Climate
Rooftop solar: How homeowners should do the math on the climate change investment
Solar panels create electricity on the roof of a house in Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S., June 6, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. Brian Snyder | Reuters When Josh Hurwitz decided to put solar power on his Connecticut house, he had three big reasons: To cut his carbon footprint, to eventually store electricity in a solar-powered […]
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How states across the West are using cloud seeding to make it rain
Whenever there’s a big storm in the American West, pilots are likely flying into the eye, seeding clouds with a substance called silver iodide. The goal is to increase precipitation. Cloud seeding has been around since the 1940s. It’s become widespread of late as the West battles a drought of historic proportions. States, utility companies […]
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Airlines can price climate change into your plane ticket. There are reasons to not buy it
Andia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images If you are upset that legroom on airplanes is shrinking, you may be relieved to hear that your footprint may be next. Your carbon footprint. Airplane passengers are now given the option to offset the environmental impact of their own flight by paying an extra airfare fee […]
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Bill Gates-backed nuclear demonstration project in Wyoming delayed for the reason that Russia was the only gas resource
An artist rendering of the highly developed nuclear energy reactor demonstration challenge that Invoice Gates’ nuclear innovation firm, TerraPower, plans to develop in the frontier-period coal town, Kemmerer, Wyoming. Rendering courtesy TerraPower TerraPower’s advanced reactor demonstration will encounter delays of at least two many years mainly because its only supply of gasoline was Russia, and […]
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Planned wind farm informed it will need to shut down for 5 months a calendar year to shield parrots
An Orange-Bellied Parrot perched on the edge of a feeding bowl. The species is listed as getting critically endangered. Margot Kiesskalt | Istock | Getty Illustrations or photos Designs for a major new wind farm in Australia ended up presented the thumbs up this thirty day period — on the provision its turbines go offline […]
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BP invests millions in company that supplies ‘rapidly deployable’ solar tech
The BP logo displayed outside a gas station in England on August 15, 2022. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP said it is investing 20 million Australian dollars ($13.53 million) in Australian renewable company 5B, which specializes in solar technology. The energy major said the investment in 5B — made via […]
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California cuts payments to homeowners for solar panels feeding energy back to the grid
Save A Lot Solar contractors install LG Electronics solar panels on a home in Hayward, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday passed a proposal that will reduce compensation provided to households for the surplus electricity their rooftop solar panels […]
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Satellite imagery venture Planet delivers record quarter, sees annual revenue nearing $200 million
Will Marshall, Co-Founder & CEO of Planet Inc., celebrates his company’s listing on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, December 8, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Satellite imagery and data company Planet reported record third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, forecasting nearly $200 million in annual revenue. “Planet’s growth continues […]
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The Arctic is finding hotter and stormier, and ship site visitors is growing as ice melts
Martin Leonhard of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project (EastGRIP) operates snow blower placing a new snow ground for the wintertime-storage weather conditions port tent at EastGRIP camp on August 9, 2022. EastGRIP is an intercontinental science station on the Greenland ice sheet, the 2nd-largest ice body in the entire world after the Antarctic ice cap. […]
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Ford boosts production of electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck
Corey Williams, plant manager at Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant and Rouge electric vehicle center, outlines the automaker’s production plans for the F-150 Lightning electric pickup during a facility tour on Dec. 13, 2022. Michael Wayland | CNBC DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor has added a third production shift to its Michigan plant that produces the […]
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