Power Plant Manager Bernard Vendt stands on a platform jutting out from a smokestack, 20 stories above his company’s chemical park. Past the park’s menagerie of twisting pipes, scaffolding and chimneys below him is a waterway that connects these factories to their energy source. “Over there, that’s our harbor,” Vendt says, pointing with one hand […]
Category: Environmental
Experts blame green energy for Europe’s full-scale energy crisis
Green energy policies in Europe designed to rapidly shift the continent away from fossil fuel dependence have contributed to soaring power prices in the region. The European benchmark index measuring future electricity prices increased to a record $993 per megawatt hour (MWh) on Monday, days after prices in France and Germany surged 25%, according to […]
Biden Administration Suffers Crushing Defeat For Electric Vehicle Pledge
The United States Postal Service is renewing its fleet of gas-powered vehicles as the Biden administration promises a mostly-electric federal fleet.The United States Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed its deal with specialty vehicle manufacturer Oshkosh Corp (OSK) – Get Oshkosh Corp Report to finalize plans for between 50,000 and 165,000 gas-powered delivery vehicles.The USPS/Oshkosh venture […]
Traffic Jam On Mt. Everest Claims Multiple Lives
A British man who summited Mount Everest wrote that he feared the dangers of overcrowding on the world’s highest peak before dying on his descent. Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, is among the growing number of people who have died trying to conquer the Himalayan summit this climbing season, putting a spotlight on the crowds of […]
A rescue is underway to extract a group of men who became stuck in a cave in Virginia after rain made it difficult to get out, officials said Sunday. A group of six initially planned to spend the weekend inside the cave in Cleveland, Virginia, until it began raining late Saturday night, Jess Powers, coordinator […]
Alabama Tornado Leaves Death And Destruction In Its Wake
Search and rescue teams in Alabama are using dogs and heat-detecting drones to search for victims of the deadly tornado that tore through the southeastern part of the state, as new drone video and photos show the scale of the devastation. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said Tuesday at a news conference at least 23 people […]
Multiple Coal Powered Plants To Close
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Thursday that it would close two coal plants, including one that buys its fuel from one of Donald Trump’s campaign contributors, despite public pressure from the president to keep it open. In a 5-2 vote, the public utility’s board of directors chose to shutter Kentucky’s Paradise Fossil plant in 2020 […]
Polar Bears Invade Russian Town
A remote Russian archipelago declared a state of emergency on Saturday after an “invasion” of dozens of polar bears, that country’s state news agency said. A local official, Alexander Minayev, said that 52 polar bears were spotted between December and February near Belushya Guba, a settlement on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, […]
Death Toll At 8 And Rising As Chill Sweeps Nation
A harsh and deadly winter blast gripping the Midwest and parts of the Northeast sent temperatures plunging to record lows Wednesday — creating brutal conditions that canceled flights, shut down the mail service, closed schools and caused traffic pileups. The National Weather Service warned that the deep freeze, already responsible for as many as eight […]
Washington State To Initiate Human Composting In Lieu Of Burial
When Americans die, most are buried or cremated. Washington could soon become the first state to allow another option: human composting. The novel approach, known as “recomposition,” involves placing bodies in a vessel and hastening their decomposition into a nutrient-dense soil that can then be returned to families. The aim is a less expensive way […]