[Article] Expanding the Toolkit for making software greener with Electricity Maps

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Proposer: Namrata Narayan | Comms Lead | @NAMRATA-WOKE Abstract: Highlighting Electricity Maps' latest open-source data portal that makes historical data of electricity consumption available for the first time to help improve carbon accounting and reduce software's carbon emissions Why: To decarbonize software at scale, simplifying the power system's complexities and ensuring we have accurate data about emissions from the electricity grid is a key step. Audience: Software engineers and data analysts Timeline: Aug 25

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Author: @NAMRATA-WOKE Other contributors: @ursvill Article Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u51vquIsuQq9QuEENbMnSWhEXoKTvkvuHlrpZGpYbrc/edit Graphics Link: Namrata to repurpose old assets because Jenya is on vacation Published Link:

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Will use this image: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19NlnsyJKM9bm7fCeA03UgS1jkddsahHo

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@NAMRATA-WOKE - looks like there are 2 issues for this #137 and #134

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@ursvill I accidentally created two. This is the most recent so we'll track the progress of this issue!

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@ursvill will publish this article on Thursday!

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@NAMRATA-WOKE - published