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  • 03/30/2018

UPS has announced major investments in its vehicle-charging infrastructure as the company moves to electrify its London fleet, one of the largest in the world. The company recently deployed innovative smart grid technology that is capable of supporting a fully electric fleet of 170 trucks or more. "The breakthrough...

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  • Lacy Cooke
  • 03/30/2018

Tesla just issued their biggest ever recall involving over 123,000 Model S cars. The automaker said they noticed excessive corrosion in power steering bolts, The Verge and Agence France Presse reported. They're voluntarily recalling the cars and will retrofit impacted cars with a new part that will resolve the...

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  • Lacy Cooke
  • 03/30/2018

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees received talking points that appear to fit right in with Administrator Scott Pruitt's skepticism of humanity's role in climate change. Meant to develop "consistent messages about EPA's climate adaptation efforts," the talking points — obtained by HuffPost —...

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World's largest solar energy project will be 100 times bigger than any other on the planet

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 03/29/2018

200 gigawatts of solar power. $200 billion. 100,000 jobs. Those are the numbers attached to the SoftBank Solar Project, which is set to become the biggest solar farm in the world thanks to a deal signed by Saudi Arabia and Japanese conglomerate company SoftBank's Vision Fund. The move could help Saudi Arabia,...

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This glass cabin in Iceland lets you watch the Northern Lights from your bed

  • Lidija Grozdanic
  • 03/29/2018

Want to see the Northern Lights without dealing with the dark and the cold? With this luxury glass cabin in Iceland, you can now do just that. The Panorama Glass Lodge lets you enjoy views of the Northern Lights and amazing sunsets from the comfort of your bed. The front of the cabin, which is encased entirely...

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How floating solar panels are helping the Maldives ditch diesel fuel

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 03/29/2018

Tropical islands might boast pure natural scenery, but their energy sources are often anything but pure. Many power-hungry resorts in the Maldives rely on diesel, a notorious pollutant, for their energy needs. Swimsol, a solar power company based in Austria, is working to change that. Because many of the islands...

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For the first time ever, Vatican City will be represented at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Curated by Francesco Dal Co, the Pavilions of the Holy See will comprise 10 temporary chapels - each designed by a different architect. Foster + Partners was chosen to design a chapel on the Venetian island of San Giorgio...

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  • 03/29/2018

Scientists used to think Lake Hazen, located around 560 miles away from the North Pole in Canada, was beyond the reach of human impact. But new research led by geographer Igor Lehnherr of the University of Toronto Mississauga reveals the High Arctic lake is reacting to climate change. Lehnherr said in the university's...

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  • 03/29/2018

A coalition of conservationist groups have called for urgent action to address the drastic decline in American wildlife. According to the groups' recently released report, one in three animal species in the United States is vulnerable to extinction, while one in five face a severe threat amid a serious decline...

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Scientists at Stanford University are currently preparing the first human test of a cancer "vaccine," a treatment that eliminated up to 97 percent of tumors during trials with mice. Appropriately 35 people with lymphoma will begin the trials before the end of 2018. Not technically a vaccine, the new cancer treatment...

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  • Greg Beach
  • 03/29/2018

For the first time ever, scientists have identified a galaxy, NGC1052-DF2, that seems to lack the presence of dark matter.  For decades, scientists have believed that dark matter is a major aspect of any galaxy, which makes this discovery completely baffling. In an odd way, the new galaxy's lack of dark matter...

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