Sen. Ed Markey announces bill to raise taxes on private jets and their ultra-wealthy passengers

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A private jet is fueled at the Sugar Land Regional Airport Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in Sugar Land, Texas.
A private jet is fueled at the Sugar Land Regional Airport Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in Sugar Land, Texas.

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Plant a Trillion Trees and Pump That Gas, House Speaker Says

Gizmodo : Environment

Some Republicans are seemingly no longer denying that climate change isn’t real, and they have a plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Not, it’s not supporting a transition towards renewable energy. They want to plant more trees.

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European electricity prices tumble into negative territory amid glut of green energy

Tech Insider : Economy
several wind turbines stand in a cluster in the countryside.
A field of wind turbines producing energy from the wind.

Mariana Castelo Branco

Our bodies, buildings, and computers give off a lot of waste heat. Cities and scientists are learning to harness it for energy.

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One Planet Banner Test

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Underground Heat Is Sinking Our Cities, Study Says

Gizmodo : Environment

Heat is a silent hazard sitting beneath cities, threatening to shift infrastructure. A study published this week in Communications Engineering, outlines how heat could be changing major cities, but urban areas throughout the U.S. may not be prepared.

I lived and worked in Antarctica for 5 months without WiFi or running water. Here's what surprised me.

Tech Insider : Travel
Lucy Bruzzone on a ship in Antarctica
Lucy Bruzzone was the base leader of a team of women that spent five months living and working in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, through the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust charity.

Clare Ballantyne | UKAHT

Inside Canada's polar bear 'jail' where bears go without food and are kept behind bars — but it's not what you might think

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Seven polar bears stand on a sheet of ice as the sun set behind them.
Bears walking on the ice flats outside the town of Churchill, Canada.

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A protestor threw a cake-like pastry at a board member's head during a Volkswagen meeting that descended into chaos

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A protestor threw what appeared to be a cake at a VW board member's head.
A protestor threw what appeared to be a cake at a VW board member's head.

Volkswagen

Microsoft says commercial use of fusion-produced energy will be available within 5 years as part of new deal with Sam Altman-backed Helion

Tech Insider : Environment
A side view of the Polaris prototype fusion reactor from Helion
Polaris, a prototype fusion reactor from Helion, which recently announced a deal with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with electricity produced from fusion.

Helion

Oliver Stone says you should be more worried about the climate crisis than the risks of using nuclear power

Tech Insider : Climate Crisis
Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant
Georgia Power Co. said Monday that a second new reactor had completed a testing phase at the company's Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant near Waynesboro, Georgia.

John Bazemore/Associated Press

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