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Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian: Heat pumps are more than twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating systems in cold temperatures, research shows. Even at temperatures approaching -30C, heat pumps outperform oil and gas heating systems, according to the research from Oxford University and the . . .
A man rides a boat past toll plaza amid flood water on main Indus highway, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Under the Biden administration, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed a series of stricter energy standards on Friday that they said would update regulations for household appliances, and slash greenhouse gas emissions while saving Americans around $3.5 billion annually on utility bills. It’s been more than a decade since the DOE has updated the regulations […]
It’s no secret that Americans love air conditioning. But although AC is far more ubiquitous in U.S. homes than in most other regions of the globe, the typical American air-conditioning unit is nowhere close to the forefront of the technology curve when it comes to the latest in cooling. That’s a big problem for a sector that […]
Odessa, Ukraine, July 28, 2022 — The International Rescue Committee is making an urgent plea for immediate solutions to solve bureaucratic and safety challenges at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to ensure grain can reach extremely food insecure people in East Africa and around the world. Marysia Zapasnik, Ukraine Country Director for the International […]
Shipping containers are unloaded from ships at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson LOS ANGELES, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Southern California’s Los Angeles and Long Beach ports handle the most ocean cargo of any ports in the United […]
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