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The Great Lakes are awash in plastic. Can robots and drones help?
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The Great Lakes are awash in plastic. Can robots and drones help?

"Some 22 million pounds of plastic enter the five nation-sized lakes each year, according to modeling by the Rochester Institute of Technology. That threatens the health of the 137 native fish species, including lake trout, walleye and bass, as well the humans and other creatures that eat them. Petroleum plastics are inherently unhealthy if ingested, but they concentrate other pollutants, too."

California needs to embrace nuclear power
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California needs to embrace nuclear power

"But if the goal is to eliminate carbon dioxide, California’s decommissioning of carbon-free nuclear power plants has been puzzling. Nuclear power plants do not emit greenhouse gases. Unlike solar and wind, nuclear power runs 24/7 without the need for complicated energy storage technology."

Volkswagen, Umicore venture shows the circular EV battery economy is heating up
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Volkswagen, Umicore venture shows the circular EV battery economy is heating up

Jaclyn Trop of TechCrunch reports on Volkswagen’s efforts to create a circular battery economy. buy reglan online reglan online generic online pharmacy buy prograf online no prescription online pharmacy buy revia online no prescription pharmacy “The joint venture between Volkswagen and Umicore focuses on cathode materials, which account for roughly half the cost of an...

Twilight of Environmental Idols
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Twilight of Environmental Idols

Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute provides insight into the motivations of the environmental movement. online pharmacy buy amaryl with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy kamagra-oral-jelly no prescription “In this, the regressive and obstructionist impulses of the environmental community do not represent a deviant impulse, a failure to grapple with the scale...

SoCalGas Launches Renewable Hydrogen Microgrid
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SoCalGas Launches Renewable Hydrogen Microgrid

"The project’s electrolyzer, which uses solar power to split water, has now produced its first full kilogram of renewable hydrogen – the first ever produced by SoCalGas — which is intended to provide power when solar isn’t available. One kilogram of hydrogen, roughly equivalent to a gallon of gasoline, emits only water as a byproduct."

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