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EPA: Chemicals called PFAS will see more research and new regulations

Enlarge / Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has announced a major effort to handle environmental contamination by chemicals called PFAS. (credit: Bloomberg / Getty Images ) On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced what it called a “comprehensive national strategy” to handle pollution by a group of industrial chemicals that are […]

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Facebook A.I. researchers Drive a breakthrough in renewable energy storage

Facebook is among those world’s biggest corporate buyers of renewable energy, using signed prices for at least 5 gigawatts of all “fresh ” electricity –3.5 gigawatts of that is anticipated to be on line by the end of the year. (One gigawatt is enough to electricity 700,000 houses for per lifetime, according to some estimates) […]