CONSERVATION VISION
Using Artificial Intelligence to Save the Planet A letter from our founder, John Amos The trends aren’t encouraging: Industrialization, urban development, deforestation, overfishing, mining and pollution are accelerating the rate of global warming and damaging ecosystems around the world. The pace of environmental destruction has never been as great as it is today. Despite this […]
Using machine learning to map the footprint of fracking in central Appalachia
/in FrackFinder, Hydraulic Fracturing, Watchdog /by Ry CovingtonFossil fuel production has left a lasting imprint on the landscapes and communities of central and northern Appalachia. Mountaintop mining operations, pipeline right-of-ways, oil and gas well pads, and hydraulic fracturing wastewater retention ponds dot the landscapes of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. And although advocacy groups have made progress pressuring regulated industries and state agencies […]