• Windows:
  "Windows update is committed to helping reduce carbon emissions" 🌱
• Also, Windows:
  "We don't support Windows 10 anymore so we ask users to dump their 500 million computers that are "too old" to run Windows 11 and buy new hardware"
• Also, Windows:
  "We will keep trying to force our users to use #Copilot, what, our carbon emissions have increased (30% since 2020) because of our AI push, oops" 🤷

Source for the 500 million computers: https://uk.pcmag.com/migrated-3765-windows-10/161777/upgrade-fail-an-estimated-1-billion-pcs-are-st…
Source for the greenhouse gas emission increase: msftnewsnow.com/microsofts-cop…

#Windows #Microsoft #Greenwashing

Microsoft's Copilot AI Development Leads To Surge In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2024

Microsoft's Copilot AI focus has resulted in a 29% increase in greenhouse gas emissions since 2020. Learn about the environmental impact of expanding data centers for AI workloads.

^{Dave W. Shanahan (MSFT News Now)}

Carney government scrapping #greenwashing rules via 2025 federal budget. It's "being framed as necessary to reduce “investment uncertainty".

🚨👉🏻 i.e. Scrapping the "rules that gave Canadians a private right of action against deceptive marketing and required companies to substantiate their environmental claims"

⚖️ "The law is [has been] working as intended, curbing unsubstantiated claims and restoring credibility to the marketplace"

#CdnPoli #ClimateChange #ActOnClimate

theglobeandmail.com/business/c…

Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake

Canada should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment

^{Julien Beaulieu (The Globe and Mail)}