Climate Change and Tech

This Axios deep dive looks at the current climate-change moment, where 2020 is now on track to have one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons ever and where California wildfires have already burned more acres this year than any other in history.

The Digital Climate Alliance, a new coalition revealed here for the first time, will lobby lawmakers on ensuring digital solutions are part of climate policy, Amy reports.

Driving the news: Led by Intel and Johnson Controls, the group has six members and aims to more than double by next year. The coalition will lobby Congress to get a digital title into pending climate policy.

How it works: One idea proposed in a recent peer-reviewed study is for tech companies to shift digital requests like web searches to data centers in locations where excess electricity, such as from solar in the middle of the day, is otherwise wasted.

• Another component will assess emissions on a granular level, like a specific building or different types of fossil fuels.