Amazon is aggressively pursuing big oil as it stalls out on clean energy

Midwestern snowstorm, missing water on Mars, American Gods [Gizmodo]( April 8, 2019 [Amazon is aggressively pursuing big oil as it stalls out on clean energy]( [Despite promising to make their operations more sustainable, Amazon’s massive cloud operation appears to once again be getting dirtier, powered by a growing share of fossil fuels. AWS is then selling its fossil-fueled cloud to oil, gas, and coal companies, to help them better find and extract more fossil fuels. As of now, Amazon is burning the climate from both ends.]( [FIELD GUIDE]( [The best alternative apps to install instead of your phone's defaults]( [Your phone comes with a stack of apps to get you started—and they’re fine, up to a point. But if you stick with the apps Apple and Google give you, then you’re missing out on a whole world of quality third-party alternatives. Here’s a guide to some of the best we’ve used.]( [EXTREME WEATHER]( [Flooded parts of the Midwest could be hit with major snow this week]( [I regret to inform you that winter is not, in fact, over. A powerful storm is set to spin up in the Midwest this week. And if you’re getting deja vu looking at the weather map up top, you’re not alone.]( [FANTASY]( [American Gods has a lynching problem]( [The dazzling visuals and innovative storytelling of American Gods’ first season made it so that, if you wanted to, you could overlook the showrunners’ decisions to hang a black man in the pilot episode.]( [GIZ ASKS]( [If Mars had water, where did it go?]( [The fact that water existed there, at one point, is a large part of why dreams of annexing Mars have flourished. But where did it go, exactly? By what majestic geological processes do massive bodies of space-liquid just disappear?]( [NEWS]( [The UK has released its plan for cracking down on social media content]( [Britain is scheduled to crash out of the European Union on Friday, potentially causing severe economic damage. But that hasn’t stopped the British government from attending to other issues. Like proposing new rules that could make social media companies legally responsible for some content uploaded by users.]( [GADGETS]( [Enjoy the Game of Thrones theme played by an army of obsolete computing gadgets]( [It’s like the gadget equivalent of Jon Snow; made from dead, discarded, and unwanted technology that’s been resurrected as something that outshines what came before it.]( [GIZMODO]( [Vote for Gizmodo in the Webby Awards!]( [Our video series about living without the Big Five tech giants (Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple) has been nominated for a Webby! Click through to cast your vote.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [DEADSPIN]( [I Can’t Believe WrestleMania Ended That Way]( [The match came at the end of seven hours of wrestling, but it was still pretty good. The crowd was into it. Then it ended, and everything went to hell.]( [JALOPNIK]( [The Jeep M-715 'Five-Quarter' Is a 700+ HP Convertible Military Supertruck]( [Jeep is launching the 2020 Jeep Gladiator this year, so it makes sense that all of the 2019 Easter Jeep Safari concepts are trucks. Many of them are extremely cool, but one concept rises to the top: The Jeep M-715 Five-Quarter. It’s a hellcat-powered brute with military roots, so if...]( [KOTAKU]( [Dude Trains Like One-Punch Man, Gets Buff]( [In the anime One-Punch Man, Saitama has a workout routine that includes 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10k-run. Investor Sean Seah tried this for real, and the results were certainly noticeable.]( [DEADSPIN]( [WrestleMania Is Too Damn Long]( [There will be differing opinions on the quality of WrestleMania 35, because that is how wrestling fans are, but there is one area of growing consensus that spans from Twitter to the tired masses trying to leave the godforsaken stadium parking lot well into Monday morning. Everyone, everyone, now believes...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Gizmodo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2019 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011