Laura Bult

How digital lives are impacting our climate goals.

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In our new series, Explain It to Me, Vox takes audience questions and investigates, speaks to experts, and delivers an answer. For this video, a retired schoolteacher in New York named Kathy submitted a question to us about how things like cryptocurrency, cloud storage, and artificial intelligence are impacting the nation's climate goals.  Crypto, AI, […]

Can clean energy handle the AI boom?

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Artificial intelligence is causing the rapid construction and usage of data centers around the world—potentially imperiling climate goals.

How AI Is Fueling a Boom in Data Centers and Energy Demand

Higher and more volatile energy prices make renewables attractive to consumers and investors, but to meet climate goals, government and education are necessary.

How higher and more volatile energy prices will affect the move to clean energy

The surprise climate bill's electricity provisions would help the country surge toward its emissions reduction goals

How the Senate Climate Bill Will Boost Clean Energy

Big companies are trumpeting the value of consumer-facing personal digital helpers to make our lives easier