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Leclanché LeBlock battery storage selected for installation at German solar power plant
Rendering of how the system will look at the Sembach site. Note the rows of BatteryBlocks with green detail, bookended...
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Canada Leads World with $11B in Public Financing for Fossil Fuel Development
Export Development Canada shows up as the world’s biggest provider of trade and development finance for fossil fuels, averaging US$11...
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Should EPA Back-Off Pollution Controls to Help LNG Exports Replace Russian Gas in Germany?
Cheniere Energy says the agency’s decision to start enforcing pollution controls on gas turbines is “counterproductive” in light of Russia’s...
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Overcome Climate Fatalism By Talking Solutions, Climate Communicators Urged
A summary of public opinion research on what Canadians really think about climate change concludes that climate communicators urgently need...
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My Views on Climate Change/Global Warming and A Cool/Showery Forecast for the Next Week
Several readers of this blog asked that I provide a summary of my views on global warming.To respond to these...
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Do mushrooms really use language to talk to each other? A fungi expert investigates
Alexander_Volkov/Shutterstock Nearly all of Earth’s organisms communicate with each other in one way or another, from the nods and dances...
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Slow fashion: saving the planet with style
Caterina Trimarchi/ShutterstockEach time you drag a new item of clothing into a virtual shopping basket, you may be supporting an...
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Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home
Much of the UK's tidal energy infrastructure is based in Scottish waters. First Minister of Scotland/Flickr, CC BY-NCTidal energy has...
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Solar Energy Corporation of India launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ 1,000MWh battery storage tender
India’s Central Electricity Authority has an expectation that more than 100GWh of battery storage will be needed by 2029-2030 to...
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Careless Russian Operations Around Chornobyl Show Hazards of Nuclear Plants in War Zones
As we learn more about the negligence of Russian generals who ignored warnings that the radioactive forest surrounding Chornobyl was...
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