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New Model Could Help Break Through Inefficiencies Of Common Water Treatment Systems

With their new technique, the duo also discovered a new system design that could make these technologies about 40% more energy efficient — and therefore more cost-effective — while producing the same amount and quality of clean drinking water.

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

The video, which remains archived on Tesla’s website, was released in October 2016 and promoted on Twitter by Chief Executive Elon Musk as evidence that “Tesla drives itself.”

E-Bikes and the Bike Infrastructure of the Future

What will the future hold for cycling and bike infrastructure? With the introduction of e-bikes, the landscape of cycling, and even the definition of a bike, is changing.

Why Electrifying Everything Is A Critical Pathway To Decarbonize The World & Our Lives

The World Bank summarizes findings from International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) models with required action in four areas: 1. Decarbonize electricity production; 2. Electrify everything and, where not possible, switch to other clean fuels like hydrogen; 3. Improve efficiency and reduce waste; and 4. Preserve and increase natural and artificial carbon removal using forests, other vegetation, and soils.

Green energy has a problem: There aren’t enough electricians. Here’s one solution.

The Civilian Climate Corps

S.F.’s largest landlord defaults on massive loan. What does it mean for the future of city’s real estate?

Last week, the Fitch Ratings reported that the property owner was in default on a $448 million loan, which is secured by a portfolio of 1,734 rent-controlled units in 62 buildings across San Francisco.

Mass Climate Migration Is Coming – Isn’t it already here?

With rising sea levels  and extreme weather events, the global north needs to prepare to welcome displaced people.

What the Gas Stove Meltdown Has In Common With the Car Culture Wars

In a matter of days, environmental and public health advocates have found themselves embroiled in a culture war over whether to increase regulations on a deadly, polluting machine that has become so ubiquitous in American life that owning one feels, to many, like a constitutional right, even though it isn’t.

Europe’s snowless ski resorts preview winter in a warming world

Within the next seven to 17 years, skiing will become impossible “in the medium-altitude mountains, and the snow cover will inexorably decrease in the highest parts of the mountain ranges,” said Magali Reghezza-Zitt, a French geographer.

What makes a city ‘happiest’? Here’s why Bay Area cities keep ranking No. 1

In the 2022 “ Where Americans are Happiest ” study, six California cities made the top 10. Four are in Northern California, with the Bay Area city of Sunnyvale topping the list as the “happiest city” in the country.

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