energy conversion
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Rolls-Royce Is Getting Into the Small Nuclear Reactor Business
The favourite luxury vehicle of rich old billionaires and rap moguls may soon share a name with some small new nuclear reactors. The famed British aerospace and energy manufacturer Rolls-Royce Holdings said this week that it had secured roughly $US600 (A$822) million in public and private funding to develop its business making small modular nuclear…
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Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous
Urban heat is more dangerous — and even deadly — than ever. That’s true for two reasons: Globally, more people are flocking to cities, and cities themselves are getting hotter due to the climate crisis.
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California Takes a Massive Step Toward All-Electric Homes
The race to electrify every house in the U.S. just got a jolt courtesy of California. The most populous state in the country has passed new energy codes that incentivise electric appliances and efficient heating and cooling systems, a move that could wind down the use of fossil fuels in buildings.
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Maine’s New Law Will Finally Make Companies Pay for Recycling
Maine is forcing polluters to clean up their act — by making them pay to recycle their waste. On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills a groundbreaking new law that makes the state the first in the country to shift the burden from consumers to producers for the waste they create, in hopes that it will help…