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Bill Gates’ Nuclear Reactor Company Adds Molten Salt Storage to Its SMR System.

TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy launch the Natrium concept, which pairs five hours of storage and a sodium fast reactor. TerraPower, the Bill Gates-backed nuclear innovation firm, has launched a new small modular reactor system paired with a molten salt storage unit.

Energy

Can COVID-19 give new wind to renewable energy?

Kicking the fossil-fuel habit completely was hard for AC Energy, the energy arm of Philippine industry giant Ayala Corp., to do overnight even if it had been investing in renewable energy (RE) in Southeast Asia for nearly a decade.

Energy

Commentary: Climate change could be much worse than we are told.

Attacks on scientists examining the impact and scale of climate change have been growing as the evidence became more compelling through the years, says an observer.

Climate

India urged to lead global push for clean energy, climate action.

India has a crucial role to play in promoting clean energy and climate action as the world looks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday.

Energy

Painting wind turbines black can help birds not fly into them.

The white, sleek exterior of the wind turbine definitely looks good to me. But birds probably wouldn’t agree. According to a new paper, the current design of our wind turbines makes them hard to see for birds, promoting impacts.

Energy

GREENPEACE AFRICA: Defend Kenya’s plastic bans!

According to a recent Unearthed and New York Times exposé, the American Chemistry Council - which is made of, among others, petrochemical companies -

Environment

How helpful is the term 'climate refugee'?

Politicians warn the climate crisis will lead to more people migrating. But experts say this framing of the issue risks being misleading and dangerous.

Climate

Researchers will develop a technology heat mitigation plan for one of the world's hottest cities.

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Royal Commission has engaged UNSW’s High Performance Architecture team to reduce the city’s temperatures and make it more sustainable.

Energy

Seagrass Could Play a Major Role in Slowing Climate Change.

Its waving fronds carpet the seafloor and shelter thousands of sea creatures. But seagrass is more than a haven for marine wildlife – researchers say it could play a major role in slowing climate change.

Climate

Trump Admin Proposes 'Vicious' Plan for Fossil Fuel Lease Sales in California Amid Historic Wildfires.

Especially given the climate-fueled wildfires ravaging the region, conservationists sounded alarm Thursday in response to a Trump administration proposal for an oil and gas lease sale in California, which would be the state's first such federal auction in eight years.

Energy

Protesters March Against Oil Spill 'Incompetence' in Mauritius as More Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore.

Protestors filled the streets of Mauritius's capital city, Port Louis, over the weekend to demand resignations of officials and an investigation into the oil spill that has jeopardized the future health of the country's marine reserves, according to

Environment

Climate Crisis Could Change Permafrost Soil Microbes, With ‘Unknown Consequences’ for Arctic Ecosystems, Scientists Say.

Can the past predict the future?

Climate

Price of single-use plastic bags in England to double to 10p.

Exemption for smaller shops to end, and campaigners say ‘bags for life’ are next target.

Environment

Satellite images show rapid growth of glacial lakes worldwide.

Number of glacial lakes rose by 53% in 1990-2018 to reveal impact of increased meltwater. Glacial lakes have grown rapidly around the world in recent decades, according to satellite images that reveal the impact of increased meltwater draining off retreating glaciers.

Environment