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Making it Personal: Reducing Carbon on the Home Front in Ireland

Making it Personal: Reducing Carbon on the Home Front in Ireland



  • Climate & Weather

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Pioneers in Environmental Responsibility

Pioneers in Environmental Responsibility




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GE Ecomagination CEO Series: Jose Benjumea, CEO of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures

GE Ecomagination CEO Series: A conversation with Jose Benjumea, CEO of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, a global leader in the development of solar energy projects



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Do Biometric Payments Get a Thumb’s Up for Safety?

Making a payment with a fingerprint can make you feel a bit like a secret agent.



  • Protection & Safety

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Workplace Safety: New Scorecard Changes the Game

Most U.S. safety scorecards are based on information from the past. A new scorecard adds scientifically based predictions about the future.



  • Protection & Safety

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"Clean" coal smells good too

The good folks at Coalergy reminds us all that coal isn't dirty. It smells good too.




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Media Mayhem: Al Gore, bogeyman?

MNN asks Al Gore about the claims that he's making a fortune off of climate change. The former vice president responds -- via iPhone texts.



  • Climate & Weather

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Sustainability: What does it really mean?

More than just green ideas, "sustainability" also refers to the economy and social justice. But is the word being used to death?




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Watch: Al Gore hits Comedy Central

Al Gore has the radical idea that more of our decisions should be made based on facts and reason.



  • Climate & Weather

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Al Gore's new '30 Rock' cameo

Video: The former VP returned to '30 Rock' in honor of NBC's Green Week -- delivering an unexpectedly funny performance as the light bulb-changing janitor.



  • Arts & Culture

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Al Gore's 'Saturday Night Live' cameo

Video: Former vice president tells Weekend Update he's just going to start acting crazy from now on.



  • Arts & Culture

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Al Gore flies commercial

In an interview with the Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove, Gore unloads on the fear and doubt mongers trying to delay taking action on global warming.



  • Climate & Weather

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Quick hits: Consuming consumers and all we consume

Can over-consumption actually save the planet? Are we finally on the downslope of the bottled water craze? And should Al Gore be talking about meat?



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Snoop Dogg has a message for Al Gore

Rapper urges environmental crusader to focus on a different type of green.



  • Arts & Culture

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L.A. school named after Al Gore sits on polluted ground

$75.5-million Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences to open amidst controversy of site's toxic past.



  • Arts & Culture

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Documentary offers alternative to Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'

Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg discusses his new book "Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits'" as well as the film "Cool It," w



  • Climate & Weather

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Lieberman's environmental legacy

Often criticized by members of both parties, Sen. Joseph Lieberman has been a staunch supporter of the environment throughout his career.




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Is Al Gore's Climate Reality Project a new direction or more of the same?

This week, Al Gore announced a new venture — the Climate Reality Project — which he claims will push public interest past the tipping point toward serious a



  • Climate & Weather

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As Greenpeace turns 40, the eco-movement aches for another wave of innovation

In 1971, a ragtag gang of committed activists unleashed its first "mind bomb," and it set the environmental agenda for decades to come. Today, with campaigns by




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What if climate-change doubters held a debate and nobody came?

Al Gore's 24-hour Climate Reality broadcast has attracted millions of online viewers. A competing broadcast by climate doubters had just thousands.



  • Climate & Weather

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Al Gore finally drops meat, goes vegan

Former vice president reportedly made the healthy shift several months ago.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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New clever species of praying mantis named after Al Gore

'Liturgusa algorei' one of 19 new species identified in the tropical forests of Central and South America.




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When did Al Gore become an optimist?

His critics often accuse him of alarmism, but nowadays the former VP is sounding positively upbeat.



  • Climate & Weather

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This apartment will anticipate your every move

The Brain of Things smart home will turn your home into a robot.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Now is the time to care about virtual reality

2016 will be the year that holodecks becomes real. Sort of.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Drones converge on Mount Fuji for a mesmerizing dance party

Behold, an aerial ballet performed by LED-equipped flying robots.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Philadelphia's parks are getting the Google Street View treatment

It will take two men six months to digitally document the largest urban park system in America.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Virtual reality eyed as a replacement for some painkillers

As the technology decreases in price, some hospitals are trying it as a distractive force to cut the use of opioids.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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It's Cyber Monday, an archaic name for an irrelevant event

The constantly connected computer in your pocket makes it irrelevant.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Should Americans have to choose between health care and a smartphone?

Health care is essential, but so is a smartphone if you want to get a job or even sign up for health care ... despite what Jason Chaffetz says.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Animal shelter's homeless-shooing robot gets the boot

The San Francisco SPCA has been ordered by the city to fire a robotic rent-a-cop used to patrol the sidewalks outside of its campus.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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The Google spy who loved me

There are a few things to know about Google Home, the home automating wunderkind.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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The new Apple Watch 4 is a boon for boomers

It's not just a watch, it is a whole new communications platform.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Meet Boston Dynamics' family of strange and amazing robots

Boston Dynamics robots imitate human and animal movements, making them impressive — and a little creepy.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Would you want to live in an Alexa-powered smart home?

Following a major investment in a prefab homebuilder, it's clear that Amazon is serious about voice-controlled smart homes.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Become a bee with 'Bee Simulator'

Varsav Studios' 'Bee Simulator' allows players to explore a Central Park-inspired place as a bee and protect a hive from humans and wasps.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Former NASA engineer serves up sweet justice to package thieves

A burst of glitter and stinky spray surprise thieves who steal packages from porches.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Vampire power is back, and it's thirstier than ever in the new smart home

We're getting more and more smart devices with teensy little idle loads — but they're adding up fast.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Infotainment systems in cars are distractions for all, but even more so for older drivers

Entertainment systems in cars reveal a design problem, not an aging problem, and it should be fixed.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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How much screen time is too much for kids?

From toddlers to tweens and teens, glowing screens can harm their bodies and minds. Here's how to reduce screen time, and why you should.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Newly discovered shark puts on a light show to lure in its next meal

Scientists find a tiny pocket shark that glows in the dark in the Gulf of Mexico.




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What burrowing owls think of hidden cameras

This video shows burrowing owls discovering the presence of a "hidden" observation camera. It doesn't end well for the camera.




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Why are some dogs more aggressive than others?

A new study finds as much as 70% of a dog's behavior, including aggressiveness, is inherited.




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[Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.]<br />MHPS to Introduce MHPS-TOMONI&reg; Digital Solutions for Geothermal Power Plant in Mexico -- Real-time Plant Monitoring and Diagnostics to Improve Efficiency, Enhance Operational Performance and Redu

・ First introduction for a geothermal power plant ・ Enhancing the operation and performance of power generating facilities in close cooperation with customers




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[Primetals Technologies, Ltd.]<br />Primetals Technologies equips Baosteel CC3 continuous caster with new Integrated Control Center

New Integrated Control Center (ICC) for controlling and monitoring the entire continuous casting plant




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MHPS, MHIENG and MGC selected to conduct research on effective recycling of CO<sub>2</sub> to produce methanol<br>-- The collaborative research project commissioned by NEDO aiming at developing carbon capture and utilization (CCU) techno

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.




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President and CEO Izumisawa Offers New Employees Words of Welcome and Encouragement as New Members of MHI Group

Tokyo, April 1, 2020 - This morning Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Group President and CEO Seiji Izumisawa released a video message of welcome and encouragement to the company's newly joining employees. The video format was chosen after the traditional welcoming ceremony was canceled this year to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus. Mr. Izumisawa called on the new employees to prepare themselves fully as members of MHI Group, and he expressed robust hopes and expectations for their active participation and contributions.




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[Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.]<br />Second Commercial-use MEGAMIE System Begins Operations at HAZAMA ANDO Technical Research Institute -- Supplying Clean Power with Low CO2 Emissions --

・ Supporting an energy management system with low-CO2 distributed power generation and self-consignment ・ Switch to CO2-free hydrogen fuel planned for the future




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[Primetals Technologies, Ltd.]<br />Primetals Technologies wins order from Shougang Qian’an to supply 6-stand Hyper UC-mill for electrical steel

・ The world’s first 6-stand tandem cold mill with Hyper UC-mills in all stands ・ Equipped with work roll shift function to enable precise edge profile control of electrical steels ・ Enables Shougang Qian’an to meet the growing demand for electrical steels




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[Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.]<br />MHPS Receives Order from Taiwan Power Company for Steam Turbine Facilities for the Datan Power Plant -- Equipment to Convert the Unit 7 Natural Gas-fired Simple Cycle Generator to a GTCC System --

・ Combined cycle operations scheduled to begin in November 2023 ・ Total plant output to increase 50%, from the current 600 MW to 900 MW