Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:18:38 +0000
Sometimes, climate change can seem like such a daunting and insurmountable challenge that even reading about seemingly small (but terrifying) temperature shifts, unusual weather patterns, or shrinking water supplies can feel, well, exhausting. That is why we try to offer good news, in bite-sized nuggets, that show just a few of the many solutions our […]
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:00:41 +0000
Greenland is home to the planet’s largest ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Observations collected from the ground, air, and space have revealed rapid thinning in the northeast part of this ice sheet that could contribute more to sea level rise than previously thought. “Rivers” of relatively fast-moving ice, known as ice streams, generally flow from […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:45:07 +0000
Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As this busy year at NREL draws to a close, we look back at some of the laboratory’s most impactful accomplishments from 2022 […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:05:04 +0000
Harvest Thermal uses CO2-based heat pumps from Sanden with hot water heat storage to time arbitrage electricity rates from solar peaks to evening comfort.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:30:17 +0000
The current revision returns many wetlands and waterways previously restricted by the Trump administration back to the EPA’s regulatory authority, although it doesn’t have the entire latitude that the Obama-Biden administration’s 2015 rule did.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:15:35 +0000
The Biden administration has rolled out in a final what it says is a “durable” definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), potentially capping a legal and political battle that has raged for nearly two decades. The final rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army on […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:27:11 +0000
Every month, POWER magazine publishes several articles in its Global Monitor section covering topics important to the electric power generation industry. The articles typically feature interesting updates on progress made at notable projects around the world, big policy changes, or promising research and development (R&D) news. Short notes about major contracts are also touched on […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:00:01 +0000
In the early 2010s, Kerry Strout Grantham trekked along Maine’s Appalachian Trail — not to find moose or loons or to forge rivers or brave the 100-mile wilderness (though she did all that, too). Instead, she hiked and paddled to find other hikers and to ask them a few questions about a very different kind […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:53:29 +0000
Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:00:38 +0000
The extensive drought in the American Southwest has lowered the flow of water in the Colorado River to a fraction of normal.