Energy & Green Tech
Oil and gas prices skyrocketed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in spring 2022, creating a global energy crisis similar to the oil crisis of the 1970s. While some countries used the price shock to accelerate the ...
Oct 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
With gas prices soaring and food costs pinching family budgets, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at WPI is looking at ways to use food waste to make a renewable and more affordable fuel replacement for oil-based diesel. ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Firebricks, designed to withstand high heat, have been part of our technological arsenal for at least three millennia, since the era of the Hittites. Now, a proposal from MIT researchers shows this ancient invention could ...
Sep 6, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
Investment in solar power is expected to overtake oil for the first time this year as clean energy spending outpaces that for fossil fuels, the IEA said in a report Thursday.
May 25, 2023
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Automotive
The Biden administration is proposing stiff new automobile pollution limits that would require up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
If you look carefully at the energy vampires in any house, there's one common denominator: heat. This means cooking can be among your biggest costs, along with electric heaters and warming water for washing and radiators. ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Business
The German industrial company Siemens will invest more than $100 million in a network of electric vehicle charging stations in North America operated by Volkswagen.
Jun 28, 2022
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Automotive
If you're thinking about buying an electric vehicle, whether due to soaring fuel prices or to lower your greenhouse gas emissions, where you live can make a huge difference to how climate-friendly your car is.
Apr 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The rapid rise in gas prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine has renewed calls for the U.S. to become "energy independent."
Mar 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The war in Ukraine has caused oil prices to surge to the highest level since 2008, with gas prices in some areas of California creeping up to $6 per gallon. Rising prices have led renewable energy advocates like Tesla CEO ...
Mar 16, 2022
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