by Komoneed | Dec 19, 2024
Japan has its sights set on renewable energy producing 40 to 50 percent of its electricity by 2040, with another 20 percent coming from nuclear power, according to a new draft of its basic energy policy. Japan is the second-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer in the world, as well as a big consumer of […]
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by Komoneed | Dec 19, 2024
A new report from Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe revealed the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a type of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in mineral water products sourced from around Europe. Researchers tested 19 mineral water samples in total, including two mineral water brands from France, four Belgian brands, one brand from the Netherlands, […]
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by Komoneed | Dec 19, 2024
This post was originally published on WBCSDThe OP2B coalition convened multi-stakeholder roundtables with agriculture value chain actors, public and private financers, landscapes initiatives, and farmers from May to November 2024. Through the process, stakeholders...
by Komoneed | Dec 18, 2024
With the climate crisis leading to more frequent and severe droughts, many wildlife species in the lower 48 United States will suffer from year-long droughts almost five times as frequently in the coming decades as they did historically, according to a new study. Droughts lasting three years could become nearly seven times as frequent, a […]
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by Komoneed | Dec 18, 2024
According to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report by American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie, installations of both grid-scale and residential energy storage in the U.S. are continuing to rise, even reaching record highs in the third quarter of 2024. Grid-scale energy storage reached a record for third-quarter installations, hitting 3,806 MW […]
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