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April 28, 2023
A technician conducts tests on the electrolyzer hydrogen module at the Ohmium manufacturing facility in Chikkaballapur, outside Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
Green Hydrogen Company Ohmium Raises $250M
April 26, 2023
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Hyundai Building Wearable Robot for Patient Rehabilitation
April 20, 2023
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S. Korea to Conduct 1st Launch of Commercial-Grade Satellite
April 11, 2023
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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
April 28, 2023
Cargo vessels are anchored offshore near oil platforms, before heading into the Los Angeles-Long Beach port on Oct. 5, 2021. The first official federal calculations of the new spending package that President Biden signed show it will slice America's carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade. The new law’s provisions that call for oil and gas leasing on federal land and water “may lead to some increase” in carbon pollution, the federal analysis said.
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Study: New Climate Law to Slice Carbon Pollution 40%
It will trim America’s emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion tons.
August 19, 2022
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Remote Meetings Dampen Brainstorming
Because we are so hyper-focused on the face in the box.
April 27, 2022
According to a study published Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, gas stoves are worse for the climate than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks even while they’re off.
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Study: Gas Stoves Worse for Climate than Previously Thought
Even when they are not running.
January 28, 2022
On Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released measurements showing 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming trend.
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The Heat Stays On: Earth Hits 6th Warmest Year on Record
There is a 50-50 chance that at least one year in the 2020s will hit 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit warming since pre-industrial times.
January 14, 2022
the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal and long-haul trucking, putting America further behind its 2030 climate change cutting goal.
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Deadly Extreme Weather Year for U.S. as Carbon Emissions Soar
The nation’s greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6%.
January 11, 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, right, greet U.S. President Joe Biden , at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming.
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Leaders Dial Up Doomsday Clock to Kick-Start Climate Talks
The metaphors were dramatic and mixed.
November 1, 2021
A man watches as wildfires approach Kochyli beach near Limni village, Greece, Aug. 6, 2021.
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UN Report Details 'Code Red' on Global Warming
But scientists also eased back a bit on the likelihood of the absolute worst climate catastrophes.
August 9, 2021
his is an illustration provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program.
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Bezos Loses Appeal of NASA's Plans to Use Musk Moon Lander
NASA in April awarded the $2.9 billion contract for a lunar lander to the more established SpaceX.
August 2, 2021
This image captured on Thursday, June 25, 2020 shows part of the website created by the space agencies of the U.S., Europe and Japan to show changes to Earth because of coronavirus lockdowns. Using data from 17 satellites, it that serves as a global dashboard for temporary changes observed from orbit.
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Site Shows Lockdown Changes to Earth
The dashboard reflects some signs of a return to normal in parts of the world.
June 25, 2020
In this April 18, 1958, file photo, Philip N. Brooks, right, a New York State surveyor, takes a look through his transit on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Niagara Falls, N.Y., while Tuscarora Chief Elton Black Cloud Greene watches.
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US Gives Boot to Official Foot Measurement
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December 16, 2019
As warmer temperatures cause the ice to retreat the Arctic region is taking on new geopolitical and economic importance, and not just the United States hopes to stake a claim, with Russia, China and others all wanting in.
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Climate Change Turns Arctic into Strategic, Economic Hotspot
As melting ice opens shipping lanes and reveals incredible riches, the region is seen as a new geopolitical and economic asset.
August 23, 2019
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UN Report Sees Hungry Future Can be Avoided
"The way we use land is both part of the problem and also part of the solution."
August 8, 2019
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Largest Honeybee Winter Die-Off On Record
Bees pollinate $15 billion worth of U.S. food crop, and one-third of the human diet comes from pollinators.
June 20, 2019
In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 file photo, people wear masks while walking through the Financial District in the smoke-filled air in San Francisco, as authorities issued an unhealthy air quality alert for parts of the San Francisco Bay Area as smoke from a massive wildfire drifts south. In 2017 and 2018, the nation had more polluted air days than just a few years earlier, federal data shows. While it remains unclear whether this is the beginning of a trend, health experts say it’s a troubling development.
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U.S. Air Quality is Slipping Again
There were 15% more days with unhealthy air in America both last year and the year before than there were on average from 2013 through 2016.
June 19, 2019