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What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2022

Circle of Blue

Nuclear plants, for instance, require enormous volumes of water for cooling. Growing trees to store carbon and harvesting plants to make biofuels could bring down carbon emissions. The fertilizers that nourish these biofuel harvests can severely pollute rivers and aquifers. Other climate solutions also come with water risks.

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15 Projects Recognized With 2022 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence

PA Environment Daily

for Vicinity Energy Biogenic Fuel: Vicinity Energy converted four boilers at its Edison Station in Philadelphia to use a new biofuel, LR100. The trees planted along residential streets and throughout the downtown business district also provide an urban canopy which cools the natural environment and limits the “heat island” effect.

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What’s Up With Water – September 27, 2021

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The mining company claims the spill was not toxic, while the Angolan government says it is still investigating the matter. _. Nuclear plants demand enormous volumes of water for cooling, and they kill aquatic life and make rivers warmer in the process. That affects water use because most thermal power plants need water for cooling.

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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

SG would cool the Earth, temporarily and imperfectly offsetting some of the climate effects of elevated greenhouse gases, by reflecting a bit (around 0.5% All research is governed, mostly through normal processes of peer review, research-program management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.