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Provincial funding in the nick of time to save local snowmobile trails
Faced with rising costs, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs was preparing to consolidate its vast network of snowmobile trails before the province stepped in with an influx of cash.
New China-Funded Port In Peru May Have Ecological Drawbacks
A new port facility in Chancay, Peru was funded largely by China, but environmental impacts may be larger than expected,
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Trump EPA Opens Door for More Haze Pollution in Texas, Benefiting Wealthy Utilities
Texas — Today the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved two do-nothing haze pollution plans from the Texas government, ignoring public pleas for EPA to reduce the harmful haze pollution that clouds Texas skies year round and makes people sick. Wealthy coal plant owners — like NRG and Luminant — now have permission … [continued]
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Seabed Mining Meets Reality: What the Technoeconomic Evidence Shows
I was pleased to be asked to complete the technoeconomic assessment of seabed mining by the National Ocean Protection Coalition and to join the webinar discussing its results. It is not often that I have the opportunity to bring together decades of work in complex systems analysis, technology readiness, and … [continued]
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Member States Seize Last Chance to Unlock Clean Truck Deal
EU government ministers sign off on new Weights & Dimensions which grant trucks extra weight to accommodate heavier zero-emission technologies. After more than two years of deadlock EU government ministers have finally unlocked negotiations on rules to grant trucks extra weight to accommodate heavier clean technologies. This was the last … [continued]
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