by faster | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 8, 2021 SNIP: More than 1 billion marine animals along Canada’s Pacific coast are likely to have died from last week’s record heatwave, experts warn, highlighting the vulnerability of ecosystems unaccustomed to extreme temperatures. The...
by faster | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: June 9, 2021 SNIP: Vale SA’s decomissioned Xingu dam is at “imminent risk of collapsing,” according to a statement on Wednesday by the Regional Labor Department for the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Xingu tailings, or mining...
by faster | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: PV Tech DATE: June 8, 2021 SNIP: Solar asset underperformance continues to worsen, with projects “chronically underperforming” P99 estimates and modules degrading faster than previously anticipated, risk management firm kWh Analytics has found. kWh Analytics’...
by faster | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 7, 2021 SNIP: Great apes – humanity’s closest relatives, are predicted to lose a “devastating” 90% of their homelands in Africa in coming decades, according to a study. All gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos are already endangered or...
by faster | May 23, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Reno News and Review DATE: May 22, 2021 SNIP: The Gemini Project, an 11-square-mile solar energy array to be constructed on federal land near the Valley of Fire State Park in Southern Nevada, has received preliminary approval from regulators. The photovoltaic...