Topic: Towards Space Sustainability: Lessons Learned from Environmental Liability Regimes Speaker: Dr. Timiebi Aganaba Time: Apr 14, 2021 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Abstract: In some constitutions of the world, nature has inherent rights. But the foundation of most environmental protection has been anthropocentric. The environment has value because its benefit is measurable to […]
New glass battery could recharge 23,000 times
A new glass battery developed by John Goodenough, one of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for the invention of the lithium-ion battery, is moving into the commercialization stage of development with Canadian electric utility Hydro-Quebec. The new glass battery was developed by Goodenough – who is 97 years old and still an active professor […]
Paleoclimates help us to forecast future climates
Past is key to predicting future climate, scientists say Past carbon dioxide concentrations (at left) compared to possible future emissions scenarios (at right): The rate of current emissions is much faster – occurring over decades – unlike geological changes, which occur over millions of years. If emissions continue unabated, carbon dioxide levels could exceed the […]
Electric Cars’ Looming Recycling Problem
Financial incentives to recycle spent electric vehicle batteries are eroding. That could spell environmental disaster. January 21, 2021, by Perry Gottesfeld In September, Tesla announced that it would be phasing out the use of cobalt in its batteries in an effort to produce a $25,000 electric vehicle within three years. If successful, this bold move […]
Acceleration of the growth of distributed energy resources (DER)
AUTHOR Herman K. Trabish Link to full article… Acceleration of the growth of distributed energy resources (DER) has power system analysts anticipating big changes on utility distribution systems in 2021 and throughout the 2020s. Continued falling prices of DER, ambitious new state and federal policies, and customer demand in 2021 will drive growth, power industry […]
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