Tag: RISK
Trump Redirects Pollution-Control Funding to Prop Up More Polluting Coal Plants
Washington, D.C. — Today, Politico reported that the Trump administration will use funding legally directed by Congress to reduce pollution to instead help build new and prop up aging, expensive, polluting coal plants. Responding to competitive pressure from lower cost and lower risk resources, utilities have voluntarily retired 158 coal plants over … [continued]
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Trump Judge Hands Another Offshore Wind #FAIL To Trump
Offshore wind turbines have been the bête noire of US President Donald Trump ever since 2013, when he brought a case against an offshore project in Scotland. He lost, and the rage has lingered all these years. The President can’t smack back against wind turbines in Scottish waters, but he … [continued]
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Reading The Food Systems Tea Leaves Through The Eyes Of A Giant Snake
When it comes to alerting the public about food contamination, public health officials can use all the help they can get — and they may be getting it, from a snake. Specifically, the giant anaconda that featured in the new National Geographic series Pole to Pole with Will Smith is contributing … [continued]
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The Opportunity Costs of Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone
Germany has now completed and pressurized roughly 400 km of hydrogen backbone pipeline with no connected suppliers and no contracted customers, a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere. The infrastructure exists and is operational, but no hydrogen is flowing to anyone who has agreed to pay for it. This is not … [continued]
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More Sodium-Ion Batteries Are Suddenly Emerging
At the beginning of January, CleanTechnica’s Christopher Arcus took note of the sudden, seemingly out-of-the-blue emergence of sodium-ion batteries on the global energy storage scene, and here we are just midway through the month with more news about sodium-ion batteries. This time it’s the US firm Unigrid, which has set … [continued]
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