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Trust in Transition: Why Global Aviation Is Starting to Fly on Chinese Certification

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When Brunei quietly announced that it would recognize the airworthiness rules of China’s Civil Aviation Administration, it seemed like a bureaucratic footnote. But the decision is a bellwether. By accepting CAAC certification as valid within its own jurisdiction, Brunei effectively declared that it trusts Chinese aviation regulators as much as … [continued]

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Carney’s Nuclear Detour: Darlington’s SMRs Will Raise Prices, Emissions, & Political Risks

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In October 2025, the federal government officially designated the four-unit SMR build at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site as a “Major Project” and invested $2 billion through the Canada Growth Fund, alongside $1 billion from the provincial Building Ontario Fund, signalling that the federal government views the SMR programme both … [continued]

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Island Ports Enable Long-Distance Electric Shipping

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International shipping contributes to CO2, NO2, and SO2 emissions. Pollution from Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), colloquially termed bunker fuel, has long been considered a problem. Heavy Fuel Oil has high sulfur content, and the global shipping industry produces 12% and 13% respectively of global SO2 and NO2 emissions, contributing a … [continued]

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Significant Savings from 120-Volt Heat Pump Water Heaters

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Some interesting data crossed our desk this week out of California. The Tech Clean California program, which provides heat pump and heat pump water heater incentives in California, reported in an earlier meeting this year some significant savings for the 120V plug-in heat pump water heater (HPWH). Their data confirmed … [continued]

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