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Ridiculous DOGE Policies Threaten An End To US Research Efforts In Antarctica

March 11, 2025 admin antarctica, climate change, doge, elon musk, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:06:42 +0000

By now, most people have seen the video of a drug crazed serial philanderer carpetbagger from South Africa wielding a giant chainsaw at a recent CPAC conference, an obvious reference to what he and his stooges at DOGE plan to do to the federal government, having been given carte blanche … [continued]

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Debunking the Myth: Hydrogen’s Abundance Does Not Equal Accessibility

March 11, 2025 admin climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, iea, international energy agency (iea), natural gas, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:53:14 +0000

Saying hydrogen is abundant is like saying gold is easy to get—it’s out there, but extracting it is hard, expensive, and energy-intensive. The problem isn’t scarcity; the problem is accessibility. Hydrogen advocates often parrot the line that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, implying that it’s naturally … [continued]

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Hello, TELO!

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, mt1, telo, telo mt1, telo trucks

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:10:02 +0000

TELO Trucks unveiled its first pre-production prototype on March 6 and is now on pace to put it into production next year.

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Fighting for Breath: Wildfire Smoke, Climate Change, & the Urgency of Adaptation

March 11, 2025 admin Air pollution, air quality, buildings, climate change, HEALTH, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:55:28 +0000

Wildfire season is arriving earlier, lasting longer, and burning more intensely than ever before. Communities that once thought of wildfires as rare, late-summer events now find themselves choking on smoke as early as spring. Per FireSmoke.ca, there are over 200 wildfires burning in North America already, and it’s the beginning … [continued]

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How To Flip Marketing That Promotes A False “Future Of Energy” Vision

March 11, 2025 admin clean power, climate change, climate disinformation, disinformation, Fossil Fuels, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:00:39 +0000

To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, emissions need to be reduced by almost half by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050. The future of energy must focus on renewables. A clean energy transition is powerful and necessary to stabilize the planet, and strong leadership to promote … [continued]

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US Startup Brings New Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform To The World

March 11, 2025 admin clean power, Energy, floating offshore wind, floating wind, floating wind turbine platform, offshore wind energy, offshore wind leasing, offshore wind turbine platforms, renewable energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:57:47 +0000

A new floating offshore wind turbine platform will help streamline offshore wind farm construction all around the world, with the notable exception of the US.

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This Map Shows Us the 21st Century’s Biggest Energy Challenges

March 11, 2025 admin Donald Trump, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:51:40 +0000

A common online joke is that Trump only wants Greenland because it looks big on the map. But, the joke goes, he’s been fooled by the Mercator Projection, which makes things look bigger the closer they are to the north or south poles. Why? Because stretching the features of a … [continued]

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No Duty To Protect Us, But They Show Up For The Oligarchy

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, policy & politics, tesla

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:36:34 +0000

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (a prudent course of action in the US these days, especially for the unarmed), Elon Musk has been leading an effort to make the government more “efficient.” But, definitions of that word may vary. In Elon’s wake, there’s a lot of chaos and … [continued]

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New Zinc Battery Delivers 3–12 Hours Of Utility-Scale Energy Storage

March 11, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy, Energy Storage, eos energy storage, long-duration energy storage, renewable energy, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, zinc

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 03:03:41 +0000

The US startup Eos Energy Enterprises is scaling up production of its nonflammable, “Z3” zinc battery for long duration, utility scale energy storage.

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