Tag: Environment
Recycling Lead-Acid Batteries Has Significant Health Risks
Dealing with the health and environmental risks from recycling lead used in batteries is something most car makers want nothing to do with.
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Humanoid Robots Labeled Next Big Bubble For Chinese Companies
The Chinese government has made developing humanoid robots a top priority in its latest 5 year plan. Will anyone be able to compete?
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What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution
By Victoria Witke
Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.
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A Pipeline That Won’t Be Built and the Real Trade Beneath the Canadian Climate Deal
The public debate around the Canadian Smith Carney memorandum of understanding (MOU) has focused on what appears to be a federal retreat on climate policy in exchange for support for a new crude oil pipeline. That surface reading is easy to reach in the first hours and days of commentary. … [continued]
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You Can’t Buy This America: EVs from US Brands at Auto Guangzhou
Today is known as Black Friday in the US, the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. It’s a holiday of consumption in a country that consumes more than any other. As everybody is busy buying today, I thought it would be a good time … [continued]
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