Tag: restoration
Inside The Iberian Grid Collapse: What Really Went Wrong
On April 28, 2025, the Iberian Peninsula experienced a dramatic blackout. At exactly 12:33:30, a cascading failure disconnected the grids of Spain and Portugal from the wider European electricity system, plunging millions into darkness. We now have not the hot takes of the usual anti-renewables rabble, but the 192-page report … [continued]
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Reclaiming Coal Country: 300 GW Solar Goldmine From Coal Mine Conversions
In a landmark report released this month, Global Energy Monitor reveals that converting recently closed and soon-to-be-retired coal mines into solar farms could boost global solar capacity by nearly 300 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 — a 15% increase over today’s total installed solar base. The report, titled “Bright Side of … [continued]
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Letters to the Editor: June 18, 2025
With so many homeless and the great cost to taxpayers, one Free Press reader says it’s time to look at new ideas to help the homeless.
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
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The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension.
Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.
Agrivoltaics & The Underdogs Of The Natural World
Biodiversity is one of the benefits of agrivoltaics, and biodiversity is displayed in all of its weirdness in the new Ryan Reynolds nature documentary series.
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