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Trump EPA Trying to Claw Back $20 Billion in Green Grants — This Is Not Normal Politics

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People do not seem to understand how the US is supposed to work anymore. And while the Trump administration was supposedly going to focus on lowering costs for Americans, that’s not at all what it’s been doing so far. Instead, a key focus has been attacking programs and agencies that … [continued]

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Want To Help The US Government Become More Productive? Increase Appliance And Building Efficiency

7 min read

With climate change becoming an ever-pressing issue, the demand for building efficiency has taken on new meaning. A global emphasis on sustainability had dominated the building industry in recent years, and a green building focus seemed to be the norm for new construction. But then the Trumpsters, with Project 2025 … [continued]

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What “We Can’t Believe The ‘Experts’” Means

6 min read

We are in a royal freakin’ mess. The world is more complicated than ever. We use and are surrounded by more things that we don’t understand than ever before. Information overload is so last decade — now we’re absolutely drowning in information and misinformation, probably more the latter than the … [continued]

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Last Month Was The Hottest January On Record

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With many of us experiencing a very cold January, I’m sure millions of people were inclined to think, “Global warming? What global warming? Pfff!” However, just because the door to the Arctic was opened for a bit and sent a frost down our way, that doesn’t mean the world as … [continued]

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Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries Offers Benefits Over Mining Virgin Metals

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Recycling lithium-ion batteries is the way to go, according to a new Stanford University lifecycle analysis published in Nature Communications. That’s because recovering the critical metals from used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has significantly lower environmental impacts than does mining virgin metals. Recycling critical materials in end-of-life LIBs can help alleviate … [continued]

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