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Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
Oceans absorb 90% of the excess global heat, and in 2020 ocean temperatures reached the highest ever temperatures. Experts say it is expected to continue for at least several decades as ocean response times are slower than air. This report builds on a previous report published in 2019 which found …
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How Australians Are Trading Solar Energy With Their Neighbors – Great Big Story
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In Perth, Australia, solar tech company Power Ledger is in the business of peer-to-peer electricity trading, where you can trade electricity between your neighbours. As you are probably aware, Australia gets lots of sun, and in recent years more and more households have been installing solar panels on their roofs. …
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ARE THERE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES OF GOING TO 100 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY?
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
Although renewable energy is the key to combating climate change and greenhouse emissions, there are several critical downsides that cannot be overlooked. The downsides stem from increases in metal demand that occur as these renewable energy sources become more and more omnipresent. Metal mining activities will increase to match demand. …
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Want to actually fix the environment? Change how buildings are built
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
Buildings account for 1/3 of emissions and 74% of energy consumption in the US, and some cities are already employing building codes to reduce these figures. During the most recent updates to the International Energy Conservation Code, which is used as the baseline for new constructions in the US, zero …
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This Solar-Powered Pavement Harvests Energy from Under your Feet
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
A company named Platio has created an innovative energy harnessing method using plastic waste and people’s footsteps. The plastic waste is first converted into solar panels which are then used as pavements that harness energy as people walk on them. The panels employ a special pressuring method to convert pressure …
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Zinc-ion batteries: 'Up to 50% cheaper than lithium-ion, with no raw-materials concerns'
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
Start-up Salient Energy is developing an alternative to lithium batteries using zinc, resulting in a cheaper, longer lasting and safer energy source. The advent of electric vehicles is quickly increasing the need to expand the world’s grids and coupled with the shortage of lithium metal, there is some urgency to …
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It’s official: Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. Now what?
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
New evidence from the Commission of Environmental Cooperation proves that Alberta’s oil sands are leaking toxic tailing fluid into the groundwater and many questions who will be responsible for the remediation of these sites. The investigation and resulting evidence comes after a complaint which was brought forward in 2017 against …
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