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Waymo Showers Us With More Information On Driving Simulation
It’s been a busy week for Waymo. The California company, born out of Google many seasons ago, is at a critical point in its life and development. The company is on the verge of something, but that something is completely different depending on who you ask. This week, Waymo has … [continued]
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Could Light Be Used To Drive Enzymes for Efficient Ammonia Production?
Nanocrystal–Nitrogenase Biohybrids Harvest Light To Reduce N₂ Gas. Abundant High-Energy Electrons Are Essential. By Justin Daugherty, NLR Ammonia, a key part of nitrogen fertilizers, is central to sustaining global food production. However, its manufacture is also energy intensive: ammonia production requires 2% of global energy to meet global demand. Fifty … [continued]
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From Airports to Elementary Schools, New Examples of Geothermal Heating & Cooling Sites Emerge
5 New Case Studies Add to Database of Geothermal Systems Installed Across the Nation By Becca Sweet, NLR The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Geothermal (OG) has published five new case studies on a variety of geothermal heating and cooling applications. These case studies, researched and written by the … [continued]
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Waymo’s Fully Autonomous Vehicles Have Fleet Response Agents in the Philippines
Waymo’s confirmation that some of its autonomous vehicles receive assistance from remote human operators based in the Philippines has intensified a debate in Washington over how autonomous robotaxi systems truly are — and whether offshore human involvement introduces new safety, cybersecurity, and accountability risks. The issue first drew wider public … [continued]
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Donald Trump Forgoes Enforcement of Toxic Coal Ash
Public Health Cannot Wait Almost Three Years Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency gave a group of polluters a 33-month extension to clean up coal ash dump sites. This is twice as long an extension as what the EPA had proposed last year. According to the Sierra Club’s Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard, … [continued]
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