Category: Climate Crisis
SE Michigan updated drinking water monitoring provides real-time data
The upgraded system stretches between roughly Port Huron and Monroe, along Lake Saint Clair between Lakes Huron and Erie. Water treatment plant operators can now continuously monitor water for signs of potential contamination.
Indonesia Bets On Thorcon’s Molten Salt Reactor, But History Suggests Trouble Ahead
Indonesia has taken a bold and likely problematic step with the announcement of its first, early stage regulatory approval for a nuclear power project. Thorcon International, a Singapore-based developer of molten salt reactors, has received permission from Indonesia’s regulator to evaluate a site for a demonstration plant on Kelasa Island. … [continued]
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Palisades nuclear power plant returns to “operating status” three years after shutdown
Operating status means the plant is allowed to receive new nuclear fuel. It is not yet generating power. It is the first nuclear plant in the U.S. to ever return to operations after going into decommissioning status.
How plants and fungi trade resources without a brain
Fungi and plants have something to teach humans about global trade and cooperation
How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?
Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.