Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:25:36 +0000
Carbon capture and sequestration may or may not work but the US taxpayers will foot the bill either way, starting in Texas.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:49:56 +0000
A new National Geographic documentary depicts the human struggle following the killer earthquake and tsunami of 2004.
The post Earthquake And Remembrance: The Tsunami Of 2004 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 22:45:54 +0000
Sharp has just unveiled a new electric vehicle concept that recasts the humble minivan as a home-away-from-home for busy families and evacuees, too.
The post The Electric Vehicle As A Disaster Response Tool: Sharp Concept LDK+ Minivan Joins The Fray appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:00:29 +0000
“It’s difficult to watch this tragedy unfold, especially since we’ve known for a long time that the buildings in the region were not designed to withstand earthquakes,” said USGS scientist David Wald. “An earthquake this size has the potential to be damaging anywhere in the world, but many structures in this region are particularly vulnerable.”
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:41:22 +0000
Pleasantly called natural gas and sold to many as a better solution, a good transition fuel, natural gas has been dominating new US electricity capacity alongside renewable energy. Yet, hydraulic fracking absolutely takes the “natural” out of it. Originally, natural gas was successfully sold as a cleaner transition fuel. Who knew there were not even laws on the books to address the hidden pollutants, and that there would be much information lacking about the truth of the acid stimulation, hydraulic fracturing, and other new extraction technologies
Credit to Author: Anna Merlan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:11:25 +0000
Independent “researchers” are sharing unfounded theories across social media, which have the potential to spread panic and confusion—and have even fooled legitimate government agencies.
Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 23:23:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Mikee Nazal was at home, watching television on a late Monday afternoon, when she suddenly felt like being on a “raft floating on water.”
The post Fault-line mapping reduces quake damage, saves lives – experts appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 23:26:40 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The timestamp on the CCTV footage read 5:07 p.m. on April 22, 2019. Within five seconds of the 6.1-magnitude quake, the ceiling fell, causing people inside Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga province, to panic.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 21:14:21 +0000
That was one hell of a day” was the last message I sent to a Viber group of professional geologists around 11 p.m. last April 23. I had provided virtual feeds as members of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the University of the Philippines’ National Institute of Geological Sciences (UP-NIGS) went around Pampanga, Bataan and Zambales to assess the infrastructure damage and geologic manifestations of the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit these provinces the previous day.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 06:33:12 +0000
A series of earthquakes rocked the municipality of General Luna in Surigao del Norte on Friday, Phivolcs said.
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