Great Lakes Echo

Green clues: Crime-busters turn to moss to help solve crimes 

5 min read

By Eric Freedman

Tiny pieces of moss can be crime-busters, says a study examining how law enforcement agencies, forensic teams and botanists have used moss to solve murders, track missing people, calculate how long ago someone died and – in a notorious Mason County case – try to locate the body of a baby murdered by her father.

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Clean Technica

Op-Ed: Japan’s Offshore Wind Dream Hits a Wall — Can Industry Reform Save It?

7 min read

When Mitsubishi Corporation walked away from three massive offshore wind projects in August, paying ¥20 billion in penalties rather than proceeding, it sent shockwaves through Japan’s renewable energy sector. For a trading giant to abandon 1.7 gigawatts of capacity — enough to power 1.3 million homes — it signaled something … [continued]

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Clean Technica

Is China Looking For Protection Against Oil Price Spikes Or Something More?

5 min read

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica just wrote an excellent piece on oil production and oil demand trends. You have to read that before getting into this one. Also, as Juan said, this is an extremely complicated and opaque topic. Reading the piece, though, I was struck by China’s stockpiling of oil … [continued]

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Clean Technica

Luxgen: Taiwan’s Largely Unknown EV Brand

8 min read

When Luxgen was introduced to the world in 2009, it felt like Taiwan was finally ready to declare itself a serious player in the global automotive industry. For decades, Yulon Motor had been known mainly as a manufacturer under license, building Nissans for the local market. But Luxgen was different. … [continued]

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