The European Union and China announced sweeping plans to limit greenhouse-gas emissions that will increase costs for industry and consumers but drew criticism from environmentalists as not going far enough to slow climate change.
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Time To Clean The Skies, Electric Planes Have Arrived
Emily Pickrell in Forbes writes on the innovation of electric planes. online pharmacy levaquin no prescription pharmacy “It can’t come too soon – the airlines say they need to meet their goal of 50% reduced net emissions by 2050, compared with 2005 levels. To achieve this while meeting expected demand growth, electric planes will need to...
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Drought is stressing California’s power grid
"Rolling blackouts have already become a new norm for the state as utilities shut down power lines in an attempt to avoid sparking fires during hot, dry weather. But summertime outages also occur when residents crank up their air conditioners to beat the heat and demand outpaces the available power supply."
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How Lego Perfected the Recycled Plastic Brick
Over the past three years, Lego’s 150-strong Sustainable Materials team has tested more than 250 variations of PET materials.
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Why The Green Transition Can’t Happen Without Natural Gas
Just as natural gas has competed with coal as the prime fuel for electricity in the last decades, renewables are putting pressure on the blue, clean-burning source of energy. The competition is fierce and will likely get worse. Yet, it is still too early to discount gas.
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DOE taps GE Hitachi to lead research on lowering advanced nuclear construction costs
online pharmacy buy imuran no prescription pharmacy online pharmacy buy fluoxetine online no prescription pharmacy Iulia Gheorghiu of Utility Dive reports that the Department of Energy has tapped GE Hitachi to lead research on lowering advanced nuclear construction costs. “DOE has funded a number of initiatives in recent years to encourage the development of advanced...
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How To Scale Up Carbon Capture And Storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is starting to happen. A plethora of CCS projects has emerged in the last year, large and small in scope, in upstream and LNG, as well as energy-intensive industries beyond the oil and gas value chain including the power, steel, cement and fertilizer sectors.
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Boeing, Alaska Airlines, & NOAA Team Up To Measure Greenhouse Gases Mid-Flight
The Alaska Airlines airplane will also be testing other new equipment as part of the ecoDemonstrator program. This will include a new agent for extinguishing fires, which could offer a reduced negative impact on the ozone layer and potentially replace the commonly used Halon 1301.
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Dear progressives: You can’t fight climate change by going soft on China
Fighting climate change is indeed a global imperative. But pandering to Beijing isn’t the way to advance that goal.
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Should I Go Solar Now? Here’s What Homeowners Should Consider
"The decision to opt for solar isn’t a simple one. 'Soft costs' such as installation and permitting fees add about $7,000 to a typical installation, and incentives to install solar still vary widely from state to state."
