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NREL Announces Plans To Collaborate With Georgia Institute of Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Georgia Institute of Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to...

Business

Heading to the office two or three days a week? Train travel is about to get cheaper

Flexible rail tickets will be available in England from today, offering savings on certain routes for those who travel two or three days a...

Nine children killed in pile-up, including six from a home for abused and neglected young people

Nine children are among 10 people who have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Alabama. The pile-up happened on a road that had...

Environment

Tata Group Commissions India’s Largest Solar Carport

Tata Power has announced that it has commissioned a solar-powered carport in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The company claims that the 6.2-megawatt carport is the...

Technology

Supply chain snafus could affect what’s available to you on Amazon Prime Day

A worker assembles a box for delivery at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Amazon...

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Australia’s New South Wales puts neighboring Victoria to shame with huge new EV incentive package

New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state and home to Sydney, has announced a massive new EV policy package with $500 million worth of...

World

The cricket star who fought in Vietnam – and struggled for decades with the horrors of war

Tony Dell was in his mid-60s, estranged from his wife and children and living in his mother’s garage when he realised his life had...

Technology

As offices shut down for Covid, workers bought vans and hit the road — and some don’t want to return

Courtesy of Kartik Vasan and Smriti Bhadauria When Erica Horn received a work email in May 2020 saying her company would be fully remote...

Environment

The Save Our Future Act Offers Blueprint for Supporting Coal Workers & Communities

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation.By Jeremy Richardson, Senior Energy Analyst Climate champs Senators Whitehouse and Schatz introduced a solutions-oriented bill today that would...

Politics

Hancock did not withhold key COVID data from PM, says minister

Matt Hancock did not withhold key COVID data ahead of the decision to postpone the easing of restrictions in England, the justice secretary has...

‘Great hope’ restrictions can end early on 5 July and UK not in third COVID wave, says expert

The UK could open up “sooner rather than later” thanks to the huge numbers of people being vaccinated – and we are not experiencing...

Politics

Bercow denies defection is down to PM – but says Johnson has ‘only a nodding acquaintance with the truth’

Former Conservative MP and Commons Speaker John Bercow has said his switching of allegiance to join the Labour Party is “not personal against Boris...

One killed and another injured after truck crashes into Pride parade in US

One man has been killed and another seriously injured after a pick-up truck ploughed into a Pride event in the US. While some witnesses...

Sports

CP3, in protocols, ruled out for Game 1 vs. Clips

9:11 PM ET Phoenix Suns star point guard Chris Paul has been ruled out for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the...

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Elon Musk asks Tesla employees to go ‘all out’ for end-of-quarter delivery push in leaked email

Elon Musk is asking Tesla employees to go ‘all out’ for the end-of-quarter delivery and production push as the automaker is trying again to...

Environment

Jaguar Land Rover is developing a hydrogen-powered vehicle and plans to test it out this year

In this article 7267.T-JP 7203.T-JP TATAMOTORS-IN A Land Rover Defender sits on display on the opening day of the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show in...

World

Bolsonaro doesn’t believe in social distancing, masks or vaccines. That wasn’t lost on those protesting

The thud of drums and chanting filled streets across Brazil. A day of protest on the day official figures recorded over 500,000 deaths from...

Sports

World No. 2 Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon

2:53 PM ET Naomi Osaka, ranked No. 2 in the world in women’s tennis, has withdrawn from Wimbledon, according to a statement released by...

Business

Travel restrictions are a ‘trade-off’ and holidays as normal ‘was never going to be the case’

Foreign holidays as normal this summer “was never going to be the case”, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said as he defended the government’s...

Environment

The Fully Electric Future of Landscape Maintenance

Article by Brian Stewart, founder of Electrify Now, a volunteer driven organization working to promote electrification and renewable energy solutions. You have probably noticed...