Trendwatch Energy & Sustainability: June 1, 2020

Quartz: As the US Meat Supply Chain Fumbles, Cultured Meat Startups Consider a Better System

But the cell-based meat industry has a chance to adopt a decentralized model that could avoid the weaknesses of the United States’ monolithic meat industry.  

TechHQ: AI and Climate Change – How Number-crunching Can Help Save the Planet

Filtering through vast amounts of data from satellite imagery, sensors, smart meters and more – AI can help turn the tables.     

Wired: Coming Soon: A Nuclear Reactor—With a 3D-Printed Core

A nuclear reactor core is one of the most extreme human-made environments on the planet. These scientists just figured out how to print one.         

New York Times: Helping the Environment, One Small Sensor at a Time

New York City nonprofits are using a cloud-based service from the start-up Temboo that helps monitor storm-water runoff and other environmental factors.        

OneZero: Google Says It Will Not Build Custom A.I. for Oil and Gas Extraction

A Greenpeace report details Silicon Valley’s ties to Big Oil — and spurs Google to take a step toward opting out.