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Join Next 10 and University of Pennsylvania for a webinar on Tuesday, March 24th at 11am PT to learn more about our recent report, Curtail to Compute: Siting Datacenters to Leverage California’s Stranded Renewable Energy

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Join Next 10 on Monday, January 12th at 12pm PT for a webinar with report author, Hoyu Chong from CEC Economics, to discuss the key findings of the 2025 California Green Innovation Index.

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Learn more about the 2025 Green Innovation Index: http://greeninnovationindex.org

The 17th Edition of the California Green Innovation Index found that despite lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 3% in 2023, one of the state’s largest reductions on record, California must significantly increase the rate of emissions cuts from an annual reduction of 2.8% a year to 4.4% a year, in order to meet the 2030 climate goal of 40% below 1990 levels.

Learn more: http://greeninnovationindex.org/2025-edition/carbon-economy/figure-4/

Join Next 10 on Monday, January 12th at 12pm PT for a webinar with report author, Hoyu Chong from CEC Economics, to discuss the key findings of the 2025 California Green Innovation Index.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1gSgiZ09QGycdDYZCOhxbA

Learn more about the 2025 Green Innovation Index: http://greeninnovationindex.org

Next 10's Green Innovation Index found that in 2024, generation from renewable energy sources and large hydroelectric power represented over 50% of California’s power mix (52.3%) for the first time. As renewables grew, fossil fuels fell to a record low share of the power mix at 36.3% in 2024, a 4.8% reduction in just three years.

Learn more: http://greeninnovationindex.org/2025-edition/renewable-energy/figure-31ab/

The 2025 Green Innovation Index highlights the accelerated pace of emission reductions in key sectors like transportation and electricity generation, helping to narrow the gap to achieving our 2030 climate targets.
Learn more: http://greeninnovationindex.org

Key findings include:
◾California’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 3% from 2022 to 2023 and total emissions in 2023 were 2.4% lower than those in 2020 when the economy was shut down due to the pandemic.
◾To meet the 2030 climate goal of 40% below 1990 levels, California would need to significantly increase the rate of emissions cuts we’ve made since 2019 — going from the actual average annual reduction of about 2.8% a year to about 4.4% a year.
◾The transportation sector saw the largest reduction in emissions from 2022 to 2023 at 4.6%, driven by a 17.2% reduction in emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.
◾In 2024, generation from renewable energy and large hydroelectric power represented over 50% of California’s power mix (52.3%) for the first time. With fossil fuels falling to a record low share at 36.3% in 2024.

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Join Next 10 and Shaolei Ren from UC Riverside for a webinar on Tuesday, December 2nd at 11am PT to learn more about our recent report, An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts.

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A new report from Next 10 and Shaolei Ren at UC Riverside found that electricity and water consumption, and carbon emissions associated with AI Data centers almost doubled from 2019 to 2023 with health costs increasing by 247% — and could continue to rise without strong mitigation policies.

Learn more: https://www.next10.org/publications/ai-environmental-public-health-impacts

Join Next 10 and Shaolei Ren from UC Riverside for a webinar on Tuesday, December 2nd at 11am PT to learn more about our recent report, An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cxHYvHJ5QiK3H7j2vMMJeg

A new report from Next 10 and Shaolei Ren at UC Riverside found that electricity use, water consumption, and carbon emissions from AI data centers nearly doubled from 2019-2023, while related health costs increased by 247%. Learn more: https://www.next10.org/publications/ai-environmental-public-health-impacts

"California is a major hub for data centers — the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state’s energy use, climate and public health remains an open question for researchers."

Data centers are putting new strain on California's grid. Here's the best estimate yet California’s data centers have doubled their use of electricity and demand for water , and are polluting more, even as lawmakers stall on oversight.