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Clean Energy & Pork Production at Milford, Utah

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There is a strange confluence of clean energy and pork production near Milford, Utah, 208 miles south of Salt Lake City, and 30 miles west of Beaver. Located there, just north of Milford in Beaver County, is the largest solar farm in Utah. It is the Escalante Solar Project, which … [continued]

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Great Lakes Now

Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?

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Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?

By Jake Bittle and Zoya Teirstein

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.

When Joe Biden first became president, some found it hard to believe that he cared very much about climate change.

With a global pandemic raging, the former vice president and longtime senator pitched his 2020 campaign as a return to normalcy and a referendum on the erratic leadership of Donald Trump.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Clean Technica

Renault’s Automotive Pedigree Sells the Megane E-Tech Down Under

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That’s what the Renault salesperson told me yesterday when I went to check out the Renault Megane E-Tech. After my experience driving the Zoe 6 years ago, I was prepared to be disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised. The Megane is an attractive mid-range CUV. The three white cars, clustered together … [continued]

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Clean Technica Research

Seaweed Farms Are An Important Carbon Sequestration Strategy

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We know that plants sequester carbon dioxide. The Amazon rainforest (what’s left of it), mangrove swamps, and sea grasses all remove carbon dioxide from the air. But a recent study by the Oceans 2050 Global Seaweed Project found that seaweed farming can also be an important source of carbon sequestration. … [continued]

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Investment in water infrastructure could lead to thousands of new homes in Dundalk

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A nearly $3.5 million investment in critical water infrastructure should help pave the way to build up to 2,300 more homes in Dundalk. On Monday, outgoing Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers announced the government of Ontario will provide $3,462,139 to the Township of Southgate as part of the second intake of the Housing-Enabling Water Systems […]

Clean Technica

Musk’s Heil Gesture Is Important To The Next Four Years — And Here’s Why

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Dozens of world leaders joined a group of fewer than 50 Nazi death camp survivors in Poland this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. The event is unalterably linked to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon … [continued]

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