026
Hat tip to @alisontakemura.bsky.social for covering the study in a new @canarymedia.com article: www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi...
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Gas stoves put restaurant cooks’ health at risk, new study finds
Dangerous amounts of heat and air pollution swirl in most commercial kitchens — even when the stoves are off. Switching to electric appliances helps…
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Matthias Bergmann, Anti-Fascist Abomination 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @muttgoalie1909.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"What did Watson and Crick discover?" "Rosalind Franklin's notes"
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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026
hey everyone if your uni uses turnitin, ask them about this.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 30/09/2026
Fascinating UofT School of Cities project on the correlation between neighbourhood characteristics and mayoral vote over the last few decades. Looking at the strongest positive correlations for Olivia Chow voting areas in 2023 sure tells a tale. schoolofcities.github.io/place-and-po...
A data visualization showing Pearson correlation coefficients between neighborhood characteristics from the 2021 census and voting for Olivia Chow in the 2023 election, with blue bars indicating positive correlations and red indicating negative correlations.
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 24/09/2026
Germany, France & the Netherlands now have solid phase-out plans.
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Germany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045
Germany sets out a plan to phase out coal, oil and gas by 2045, reaffirming a climate strategy focused on electrification.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Law firm Leigh Day is bringing legal action on behalf of one local resident. Read the full story here 👇 share.google/AwmBkidB5SOP...
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Blood tests find high levels of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory
People living near a major chemical factory in Lancashire are told they could be at risk of serious health conditions.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 22/09/2026
Overshooting 1.5°C is not a reason to give up. On the contrary, it’s a reason to act faster, because the higher the temperature rise and the longer it stays there, the greater the damage. Here’s what “overshoot” means and why every fraction of a degree matters.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 21/09/2026
NEW – Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ reaches ‘remarkable’ all-time record ✍️ Written by @zekehausfather.com Read here: buff.ly/4a9XUAK
Daily Niño 3.4 sea surface temperature anomalies, 1982-2026, each relative to a centred 30-year climatology (ONI convention). Chart by Carbon Brief.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We’re in an era where the fight against fascism and authoritarianism is on almost every ballot. Voting has always been important, but never more than now. Vote like your rights, your future, your vote itself, and even your life, are all on the line. Because there’s a very good chance they are.
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Mauricio Argote-Cortes @mauricioargote.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Great episode! Very timely, both with their book (that I’m very much looking forward to reading) and with the latest AI doomsday news cycle.
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 13/09/2026
Ten years ago Tami, Roy, and I released a movie we made of antibiotic resistance evolving in real time. I thought maybe a couple thousand people tops would see it. I couldn't have imagined it would be seen millions of times, and be taught from middle school through the graduate level worldwide
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Doug Ford's plans to remove bike lanes from some major Toronto streets may be underway but cyclists aren't giving up the fight. Brandon Choghri joined riders Saturday as they took their protest to the side streets." via @citynewstoronto.bsky.social
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Cyclists rally against downtown bike lane removal
Doug Ford's plans to remove bike lanes from some major Toronto streets may be underway but cyclists aren't giving up the fight. Brandon Choghri joined riders Saturday as they took their protest to the...
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sophiacollins.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We can eat lettuce without getting the shits though.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Climeworks' Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 tonnes of CO₂ in the first half of 2026, almost 6x as much as in 2025. If they keep it up, that'll be 1350 tonnes a year*. That's a time machine that takes us back 1 whole second in a year! 🙄 *Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠
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Carbon Removal Pioneer Climeworks Increases CO2 Capture Sixfold
The world’s largest direct air capture plant is sucking more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a lower cost, an improvement for a sector struggling to scale economically as global warming surpasse...
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Andrew Lewis FC @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doug Ford banned speed cameras so people could speed dangerously without financial consequences, regardless of the safety consequences. Doug Ford achieved his goal. There will be many stories like this.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
1/ "Every fraction of a degree of warming matters." True, and a dangerous platitude. It quietly suggests warming is a smooth dial, where each tenth of a degree costs about the same as the last. It doesn't. The later ones cost far more. Here's why. 🧵
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Back 2 School! The Reality of road safety campaigns. Developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
girl smiling 
quote: I ride perfectly when biking to school so my councillor doesn't need political courage to build in systems where I can make mistakes.
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Mauricio Argote-Cortes @mauricioargote.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@unroll.skywriter.blue unroll
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
Perspective.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
thepointer.com/article/2026...
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‘If climate plan is credible, defend it’: Youth push back against Carney government’s bid to strike lawsuit
‘If climate plan is credible, defend it’: Youth push back against Carney government’s bid to strike lawsuit.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you want a full write up of the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners, @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social has got you covered.
arstechnica.com
Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners
The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This is Schrödinger’s Road Space By Taking Away Space From Cars You Are Giving Them More Space At The Same Time. BUT in the process Leaving Even More Urban Space For …Housing, Parks 🌳, Plazas & Much More 🚲
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
While the grass growing in the shade was less dense, it was of higher quality. As a result, lambs grown in the shade of the PV systems gained the same amount of weight statistically speaking as the traditional lambs. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 spacedaily.com/b-lambs-graz...
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Lambs grazing under an Oregon solar farm had 38 percent less grass in front of them than lambs in the open field alongside, and they put on the same weight to the gram, because shade makes a pasture g...
Shade-grown pasture delivers less grass but the same nutrition, suggesting solar farms might have a second life as livestock habitat.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The bicycle is a simple solution to some of the world’s most complicated problems.
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Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use - Communications Earth & Environment
High bicycle ownership does not necessarily correlate with high bicycle use, with substantial health and environmental gains possible by worldwide pro-bicycle policy implementation, suggests a global ...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 30/08/2026
Reporters and the public often ask us for our best advice on spotting deepfakes. As technology improves quickly, here's our current advice. Deepfake Spotter: A Guide to Spotting Deepfakes in the Wild deepfakestracker.org/deepfake-spo...
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Deepfakes Spotter – Deepfakes Tracker
Deepfakes Spotter: A Guide to Spotting Deepfakes in the Wild The Big Picture No single clue proves something fake — patterns do! Look for multiple (4+) inconsistencies across time, lighting, motion, a...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change" by Rachel Santarsiero for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I posted this a month ago. Given events, I'm sharing it again. It's time! Time to hit Trump where it hurts sethdklein.substack.com/p/time-to-hi...
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Time to hit Trump where it hurts
Canada needs to impose an export tax on oil and gas to the U.S. and stop rewarding the bully's fossil fuel friends
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/2026
14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!
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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Somehow the @mark-carney.bsky.social government can easily find $40 billion for a fantastical oil pipeline but can't seem to find the cash to buy more water bombers or help the only company in the world building expand production & jobs during a global #wildfire crisis. ⁉️ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Wildfire-ravaged countries are clamouring for the Canadair, as production of the water bomber begins anew | CBC News
As Canada, the United States and Europe grapple with another brutal wildfire season, pressure is building on the manufacturer of the Canadair "Super Scooper" water bombers to increase production, and ...
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“AI-driven productivity gains in the oil and gas industry will substantially increase global emissions, according to a report led by two former Microsoft employees, outweighing any potential gains from clean energy.” www.ft.com/content/8f16...
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AI will boost oil and gas production more than green energy, report finds
Debate over tech impact on greenhouse gas emissions stoked by latest study
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