Solar Protocol is a great opportunity for us to foreground issues of climate change and how technology is driving it.” Internet usage comes with a giant carbon footprint because of all the energy needed to power servers, systems, computers and other devices. Worse: as we come to rely increasingly on the Internet in our lives, that carbon footprint is going to grow. Enter Solar Protocol, a new project that offers a solution to how to limit carbon emissions while using the Internet. Developed by researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the project runs a web platform th…