Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:44:54 +0000
I thought the title from R.E.M.’s 1987 song was a fitting headline for this article. I contemplated using Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” but I thought R.E.M.’s “stream of
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Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 03:06:39 +0000
Heat waves are on the rise. That’s when we experience elevated temperatures and humidity for a few days. Extreme heat can harm everyone’s health, but some groups are more at risk. Here are five groups that should be extra cautious during a heat wave.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 02:28:52 +0000
Japan’s largest utility said it will start the first of three units at a new natural gas-fired power plant near Tokyo in an effort to provide more electricity during the […]
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Credit to Author: Phil Cruver| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:03:51 +0000
For more than a century, fossil fuel companies have drilled oil and gas wells to increase the production, consumption, and export of fossil fuels. These wells are often abandoned once […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:22:53 +0000
Extreme temperature and weather events have become more prevalent in the past decade. In fact, July 2023 is shaping up to be “the hottest single month on Earth on record, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:47:11 +0000
What would be the largest single-employer strike in US history may soon be avoided if UPS and the Teamsters union reach an agreement on adding life-saving cooling equipment in more than 90,000 fleet vehicles. UPS is the largest employer here in Louisville, Kentucky, so a strike would have serious implications for the metro region as […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:45:32 +0000
I had the opportunity to sit down for 90 minutes with Dilip Chandrasekaran, engineer, materials science PhD and SVP of industrial heat leader Kanthal.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:18:00 +0000
Few power-generating resources present the combination of workhouse abilities that combined heat and power (CHP) does. But, powered predominantly by fossil fuels, will CHP find its unique footing within the
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Read moreCredit to Author: Mike Ting| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:54:22 +0000
Climate change is continuing to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels. In just a single day in late June, the United States set or broke at least 21 high-temperature records. So, what do we do to cool down? We crank up the air conditioner. But with each surge in energy demand, our aging grid is being […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 22:29:50 +0000
India’s Power Ministry, despite the country facing shortages of electricity in recent years and as recently as the past month, said it plans to reduce the amount of power generation from at least 81 of the country’s 173 coal-fired power plants over the next four years. The agency, in a letter dated May 26 that […]
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