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Study projects future EVs to have 30-70% lower environmental impacts that current EVs when changes to electricity generation are considered
2018-04-01 13:57:06| Green Car Congress
The environmental and economic impacts of closing a nuclear plant
2016-08-08 10:00:00| Power Technology
A new study has investigated the economic and environmental costs of closing nuclear generating capacity, using the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) California as its case study. Co-author of the report Lucas Davies, an associ
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Environmental Impacts of Solar Farms Revealed
2016-07-20 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Soureable: A new study has concluded that solar farms can have a significant impact on local environmental conditions, achieving temperature reductions of as much as 5 degrees Centigrade beneath photovoltaic panels under certain circumstances. Scientists from the UK have released the first detailed study into the effect that solar PV installations can have on local climate conditions, with a view to assessing their potential environmental impact and enabling farmers to make better land management decisions....
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Environmental, health impacts of US health-care system
2016-06-11 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: If the U.S. healthcare system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. The study, published June 9 in PLOS ONE, quantified previously unreported environmental and public health impacts of the nation's healthcare sector. The U.S. healthcare system, the most expensive in the world, uses vast amounts of energy in the form of heating, electricity, and energy-intensive goods and services. It has been estimated that the healthcare sector...
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Liquid asphalt spill into Sandy River caused no environmental impacts, state officials say
2015-06-26 18:43:43| Waste Management - Topix.net
Marcia Danab, an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman, said cleanup has begun - made easier because the asphalt cooled quickly once it hit the soil and water, forming a solid mass. "There was no fish kill, no sheen on the water," Danab said.