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New MSU project: How agricultural production might be improved by solar panels to be studied
Researchers at Michigan State University are working to create an outdoor lab that monitors the effects of solar arrays on farms and their crops across the state. The goal of the project is to use solar energy to improve agricultural production.
Air Pollution Linked To Breast Cancer (Research)
Air pollution produced by gas and diesel vehicles is a bit tricky because sometimes we see it in the form of smog and smoke coming from tailpipes or bus or tractor-trailer stacks, but we don’t see most of it because it isn’t visible to the naked eye. One of the … [continued]
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Tax Fossil Fuel Profits to Reduce Exposure to Energy Price Spikes or End Subsidies
Fossil fuel companies made €180bn in taxable profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Fossil fuel companies made over €180bn in profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysis on behalf of T&E shows¹. T&E calls for excess profits … [continued]
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Battery Factories Show Trump Can’t Stop Clean Energy — He Can Only Slow It
Every few years, a new administration tries to steer the course of the energy transition by decree. Some do it by boosting clean technologies through subsidies and regulation. Others try to restore fossil fuel dominance by dismantling those same supports. The idea that a single political cycle can redirect a … [continued]
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Why Is 1.5°C (2.7°F) Not Just An Abstract Number For Global Warming Limits?
During the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, in 2015, 195 parties adopted the overarching goal to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.” It’s ten years … [continued]
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