Tag: study
Volvo Crushes Other Automakers On Green Steel
Volvo is not normal. We have written about green steel a number of times, but who is actually using it? As you might have guessed by now, the answer is Volvo Cars. Volvo invented the seatbelt, and then gave it away for free. In topic after topic, I see the … [continued]
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Mass Timber & Fire Safety: What The Evidence Shows
Mass timber is scaling for obvious reasons. It is lighter than concrete, faster to assemble than steel, and carries the climate advantage of storing carbon drawn down from the atmosphere. That combination is powerful for developers and policymakers trying to hit cost and emissions targets. The unavoidable question is whether … [continued]
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Report says growing demand from data centers, industry could stress Great Lakes water
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes states should take steps to protect water resources from increasing demand from data centers and other industries, according to a new report.
The analysis by the nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes found data centers may withdraw as much as 150 billion gallons of water nationally over the next five years.
Mooz the dog helps scientists study threatened turtles
By Rachel Lewis
The Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians’ Natural Resources Department has been working to conserve the threatened wood turtle. Their top team member is Mooz, a 9-year-old labradoodle who has been helping his owner, Bill Parsons, find wood turtles for the past five years.
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Plastic Recycling Not Requiring Sorting Could Be Coming
New catalyst could make mixed plastic recycling a reality. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can drastically reduce — or perhaps even fully bypass — the laborious … [continued]
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