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Has the electric car’s moment arrived at last?

BY CRAIG WELCH, National Geographic

Joe Biden’s father sold used cars, steeping the future president in the world of combustion engines. The younger Biden washed vehicles on weekends, borrowed a Chrysler off the lot to drive to the prom, and hit automobile auctions to help stock his dad’s dealership. President Biden still owns the green ’67 Corvette his father gave him as a wedding gift, which he told Car and Driver magazine has “a rear-axle ratio that really gets up and goes.” Continue reading Has the electric car’s moment arrived at last? →

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Environment

Some Good News This Earth Day: A Few Ways the Natural World Is Improving

We hear a lot of doom and gloom regarding the health of our planet, but Bill Pekny says the news is not all bad. Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, he shares some encouraging bright spots. Continue reading Some Good News This Earth Day: A Few Ways the Natural World Is Improving →

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This cartoon shows a subducting oceanic plate traveling like a conveyor belt from the surface down to the lower mantle. The white arrows show the comparatively well-established shallow recycling pathway in the top layer of the plate (crust and sediments), that feeds into arc volcanoes.

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Diamonds That Formed Deep in the Earth’s Mantle Contain Evidence of Deep-Earth Recycling Processes

By CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE

Findings allow us to trace how minerals from the surface are drawn down into the mantle.

Diamonds that formed deep in the Earth’s mantle contain evidence of chemical reactions that occurred on the seafloor. Probing these gems can help geoscientists understand how material is exchanged between the planet’s surface and its depths.
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A rendering showing ELSA-d's concept of operations.

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New Effort To Clean Up Space Junk Reaches Orbit

By CHLOEE WEINER, NPR

A demonstration mission to test an idea to clean up space debris launched Monday morning local time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Known as ELSA-d, the mission will exhibit technology that could help capture space junk, the millions of pieces of orbital debris that float above Earth. Continue reading New Effort To Clean Up Space Junk Reaches Orbit →

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Why Jane Goodall is hopeful in 2021

By Laurie Wiegler, BBC

In the 1960s, Dr Jane Goodall upended the world’s understanding of chimpanzees by revealing that they are capable of making and using tools and engaging in complex social behaviours like kissing and tickling. Six decades later, the world-renowned primatologist, activist, author and humanitarian is not only still working, but reinventing herself with a new podcast called Hopecast, which offers reasons to be hopeful about the environment, wildlife and people in 2021. Continue reading Why Jane Goodall is hopeful in 2021 →

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The Green Revolution Has Been Won, Says America’s New Wind Billionaire

“I’m an engineer. Not an environmentalist,” says Michael Polsky, as if to explain why even after spending 17 years developing renewable-energy systems, he’s still enthralled by the sight of 125-foot-long wind turbine blades sweeping in elegant circles through the sky. Continue reading The Green Revolution Has Been Won, Says America’s New Wind Billionaire →

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Sandra Ortiz stands in kitchen behind table filled with vaiations of her new plastic

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Mexican Scientist Creates Biodegradable Plastic Straw From Cactus

Researchers from the University of Valle de Atemajac in Zapopan, Mexico have created a biodegradable plastic from the juice of the prickly pear cactus. Continue reading Mexican Scientist Creates Biodegradable Plastic Straw From Cactus →

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10 Things Not to Miss at WonderWorks Myrtle Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina — As the summer temperatures heat up, many families will be looking for ways to keep cool. They will also want to entertain, make memories and keep their kids active. One good way to do that is to visit WonderWorks Myrtle Beach, where parents can find four levels of indoor nonstop fun, offering plenty of opportunities for people of all ages.

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Good News for the Oil and Gas Industry

37% of U.S.-based companies surveyed expect to hire new employees in 2019 Continue reading Good News for the Oil and Gas Industry →

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Energy Efficiency Takes the Lead in Job Growth

Energy efficiency added more new jobs than any other industry in the entire U.S. energy sector in 2017 and now employs nearly 2.25 million Americans, according to a new jobs analysis from E4TheFuture and the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). Continue reading Energy Efficiency Takes the Lead in Job Growth →