- NASA scientists have partially cleaned up the solar modules of the Insight lander operating on Mars, by using grain sands collected nearby and trickling them on the panels during the windiest time of the day https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/07/cleaning-solar-modules-with-sand-and-wind-on-mars/ 113 comments space
- InSight — the first "geophysicist on Mars" — is in trouble. Dust is covering its solar panels, and power could be lost by this Summer. Some have asked why InSight has no mechanism to clean them. “The reason can be summed up in one word: money." https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-sad-but-expected-death-of-insight 128 comments futurology
- InSight — the first "geophysicist on Mars" — is in trouble. Dust is covering its solar panels, and power could be lost by Summer. Some have asked why InSight has no mechanism to clean them. “The reason can be summed up in one word: money," says Bruce Barnerdt, principal investigator. https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-sad-but-expected-death-of-insight 200 comments space
- Green number plates ‘could boost sales of electric cars’ in UK - Behavioural insights unit proposes new colour for registration plates to help ‘normalise the idea of clean vehicles’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/09/green-cars-get-green-number-plates-clean-boost-sales 31 comments technology