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The Safety Mistake Most People Make When Storing Used Batteries
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (212+ words) If you have old batteries laying around, it's easy to make this mistake when it comes to properly storing them, which can lead to serious safety problems. Replacing the batteries on a TV remote is something we all have to…...
Australia's Northern Territory braces for Tropical Cyclone Narelle impact
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (198+ words) (Corrects typo in paragraph 1, removes extraneous letter) SYDNEY, March 21 (Reuters) - Tropical Cyclone Narelle "was forecast to hit Australia's Northern Territory "on Saturday after a day earlier bringing destructive winds, heavy "rain and power outages to the country's northeast coast. Narelle,…...
Elites are the villains we love to hate. It's American culture's most paradoxical obsession
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (444+ words) These days, nobody seems to like elites. In movies and pop culture, they're cutthroat villains that people love to see destroy each other. They're what make The White Lotus, Triangle of Sadness, Knives Out, Succession, and The Menu so hate-watchable....
France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050
1+ day, 18+ min ago (540+ words) France on Tuesday announced a "first of its kind" plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels. The "roadmap" was published as dozens of nations gather…...
Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (557+ words) Often considered more a problem for Western North America, wildfires are becoming more intense, frequent and damaging in the East, such as this week's blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Georgia, fire scientists said. Researchers blame a number of…...
'More greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco': Shocking report reveals the potential hidden cost of 11 new AI data centers in the US " projects connected to Open AI, Meta, Microsoft and x AI could hit 129 million tons of annual emissions
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (501+ words) New AI data centers in the US could produce more emissions than an entire nation 11 sites have the potential to emit 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year The future sustainability of AI remains unclear This article is part of…...
Hot damn: 11 data center gas power projects could spew out more greenhouse gases than some countries
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (758+ words) While nuclear energy is often presented as the potential 'clean' solution for powering the vast number of US data centers currently under construction, the reality is that other, less sustainable energy solutions are often used to plug the gap. Wired…...
Consumer group warns that National Academies use tax dollars to promote woke ideology
4+ week, 22+ hour ago (673+ words) (The Center Square) " Consumer advocacy group Consumers" Research released a "Woke Alert" on the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, detailing the ways in which the institution uses taxpayer money for politically biased messaging, including imposing transgenderism onto children....
Renewables key to buffer fossil fuel energy shock: COP31 co-hosts
1+ week, 1+ day ago (604+ words) COP31 co-hosts Australia and Turkey said Tuesday that a major energy crisis ignited by the Middle East war underscored the urgency of reducing fossil fuel dependency and investing in renewable alternatives. The energy shock rippling through the global economy loomed over…...
Organisers of high-level climate summit in Colombia say 'we must transition away from fossil fuels"
20+ hour, 29+ min ago (622+ words) World leaders have gathered in Colombia's Santa Marta for the first-ever global talks to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels, a step participating nations say is not just a climate priority but vital for energy independence. The two-day summit…...