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The Galaxy S22 will use plastic from recycled fishing nets

The Verge

For example, it turns out that Samsung has created a “new material” to use in the product — one made from the plastic in discarded fishing nets. It’s not yet clear to what extent the material will be used or in which parts of the products; Samsung isn’t explicit about how it fits into any of the devices’ construction.

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Seattle tech co. breaks ground on world’s first ‘net zero energy’ high-rise apartment building

GeekWire

An artist’s rendering of 303 Battery, billed as the world’s first net zero energy apartment building, which is being erected in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood by Sustainable Living Innovations. It’s being constructed with a patented design that uses panels manufactured at a plant in Tacoma, Wash. SLI Image).

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Protecting Workers with a Digital Safety Net

CIO Business Intelligence

When construction began on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in 1933, it was still considered a novel idea to rig up a simple safety net under the structure. That net caught 19 falling workers. The mobile app offers these utility workers a digital safety net. Ensuring a fast response.

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How the AI boom could blow up net zero goals

Dataconomy

The rapid development of AI raises concerns and opportunities regarding global net zero goals, impacting energy demands, especially within the tech sector. Even fission, despite its head start, faces challenges with expensive infrastructure, lengthy construction timelines, and lingering public skepticism.

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Pacific Northwest companies merge and raise cash to build energy efficient, modular construction tech

GeekWire

Chapin realized that togetherness in a newly announced business merger between NODE, the Seattle-based, carbon-cutting construction company that they co-founded, and Seattle and Portland’s Green Canopy, an eco-focused real estate developer and home builder. Greening construction using tech. “So let’s be together.”.

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Pledge then plan: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says path to carbon net zero is evolving

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sat down Thursday with Kara Hurst, the company’s chief sustainability officer, to discuss the cloud, retail and entertainment giant’s efforts to meet a pledge of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

GeekWire

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019 sustainability report shows that greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%. (Jordan Stead / Amazon Photo).

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