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The Energy Department Is Creating a Clean Energy Corps to Fix This Mess
On Thursday, the Department of Energy announced a newly formed Clean Energy Corps. Rather than being an invading force, the plan is to have a veritable army of experts who can make the zero-carbon future we need a reality. No word yet on what the uniforms might look like, though.
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The U.S Energy Department Blew $2 Billion on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures
The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it.
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December Was Likely the Hottest on Record for the U.S.
December 2021 can now add another dubious superlative to the weather record books. Preliminary data indicates it was the hottest December ever for the Lower 48.
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This Might Be the World’s First Festive Snow Globe That Generates Its Own Snow
As climate change continues to affect weather patterns, the odds of having snow for the holidays in some parts of the world have considerably decreased. Sean Hodgins came up with a solution to a lack of snow with a snow globe that generates its own. But unfortunately, the contraption is problematically power-hungry.