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

Envirotec Magazine

Contaminated water is produced daily by ongoing reactor cooling. In contrast, the UK Heysham nuclear power plant has a limit of 1300TBq per year because this type of gas-cooled reactor produces a lot of tritium. The public seminar from the expert panel, available on YouTube, presents only a portion of the context we provide above.

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WGC2023 in Beijing, China highlights global geothermal growth and potential

ThinkGeoEnergy

The three-day WGC 2023 is attended by more than 1,400 guests from 54 countries and regions, hosting 88 forums and seminars in parallel with technology and equipment exhibition, which is joined by a record-setting number of companies. It is China’s first time hosting the international geothermal event of this kind.

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The new Africa Institute in UAE will highlight open air design

AGreenLiving

The courtyards also incorporate water features and planters for native plants to help improve air circulation and provide natural cooling.

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How Oil Giant Exxon Bought Influence Over the Swedish Moderate Party

DeSmogBlog

In the book, the authors wrote that “excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to cooling, not warming.” In response, Timbro organized the seminar “Facts or Faith” in Stockholm to present “dissenting voices” on the issue of climate change. Those who sought to bring other perspectives were opposed.

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

Business Green

So I just thought I would have a crack at doing another one of those, and how cool would it be to live through an exponential growth story in one industry vital to a liveable future - i.e. solar - and then on your deathbed be able to say, you know what, I was able to have that experience a second time, with the embryonic nature recovery industry?

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What happened at Terra Infirma Towers in 2024?

Terra Infirma

Running Sustainability seminars at Newcastle Business School which was both challenging and a lot of fun. Looking forward to the New Year, we’ll be doing more of the above and there’s some cool new stuff in the pipeline (don’t want to count our chickens just yet).

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