This article is the second in a series on the underreported costs of solar power. The first examined how large-scale solar projects are using high-quality farmland across America. The Biden administration is considering a rule change that would discount costs for solar companies who want to use public lands. Meanwhile, biologists and activists are sounding…
Large-Scale Solar Installations Can Threaten Natural Landscapes, Species, Habitats
March 3, 2022
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COVID-19 Has Caused a Plastic Pandemic Says Australian Environmental Body
Plastic pollution was already ubiquitous before the CCP virus pandemic arrived, but the past two years have seen a steep rise in the mountain of plastic waste, as the use of disposable masks, gloves, and food packaging soars. New research estimates that in every minute, three million face masks are put into the environment, or…
Space Junk on 5,800-mph Collision Course With Moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday, away from telescopes’ prying eyes. It may take…
NASA, Partner Launch Weather Satellite
America’s newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday (March 1, 2022) to improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country. It’s the replacement for a satellite launched exactly four years ago, which ended up with a cooling line blockage that hindered its main camera. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the…
CCP’s High-Tech Repression in Xinjiang Calls for Tougher Sanctions: Advocates
February 26, 2022
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The Chinese regime’s aggressive rollout of new technologies to step up its repression of Uyghurs in western China calls for new responses on the part of allied nations outraged at the human rights abuses, said panelists at a recent virtual event hosted by The Brookings Institution think tank. Laura Rosenberger, senior director for China and…
How Medicine – Conventional and Alternative – Is Failing Autoimmune Patients
With the media focus on cancer and heart disease, most people don’t know we are living amid an autoimmune epidemic. Some shocking stats: The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) estimates up to 50 million Americans have an autoimmune disease (AD). In comparison, cancer affects up to 9 million and heart disease up to 22…
SpaceX Launches Batch of Starlink Satellites From California
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif.—A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Friday and carried 50 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink internet constellation. A SpaceX webcast showed the rocket’s upper stage deploying the satellites a little over an hour after the 9:12 a.m. liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The satellites…
Marine Experts Create Library Organising the Orchestra of the Ocean
In a world-first international effort marine experts have come together to create a library of the rich sounds from below the sea—a landscape containing the world’s most diverse habitats—to monitor and bolster the resilience of marine life. The significance of this project is that by eavesdropping on visually elusive but vocal species, scientists can capture…
Next Astronaut From Down Under to Be Launched Into Space
The Australian government has injected more than $65 million ($US47 million) into the space industry to speed up the launch of Australian-made technology—and a home-grown astronaut—into space. Chris Boshuizen was the last Australian astronaut to be sent into space in Oct. 2021. He was the third Australian to do so, following the footsteps of astronauts…
Australia Looks to Send Next Astronaut Into Space
The Australian government has injected more than $65 million ($US47 million) into the space industry to speed up the launch of Australian-made technology—and a home-grown astronaut—into space. Chris Boshuizen was the last Australian astronaut to be sent into space in Oct. 2021. He was the third Australian to do so, following the footsteps of astronauts…
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