Tag: coal
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How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming
Scientific American: How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming Nuclear power is one of the few technologies that can quickly combat climate change, experts argue. … Indeed, he has evidence: the speediest drop in greenhouse gas pollution on record occurred in France in the 1970s and '80s, when that country transitioned from burning fossil fuels…
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in Environment, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Science and Technology, Science, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution)1. The ten most important innovations of all time Paper (105AD – Europe 10th century – Germany 1400) Printing Press (1450) Telegraph (1837) … What would you remove/add to the list? 2. Natural Gas May Be Easier On Climate Than Coal, Despite Methane Leaks 3. Internet Archaeologists Reconstruct Lost Web Pages The Internet is disappearing.…
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Finally, a Victory Against Mountaintop Removal
Slate: Finally, a Victory Against Mountaintop Removal The first crack in a firewall that has protected big coal for decades. Since the 1990s, small bands of Appalachian residents, regional environmental groups, and more recently the EPA have fought what often seemed like a futile battle against mountaintop-removal mining, the radical practice of blowing the tops…
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The Global Reality of Reducing CO2 from Coal.
The Atlantic: Why the U.S. Can't Stop Climate Change Alone (In 2 Graphs) In recent months, I've linked a graph that shows that CO2 emissions from energy production have dropped to 1990 levels in the United States, mostly because of natural gas replacing coal power. That's the good news if you want to reduce CO2.…
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DOE promotes small-nuclear reactors (SMRs)
Homeland Security News Wire: DOE promotes small-nuclear reactors (SMRs) South Carolina’s Savannah River Site (SRS) located in Aiken, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), have announced three partnerships to develop three small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) at the SRS facility; SMRs produce less energy than a regular reactor, but they produce enough energy…
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Coal’s Energy Potential Is an Engineering Challenge Now
New York Times: Coal’s Energy Potential Is an Engineering Challenge Now WASHINGTON — Coal is so cheap and so widely available that its increased use is inevitable, but clearing the hurdle to burning it on a wide scale — separating the carbon dioxide and sequestering it — could turn out to be one of the…