Category: green

Three Mile Island’s infamous nuclear plant shuts down after 45 years

[ad_1] This doesn’t mark the end of the overall story, however, as it’ll take decades to clean up. Some of the teardown will take place quickly. Staff will remove the reactor’s fuel supply in the next few weeks and store it in the used fuel pool. It’ll take much longer to fully decommission the reactor, […]

Porsche welcomes challenge from Tesla as it adapts to the EV world

[ad_1] The CEO concedes that the car purchasing decision, especially around Porsche is irrational and emotional. “It’s not necessarily wanting and having to do everything you can do with a car. But knowing you could, it’s something that gets people to engage with our brand,” Zellmer said. In other words, you might not take your […]

22 states join California to sue the Trump admin over emissions standards

[ad_1] As part of that, officials formally revoked California’s waiver. For decades, the state had the right to determine its own emissions goals under the Clean Air Act. Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW agreed a deal with California in July to build cars and light trucks that would average 50 miles per gallon across their […]

Google to invest record-breaking amount in renewable energy

[ad_1] “Sustainability has been one of Google’s core values from our earliest days. Over the years we’ve worked hard to reduce the carbon footprint of our operations, build products with people and planet in mind, and drive change at scale through our supply chains,” said CEO Sundar Pichai in a statement. The company plans to […]

Microsoft employees protest climate change ‘complicity’ in open letter

[ad_1] The group wants the tech giant to end its contracts with fossil fuel companies, cut contributions to any lobbyists or politicans who deny climate and to commit to zero emissions by 2030, the year climate change is predicted to cause irreparable damage to the planet. “If we want to make real impact, all of […]

Researchers are using drones to study the Amazon rainforest’s health

[ad_1] Every plant emits a different volatile organic compound (VOC) signature, or fingerprint, which can change based on factors like drought or flood. By monitoring these signals, scientists can study how forest ecosystems adapt to stressors. Despite that valuable info, the Amazon’s VOCs were previously monitored by just a handful of towers built in one […]

Even BMW’s ‘Vantablack’ X6 gets caught by LiDAR

[ad_1] It’s essentially like looking into the darkness of the universe in its grand expanse of nothingness while contemplating the lifeless hole that has engulfed your soul as you age towards oblivion but with a BMW badge, grille, and headlights. It really is something you have to see for yourself because the car loses all […]

BMW shows off a fuel-cell version of its X5 SUV

[ad_1] The X5 BMW showed off is really just a modified gasoline vehicle. BMW’s plan to create a modular platform for its vehicles includes having an option for gas engines, hybrids and pure EVs. Fuel cells currently don’t figure into the automaker’s drivetrain future. But, with its upcoming fleet of altered X5s, it’s at least […]

Inside Volkswagen’s all-electric ID.3

[ad_1] It’s important to note (once again) that the ID.3 is not coming to the United States (boo). But, the layout we’re seeing in this car will more than likely end up in the ID.4. Or at least a very close variant of it will show up stateside. Either way, Volkswagen has produced a clean, […]