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The construction of a wind turbine blade at LM Wind Power.
GE Subsidiary Commits to Zero Waste Turbine Blades by 2030
Manufacturing waste represents one of the biggest challenges.
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Conemaugh Generation Station, New Florence, Pa., Feb. 6, 2007.
Coal Plants to Close After New Wastewater Rule
Dozens plan to stop burning coal to comply with more stringent federal guidelines.
Nov 23rd, 2021
The earth's shadow covers the full moon during a partial lunar eclipse, early Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. NASA and the nation's top federal nuclear research lab on Friday, Nov. 19, put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system.
NASA Seeks Ideas for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
If successful, the next objective would be Mars.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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Nov 29th, 2021
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U.S. OKs Gold Mine Exploratory Drilling in Idaho
Nov 23rd, 2021
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a Juneteenth commemoration in Boston's Nubian Square on June 18, 2021. Baker is abandoning his administration's ambitious plan to create a multi-state compact aimed at dramatically reducing transportation pollution after the deal failed to gain traction in other states. The announcement comes after Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, who supported the initiative, indicated this week he was backing away from the Transportation and Climate Initiative.
Governors Abandon Pact to Reduce Transportation Pollution
Nov 19th, 2021
In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Ricki Mills looks out from her home as she waits for a fire hydrant to be turned to get water, in Dallas on Feb. 23, 2021. Texas is again at high risk of power blackouts this winter because of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state's electric grid and left millions of people without heat for days, regulators said Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.
Report: Texas Still at Risk of Winter Power Blackouts
Nov 19th, 2021
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Nov 29th, 2021
Workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma, on July 13, 2007. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, it is extending through May a timeline to decide how or whether to proceed with proposed restrictions on mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay region, which is known for its salmon runs.
EPA Sets Timeline to Weigh Next Steps for Pebble Mine
The Army Corps of Engineers last year rejected a key permit following an environmental review.
Nov 18th, 2021
Bill Gates speaks during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum, London, Tuesday, Oct, 19, 2021. A small city in the top U.S. coal-mining state of Wyoming will be home to a Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power project near a coal-fired power plant that will soon close, officials announced Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.
Bill Gates Venture Picks Wyoming City for Sodium Nuke Plant
The project will employ as many as 2,000 people during construction and 250 once operational.
Nov 17th, 2021
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Controlling Food Production Costs by Improving Energy Efficiency
A host of cost-saving tools and technologies have recently become available to help increase HVAC efficiency and lower energy costs.
Nov 16th, 2021
Shell logo at a petrol station in London, Jan. 20, 2016.
Shell Seeks to Move Headquarters
The oil and gas giant hopes to more easily navigate a world transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Nov 15th, 2021
Britain's Alok Sharma, second left, President of the COP26 and Patricia Espinosa, left, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary applaud during the closing plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal on climate action after a last-minute intervention by India to water down the language on cutting emissions from coal.
Nations Compromise on Coal to Strike Climate Deal
Ahead of the Glasgow talks, the United Nations had set three criteria for success, and none of them were achieved.
Nov 15th, 2021
Manfred Steiner at his home office in East Providence, R.I., Nov. 10, 2021.
Man Fulfills Dream of Being a Physicist — at 89
He started taking undergraduate classes at 70.
Nov 12th, 2021
Hapag-Lloyd cargo ship in the Panama Canal, Dec. 2019.
Shipping Firms Seek Technology to Cut Emissions
Shipping currently accounts for about 3% of global emissions.
Nov 5th, 2021
Vines surround a burning building as the Kincade Fire burns through the Jimtown community of unincorporated Sonoma County, Calif., on Oct. 24, 2019. Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a settlement agreement, Nov. 3, 2021, with state regulators over the 2019 Kincade fire, which was ignited by the utility's electrical transmission equipment in a remote area of Sonoma County.
PG&E to Spend $125M for Igniting Massive Fire
$85 million goes toward the removal of abandoned transmission equipment.
Nov 5th, 2021
The decommissioned plutonium-producing DR reactor, left, and D reactor, right, on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., June 13, 2017.
Feds Work to 'Cocoon' Old Nuclear Reactors
The site contains America's largest quantity of radioactive waste.
Nov 4th, 2021
Emilio Lozoya, former head of state-owned oil company Pemex, at a news conference in Mexico City, Aug. 17, 2017.
Judge Orders Former Head of State-Run Oil Company Jailed
Prosecutors have not yet managed to jail any of the top figures implicated in a big corruption case.
Nov 4th, 2021
Activists protest against Japan's support of the coal industry near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming.
Countries Pledge to Phase Out Coal
Many major economies, including the U.S., China and Japan, have set no formal dates for ending its use.
Nov 4th, 2021