Energy & Green Tech
Humans send millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the air each year—by generating electricity, manufacturing products, driving, flying and doing other routine activities. And while plants can absorb some of that ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. Climate scientists view it as the tool with the greatest potential to reduce carbon dioxide ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Fluorine can be a beneficial ingredient in medicines because of its excellent pharmacological properties, according to Phillip Milner, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years.
Jan 14, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
As the recent disaster in Texas showed, climate change requires electricity utilities to prepare for extreme events. This "global weirding" leads to more intense storms, higher wind speeds, heatwaves and droughts that can ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Engineering
This year's heightened drumbeat of extreme weather shows us how little time we actually have to slash emissions.
Sep 21, 2023
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Business
A new supply chain shortage is on the horizon, and it impacts the international effort to curb global warming.
Jan 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As winter approaches, and with energy bills at record highs, insulating the UK's leaky homes has never been more urgent. With 14% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from heating and powering homes, it would also help the ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Business
The City of Los Angeles' plan to rely entirely on renewable electricity sources by 2035 won't have a significant effect on the local economy, according to new research from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.
Jan 16, 2024
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Business
The chemical industry is the world's largest industrial energy consumer and the third-largest source of industrial emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. In 2019, the industrial sector as a whole was responsible ...
Feb 1, 2023
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