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The Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant Officially Powers Down. Will Renewables Replace It?

GreenTechMedia

One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Other partial owners include Arizona Public Service, NV Energy and Tucson Electric Power.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. Others have lost their own homes to natural disasters. Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I I've always been an energy nerd and I just knew that was my place. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30.

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The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline

DeSmogBlog

The power lines had been replaced four times in the past two decades. “It Still, the cheniers and the surrounding wetlands provide critical habitat for fish, shrimp, ducks, and an array of migratory birds travelling across the Gulf of Mexico. Department of Energy (DOE) revises its review process. I had a house right over here.

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The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down

Mearth

The botnet Akamai analyzed makes use of the computing assets and electrical energy supply of contaminated machines to mine the Monero cryptocurrency. The system is secure as long as sincere nodes collectively control more CPU energy than any cooperating group of attacker nodes.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. After deforestation rates in Indonesia soared to record levels in 2016, they have since fallen significantly.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

Clean energy for Native American communities. Others have lost their own homes to natural disasters. Zack Angelini, 29 Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts LinkedIn Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits.