Why These Surfers Want to Restore a Rainforest
Hometree’s restoration effort, says Ó Foghlú, will be based on the advice of ecologists and foresters. But the tentative vision is to return pine forests to the upper slopes of …
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New Jersey To Sue To Stop New York City Congestion Pricing
Photo: Aristide Economopoulos/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), New York City’s public transit agency is expected to implement a controversial congestion price zone in Manhattan by spring next …
Fla. sees record ocean temps, corals are already bleaching
By Terry Spencer and Patrick Whittle | Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Some Florida Keys coral reefs are losing their color weeks earlier than normal this summer because of …
Flex-Fuel Ethanol AKA Sugar-Cane Cars Are Beating EVs in Brazil
Politicians, Big Ag, and major automakers like Toyota and Volkswagen are all conspiring in Brazil to maintain ethanol’s lead at the expense of EVs. Brazil’s flexible-fuel cars, which can run …
Amazon Funds $120 Million for Florida Satellite Facility
Amazon is building a facility in Florida for Project Kuiper, which aims to launch a projected 3,236 satellites into Earth’s low orbit. The company will build the $120 million facility …
Be On The Lookout For More Flood Damaged Cars
Image: Hasan Jamali (AP) While used car prices are still high, inventories are improving. Unfortunately, the last few years of extreme weather means thousands more flood damaged cars hit the …
Here’s How You Take Out The Trash In Space
Everything’s more complicated on the ISS. Photo: NASA (Getty Images) I’ve just moved into a new place that’s on the fifth floor of a pretty old building. Where my last …
Poop Spill On Connecticut Highway Causes Several Crashes
Photo: Connecticut State Police (AP) Back in May, we reported that a truck spilled sewage all over a Colorado highway, shutting down traffic and ruining a lot of people’s days. …
Want to Win a Chip War? You’re Gonna Need a Lot of Water
The volume required can be huge. In the US, chip fabs use far less water than the agriculture and power generation industries, and semiconductors haven’t spurred political tensions over water …
India’s Tata Group to build $5 billion gigafactory in the UK
A Tata Motors concept EV on show at the India Auto Expo 2023 on Jan. 12, 2023. Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Tata Group will develop a …