Environment
Photos: Flash flooding in Texas forces road closures and high-water rescues
Brooke Conley looks for personal items to salvage at her flooded wellness studio in the Fair Park section of Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Residents are cleaning up the day after heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area caused flash flooding. LM Otero | AP Residents in the area of Dallas, Texas are recovering […]
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Japan just signaled a huge shift in its put up-Fukushima future
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida photographed in the course of a news meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Rodrigo Reyes-Marin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The primary minister of Japan mentioned Wednesday that his country would restart a lot more idled nuclear ability crops and appear into the feasibility of building next-gen reactors. Fumio Kishida’s […]
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Microsoft and Alaska Airlines are working with this startup to make clean jet fuel from carbon emissions
Sustainable aviation fuel, commonly called SAF, has so far been expensive to produce, but new startups are now creating clean fuels out of carbon at a much cheaper cost. Now, new tax credits for clean fuel production from the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act could propel these companies further faster. Most SAF is made out […]
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EV maker Polestar to present batteries for ‘flying’ electric powered boats
A Candela boat photographed in Sweden in August 2021. Candela utilizes hydrofoils, which elevate a vessel’s hull over the water’s area when travelling. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Luxurious EV maker Polestar will provide battery and charging systems to electric boat business Candela immediately after the two Swedish firms signed a multi-12 months […]
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Zelenskyy warns of ‘particularly cruel’ attack forward of Ukraine national day shelling batters city in close proximity to nuclear plant
Zelenskyy warns of ‘particularly nasty’ Russian attack forward of Ukraine’s independence day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of primarily unsafe action by Russia in advance of Ukraine’s national day on Aug. 24. “Russia may possibly test to do anything notably terrible, some thing specially cruel” this week, the president mentioned in his nightly address, as […]
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Delta, the NFL, and the U.S. Air Drive are turning to this app to get ready for extreme climate
As the severity, intensity and frequency of weather disasters maximize, planning is turning into extra essential than ever to protect lives, as well as infrastructure, companies and community economies. A single substantial-tech forecasting business is now stepping up, giving hyper-thorough weather conditions prediction and pre-storm approach plans, appropriate down to a metropolis block. Boston-primarily based […]
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Industry veterans take a shot at making fusion commercial with insanely powerful lasers
Inside what’s called the amplifier bay of the Texas Petawatt Laser, where the energy of a laser pulse is boosted. The green light are the pump lasers that amplify or boost the energy of the main laser. Photo courtesy Todd Ditmire As the effects of climate change become more obvious, the promise of nuclear fusion […]
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Ukraine authorities stage nuclear catastrophe exercise; Kyiv working to get inspectors into occupied power plant
Ukraine working to get IAEA mission into occupied nuclear power plant A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug. 4, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday night that […]
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Zelenskyy speaks to Macron as fears over nuclear plant mount; explosions hit Russian ammo depot in Crimea
Zelenskyy warns Ukrainians to avoid Russian military installations due to reports of explosions Smoke rises after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea August 9, 2022. Stringer | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked people in Crimea and other heavily occupied areas of Ukraine to not go near […]
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BlackRock makes $700 million investment in Australian battery storage
Wind turbines in Australia. Earlier this year, a report from Australia’s Clean Energy Council said renewables were responsible for 32.5% of the country’s electricity generation in 2021. Josh Hawley | Moment | Getty Images A fund under the management of BlackRock Real Assets is set to acquire Akaysha Energy, an Australian firm that develops battery […]
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