Tag: Western
New Syncraft Powerplant Being Built In Partnership With Procarbic
In Zwickau, Germany, construction is starting on a new Syncraft Climate Positive Powerplant that will turn regional forest waste into renewable energy and green carbon. The project is led by BiokohlenWerk Zwickau and is coordinated by Procarbic Management, part of the Prolignis Group. The technology at the heart of the … [continued]
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New China-Funded Port In Peru May Have Ecological Drawbacks
A new port facility in Chancay, Peru was funded largely by China, but environmental impacts may be larger than expected,
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Destined to Fail: False Assumptions on Climate, Trade, and Society Cripple U.S. Security Strategy
A national security strategy is supposed to describe the world as it is and explain how a country intends to navigate the constraints and opportunities in front of it. It is meant to be a map, not a message, and certainly not a mirror held up to a single political … [continued]
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Your Single-Use Plastic Bottles Are Killing Endangered Sea Turtles
Those plastic bottles that are so readily available at convenience stores, groceries, conferences, and sports venues are a real problem: they kill marine creatures. A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that plastic ingestion has been documented in nearly 1,300 marine species, including every … [continued]
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Largest Utah Coal Plant Goes Quiet as Los Angeles Goes Coal-Free
Utah’s largest coal-fired power plant — the Intermountain Power Project (IPP), located in the Great Basin region of western Utah and primarily serving southern California — is no longer operating, after the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power quietly pulled the plug just before Thanksgiving. The shutdown happened with … [continued]
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