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- Scientists develop POC device that uses air pollution to produce electricity https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/carbon-dioxide-to-electricity-generator-prototype/ 0 comments
- Govt awards $45B to company treating 50M gallons of leaking radioactive waste https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/hanford-nuclear-site-contract-waste/ 6 comments
- Engineers develop 90-95% efficient electricity storage with piles of gravel https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/gravel-thermal-energy-storage-landscape/ 2 comments
- "Magic Balls" installed by drones may revolutionize US power grid https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/magic-balls-power-lines-heimdall/ 20 comments
- Canada is developing a high-speed train that’s faster than an airplane https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/fluxjet-transpod-canada-high-speed-train/ 2 comments
- Researchers discover unexpected factor contributing to obesity spike: 'The number of obese people worldwide has nearly tripled' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/plastic-chemicals-obesity-plastic-products/ 51 comments health
- Recent study finds 'garbage lasagnas' forming in open landfills across US release staggering amount of air pollution: 'Decades of trash that’s sitting under the landfill' https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/landfill-emissions-methane-waste-study/ 85 comments climate
- Scientists scramble as rare rain events in the Arctic trigger issues: 'We are trying to keep up with what is going on' https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/greenland-ice-sheet-rain-arctic-glaciers/ 129 comments climate
- Engineers resurrect dead oil and gas wells in profitable move toward geothermal energy: 'It is a win-win situation' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/geothermal-energy-storage-oil-well-illinois-basin/ 10 comments renewableenergy
- Company develops revolutionary 'underwater kite' that could transform power generation: 'A new agenda for renewable energy' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/minesto-dragon-12-underwater-kite-tidal-energy/ 3 comments energy
- Researchers make new breakthrough with 50-year-old battery technology: 'I didn't know they were still around' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/sodium-metal-halide-batteries-cost-research/ 36 comments technews
- Startup raises $1.9 million to revolutionize concrete production: 'If everything goes as I dream ...' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/carbonaide-air-pollution-concrete-finland-startup/ 102 comments technology
- Biden administration announces new standards with sweeping impacts on trucking industry: 'Another giant step forward' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/biden-administration-heavy-duty-vehicles-regulations/ 15 comments environment
- Engineers develop ultra-efficient electricity storage method using piles of rocks https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/gravel-thermal-energy-storage-landscape/ 39 comments energy
- Solar power sales are dropping fast in one state after scaling back incentives https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/california-rooftop-solar-incentives-plunge/ 7 comments renewableenergy
- Korea Institute of Energy Research: New technology to produce hydrogen https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/kier-hydrogen-fuel-production-ammonia/ 8 comments science
- New breakthrough technology promises to change the future of transportation https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/kier-hydrogen-fuel-production-ammonia/ 24 comments technology
- State seeks millions in funding to continue paying residents to ditch grass lawns: 'Find ways to be more efficient' : Since 2019, the turf buyback program has helped homeowners pull up over four million square feet of lawn https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/turf-buyback-program-utah-lawn/ 4 comments environment
- Arizona communities sink after Saudi Arabia pumps water out of the state: 'It's horrific' | Gov. Katie Hobbs revoked a lease for Saudi Arabia-owned farm in October, but UAE based Al Dahra is still allowed to continue drilling under the state’s relaxed water laws. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/arizona-sinking-groundwater-drilling-industrial-agriculture/ 61 comments law
- Scientists make alarming discovery off coasts of multiple countries: 'Their small size makes them better able to penetrate the tissues of living organisms' https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/nanoplastics-ocean-water-pollution-study/ 36 comments environment
- Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine: 'We can reuse a very significant portion of the cobalt' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ev-battery-recycling-urine-lithium-cobalt/ 23 comments nottheonion
- Scientists sound alarm after discovering carcinogen in tap water: 'Incumbent upon drinking water utilities to do wh https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/1-4-dioxane-tap-water-contamination-florida/ 6 comments environment
- Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine: 'We can reuse a very significant portion of the cobalt' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ev-battery-recycling-urine-lithium-cobalt/ 133 comments nottheonion
- Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine: 'We can reuse a very significant portion of https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ev-battery-recycling-urine-lithium-cobalt/ 8 comments environment
- Government approves construction permit for new type of nuclear reactor for first time in decades: ‘major regulatory milestone’ https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/us-nuclear-test-reactor-permit-salt/ 163 comments futurology
- Over two billion people 'on the brink' of needing one home appliance https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/rising-air-conditioner-sales-energy-demand/ 11 comments energy
- ’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: 'Unrivaled quality at scale' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/magic-balls-power-lines-heimdall/ 276 comments technology
- ’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: 'Unrivaled quality at scale. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/magic-balls-power-lines-heimdall/ 48 comments energy
- We made the news, Reddit! Cyclist Crossing America Sparks Outrage! https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/rolling-coal-driver-harassment-cyclist-kansas/ 145 comments bicycling
- Tesla Cybertruck design sparks concerns with safety experts: 'It's going to cause more damage to them' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/tesla-cybertruck-pedestrian-safety-experts-concern/ 261 comments technology
- MECHANICS ARE REPAIRING BROKEN EV BATTERIES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST: ‘THERE’S A LOT OF BATTERIES IN THE RECYCLE BIN THAT COULD BE REPAIRED’ https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/ev-battery-repairs-costs-landfill-defective/ 12 comments environment
- Fuck a Lambo. I want a jetpack. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/jetson-one-flying-backpack-preorder/ 3 comments wallstreetbets
- Experts overwhelmingly blame one person for climate change confusion: 'One of the greatest climate villains' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/rupert-murdoch-news-corp-fox-climate-media/ 36 comments worldnews
- The U.S. government is facing backlash after auctioning off an Italy-sized portion of the country: 'Sad to see' https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/lease-259-gulf-of-mexico-oil-drilling/ 4 comments environment
- Unéole's 'mixed energy' powers buildings with solar and wind. The company claims this system increases energy production by 40%. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/uneole-mixed-energy-solar-wind-france/ 4 comments renewableenergy
- Hertz increased its fleet of electric rental cars — then, its profits exploded https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/hertz-evs-cars-electric-vehicles-rental/ 62 comments business
- Hertz discovered that electric vehicles are between 50-60% cheaper to maintain than gasoline-powered cars https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/hertz-evs-cars-electric-vehicles-rental/ 117 comments environment
- Hertz discovered that electric vehicles are between 50-60% cheaper to maintain than gasoline-powered cars https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/hertz-evs-cars-electric-vehicles-rental/ 2764 comments futurology
- Scientists may decide that the 'Anthropocene' era has begun https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/anthropocene-history-epoch-era-holocene/ 9 comments science
- Electric vehicles are between 50-60% cheaper to maintain than gasoline-powered cars. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/hertz-evs-cars-electric-vehicles-rental/ 542 comments energy