Tag Archives: environment

Futurism: Bill Gates Gives Up on Climate Change

Posted on January 1, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Bill Gates Gives Up on Climate Change That’s enough of that. By Joe Wilkins Published Mar 14, 2025 8:54 AM EDT In decades past, as the effects of climate change slowly became undeniable, some looked to the super-rich — the billionaires with … Continue reading →

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Electricity through osmosis: Japan opens landmark osmotic power plant

Posted on September 17, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Energy Electricity through osmosis: Japan opens landmark osmotic power plant By Chelsea Haney September 16, 2025 A desalination plant in Fukuoka has been connected to a new kind of osmotic electricity generator. Fukuoka Area Waterworks Imagine generating power not from sunlight … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Norway and World’s Largest Sand Battery

Posted on August 28, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Energy The world’s largest sand battery just went live in Finland By Abhimanyu Ghoshal August 27, 2025 With its 100-MWh capacity, Pornainen’s sand battery is the largest in the world Polar Night Energy View 3 Images View gallery – 3 images … Continue reading →

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The Deep View: Google goes nuclear (again)

Posted on May 9, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Google goes nuclear (again) Source: ChatGPT 4o Image Generation Google announced that it’s bankrolling Elementl Power, a two-year old company with LinkedIn listing under 20 staff, to identify and permit three U.S. reactor sites, each slated for ≥ 600 MW. One block that … Continue reading →

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Deep View: How AI will shape the future of energy

Posted on April 10, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Report: How AI will shape the future of energy Source: Unsplash The International Energy Agency (IEA) today published an extensive (300-page!) report on the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and energy.  The work aims to inject data-based projections into a landscape that … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation

Posted on January 14, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Watch the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement on January 28 Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it.

Posted on January 9, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it. By Durwood J. Zaelke, Paul Bledsoe | January 8, 2025 Floating icebergs off the coast … Continue reading →

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IMPACT Fast Company: Denmark is returning 15% of its farmland back to nature. Comment: Could this happen in Ireland at the request of the EU?

Posted on November 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

11-21-2024 IMPACT Denmark is returning 15% of its farmland back to nature The country plans to plant a billion trees as it transitions some farmland back to forests and peatlands. [Photo: Westersoe/Getty Images] BY Adele Peters3 minute read On farms in … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Ireland and surfing; now here is an option for renewables

Posted on November 20, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Energy First onshore wave energy project in the US gets official nod By Paul Ridden November 19, 2024 EWP is looking to complete installation of its wave energy system at the Port of LA site but Q1 2025, which should look … Continue reading →

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The Guardian: Concerned about your data use? Here is the carbon footprint of an average day of emails, WhatsApps and more. What about a “Data Diet”? UK is open to data centres from the major technology companies. However, “In fact, Ireland, the Netherlands and Singapore are so worried about the energy impact of datacentres that they have imposed moratoria on new developments.”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Support the Guardian Fund independent journalism with €12 per monthSupport us The Guardian – Back to home What is the carbon footprint of normal online activity? Composite: Guardian Design; Getty Images Environment Concerned about your data use? Here is the … Continue reading →

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