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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

GreenBiz

And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. by more than 7 percent. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.".

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NuScale’s Federal Safety Approval Moves US Modular Nuclear Reactors a Step Closer to Reality

GreenTechMedia

For one, it uses mechanical water-cooling systems that don’t require additional water, pumps and valves or backup generators or batteries to run those systems in event of emergency. NuScale’s design doesn’t require some of the key safety features for large-scale reactors.

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No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

Envirotec Magazine

TEPCO subcontractors collect sea water samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2013 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 Contaminated water is produced daily by ongoing reactor cooling. The storage tanks at Fukushima contain 1.3 Japanese authorities are not planning to release the water all at once.

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SPONSORED CONTENT: 10 things AQMesh did first

Envirotec Magazine

Since 2013, AQMesh pods have been able to monitor gases and particles in one instrument. The sunshield was first added to AQMesh pods in 2013 to minimise the impact of direct sunlight on pod sensors. Integration of gas and PM monitoring in a single small sensor instrument.

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New Zealand firm offers improved LFP battery packs for Nissan Leaf

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Unlike most EVs, which use some form of liquid cooling in the battery pack, the Leaf has an air-cooled battery. Beginning in March 2023, the company will offer support for 2013 models with 24 and 30 kWh packs, and other configurations will follow.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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Since then, in North America, Honda has sold two pure EVs in tiny numbers: the 2013-2014 Honda Fit EV (82 miles of EPA range) and the 2017-2019 Honda Clarity Electric midsize sedan (89 miles of range). That left Honda severely behind in the global race toward long-range electric vehicles that Tesla kicked off in 2012 with its Model S.

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The pollution paradox: How cleaning up smog drives ocean warming

Grist

The Blob first formed in 2013 and spread across an area of the northeast Pacific the size of Canada. In recent years, however, this cooling influence has begun to decline in much of the world. Without the cooling effect of the aerosols, the world would already have reached the 1.5-degree Met Office. degrees C, with 0.4