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I love this concept… but it reeks of unintended consequences. Lionel Mora and Patrick Torbey, co-founders of Neoplants, had the idea of building an organism with, what Mora describes as, “virtuous function.” In other words, they wanted to use synthetic biology to add positive functions that could have a positive impact on the environment. They…
Hawaii shut down its last coal plant on September 1, 2022, eliminating 180 megawatts of fossil-fueled baseload power from the grid on Oahu — a crucial step in the state’s first-in-the-nation commitment to cease burning fossil fuels for electricity by 2045. But the move posed a question that’s becoming increasingly urgent as clean energy surges across the United States: How do you maintain a reliable…
It’s the latest chapter in a decades-long effort to expand free speech rights for corporations while restricting them for people — a project of which Gibson Dunn is a key architect. While the idea to create “corporate personas” that could contribute to public debate — and to advocate for free speech protections for them — was first…
Green ammonia is a fuel made through a 100 per cent renewable and zero-carbon processes, such as combining hydrogen from water electrolysis and nitrogen separated from the air through a renewables-powered Haber process. It has been proposed as an alternative fuel source for the shipping industry, although there has long been uncertainty about how and…
A reduction to 24 ships per day from the normal 38 doesn’t sound like a lot, but that’s a 36% loss in annual Canal traffic. Imagine the East Coast without 17% of its Asian-sourced fuel and goods, or having to bear the cost of rerouting that traffic through thousands more miles at sea.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now allocated enough funds to replace more than 5,000 of the country’s school buses with zero-emission alternatives.
Scientists in Iceland are steaming ahead with an ambitious project to drill straight down into a magma chamber that could provide not only the first direct look at the oceans of molten rock stewing miles beneath the Earth’s surface, but a revolution in geothermal energy that could potentially see the technology be used anywhere on…
The project aims to have 3,400 megawatts of solar panels and 4,000 megawatt hour (MWh) of battery storage. This alone costs P200 billion, SPNEC said. Once finished, the firm said it would generate around 5 billion kilowatt-hour (kWh) yearly “or an estimated 5% of the total volume of the Philippine grid and 12 percent of…
In the expansive area of Gelephu, the existing natural landscape and infrastructure have naturally given rise to eleven distinctive neighborhoods. These areas are meticulously planned, drawing inspiration from the Mandala principles. Each neighborhood is centered around a communal space, with a gradual shift from scattered smaller buildings in the northern region to more substantial urban…
Renewable energy capacity hit a record high of 1.45 billion kilowatts by mid-December 2023, for the first time exceeding thermal power and representing over half of China’s energy mix, with wind and solar as major drivers. https://shanghaiist.com/chinas-decarbonization-efforts-gain-momentum/
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