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    Battery trends

    Two key advantages of fossil fuels are the energy density of the fuel itself and the ease of storing energy that a molecule based fuel offers. Most homes have a huge energy store sitting in the car gasoline tank in the garage, or perhaps in an LPG / propane tank in another part of the house. The...
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    Could the transition drive emissions up?

    One question that comes up quite regularly about the energy transition is the amount of energy, and therefore emissions, required for the transition itself. This is the energy required for making solar PV modules, wind turbines, batteries and so on. Further up the supply chain there is also the...
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    Different planes or new fuels?

    Over 60 years ago I went on the first plane ride that I can recall, a relatively new Qantas Boeing 707 V-Jet from Malaya to Australia (we had travelled to the Federation of Malaya – as it was then – some three years earlier by ship), returning to Australia after my father’s military assignment...
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    Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells

    The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere. By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica This story is a...
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    Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

    Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows. The project’s failure leaves an uncertain future for Corpus Christi. By Dylan Baddour After a decade of efforts and tens of millions of dollars...
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    Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer

    New research shows the links between human-caused warming and rising fire risks in Europe, and offers a path toward a more resilient future. By Bob Berwyn A new attribution report published Thursday shows that global warming made the extreme hot and dry conditions preceding this summer’s...
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    Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

    Power plant owners responded to high gas prices by burning more coal in the first half of this year. By Dan Gearino Coal and utility-scale solar power each gained market share in the first half of this year, newly released data on U.S. electricity generation show.
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    Pennsylvania Plastics Pollution Settlement Could Set a National Precedent for Control of Pellets

    The case is the first citizen suit to successfully settle over “nurdles” in an inland waterway. State regulators weighed in to help. By Jon Hurdle A Pennsylvania plastics manufacturer will pay $2.6 million for allegedly violating the federal Clean Water Act and will ensure that no more of its...
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    Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments

    Protesters gathered outside the headquarters of APS on Thursday to criticize the utility’s decision to walk back its clean energy commitments, build new gas pipelines and raise its customers’ electricity rates. By Wyatt Myskow PHOENIX—Despite a summer in which nearly 600 people are suspected to...
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    House Republicans Push New Coal Bills, but Critics Say the Industry’s Decline Can’t Be Reversed

    Bills a subcommittee considered this week would streamline the approval of new coal leases and exempt some coal projects from environmental reviews. By Carl David Goette-Luciak President Donald Trump has made reviving the coal industry a political and policy priority in his second term...
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    Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds

    Declines in cooling sulfates combined with increases in greenhouse gas concentrations have increased the intensity and frequency of African heat waves. And the temperature spikes may be even more intense than has been recorded. By Chad Small When Southern Europe was hit by a catastrophic heat...
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    ‘Because of the Goddarn Plant.’ Fishermen in Southwest Louisiana Say LNG Terminals Are to Blame for Shrimp Harvest Decline

    Commercial fishermen are leaving what was once the seafood capital of America in search of shrimp as LNG export terminals move in. By Phil McKenna CAMERON, La.—Ray Mallett started fishing near the mouth of the Calcasieu River more than half a century ago as part of the “mosquito fleet,” a...
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    The Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year. Watchdogs Say That’s Only Half The Story

    Critics say the Trump administration’s willingness to greenlight any of the fossil fuel industry’s requests allows it to spend less on lobbying. By Aidan Hughes The energy and natural resource sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying the federal government so far this year...
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    Window Box Garden | Impressive way of gardening

    The post Window Box Garden | Impressive way of gardening appeared first on Naturebring. Window Box Garden | Impressive way of gardening By: Yash Date 01.12.2016 Windows box to gardening successfully requires little effort...
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    7 Easy Garden ideas | Make your garden beautiful

    The post 7 Easy Garden ideas | Make your garden beautiful appeared first on Naturebring. 7 Easy Garden ideas | Make your garden beautiful Some people have no much time and money to decorate their gardens. But the garden cleaning, care, Watering and Garden Pruning is necessary if not it can be...
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    7 Easy Garden Path ideas | Garden Path simple ideas

    The post 7 Easy Garden Path ideas | Garden Path simple ideas appeared first on Naturebring. Garden path ideas 7 Easy garden path ideas | Garden Path simple ideas. Easy Garden Path Design is usually a functional purpose is to add a location to another location. But here is also a creative side...
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    9 DIY Plastic Bottle Garden Projects

    The post 9 DIY Plastic Bottle Garden Projects appeared first on Naturebring. Plastic Bottle Garden Projects DIY Plastic Bottle Garden Projects. Today plastic bottle is becoming an important part of garden DIY projects. It’s a very big reason is the use of plastic bottles in different sizes and...
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    Old Tires Garden | How to make tire garden | DIY projects

    The post Old Tires Garden | How to make tire garden | DIY projects appeared first on Naturebring. Old Tires Garden Most people throw away the Old Tires coming out of the carriages. But you do not throw these tires, make your Old Tires Garden in different ways. It depends on your creativity...
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    11 DIY Planters can enhance your garden beauty | DIY planter ideas

    The post 11 DIY Planters can enhance your garden beauty | DIY planter ideas appeared first on Naturebring. DIY Planters Here we have displayed some of the DIY Planters collections for you using some cheap and old things. Here are some of the old things that you throw as worthless, Nature...
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    09 Perfect DIY Seed Starter | DIY seed starter pots

    The post 09 Perfect DIY Seed Starter | DIY seed starter pots appeared first on Naturebring. DIY Seed starter pots Renewing the oldest things using clever DIY seed starter pot, welcome new attractive ideas and Shape Your Garden different. Learn about a few easy seed starter Citrus peels for...
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