Clean Technica Research

Paving the Road for Cement and Concrete Technologies

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NREL Brings Together Specialists From Across the Country To Discuss Cement and Concrete for Its Third Annual Critical Technologies Meeting Cement and concrete are essential to United States infrastructure, from our roadways to the buildings we occupy. Accounting for 50% of all materials produced globally, domestic production of this critical material is … [continued]

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Clean Technica

Why The EV Industry Misjudged Battery Swapping — And How We Can Get It Right This Time

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By Lixiong Wu, Founder of Extenergy | Sustainable Energy Systems Architect and EV Innovation Entrepreneur | Holder of U.S. Patent for Modular Battery Swapping Platform The idea of battery swapping in electric vehicles (EVs) isn’t new. In fact, it has been tested at scale — and failed. Most in the … [continued]

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Great Lakes Echo

John Ball Zoo Fights for Great Lakes’ Rarest Butterflies

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By Donté Smith 
Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020 according to a study in the journal Science. Almost a third of the 342 species studied have seen their numbers fall by more than half.  To help combat that trend, the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, launched its Great Lakes Rare Butterfly Program in 2021 to protect the region’s most threatened species.

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Climate change Great Lakes Now Ohio

Cleveland, NOACA seek public input on climate action plan

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Cleveland, NOACA seek public input on climate action plan

By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media

This story was originally published by Ideastream.

Several northeast Ohio counties will soon have a regional climate action plan with recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that worsen the effects of climate change like extreme heat, severe storms and worsened water quality.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.