NEW YORK - Across the United States, coal-fired power plants are shutting down for good. In the last twenty years, over 600 have been retired. But just because these plants aren’t burning coal doesn’t mean they aren’t still being used. A trend is now emerging in a number of states to repurpose the plants to create new jobs and supply
LIEV, Ukraine - Before Russia launched its senseless and brutal war on Ukraine, builder Sergiy Kovalenkov was well into a mission to bring environmentally friendly, healthy hempcrete living spaces to Ukrainian citizens. With the war destroying homes in many parts of the country, Kovalenkov now finds that mission heightened as more and more Ukrainians are
WASHINGTON DC - The vibrant turquoise seas of the Caribbean and a murky blanket of smog covering parts of Northern India are among the sights in the first global image produced by NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new environmental satellite. The composite photograph was produced by data collected over a 24-hour-period from December
ZEELAND – Lakeshore Advantage, the economic development organization for Allegan and Ottawa counties, released its 2022 Successful Projects & Achievements report which revealed substantial business expansion activity in the two counties. Both the number of expansions and dollar-amounts invested were sizeable increases over previous years. In 2022, businesses invested a total of $2.38 billion and
GRAND RAPIDS - Join Michigan Sustainable Business Forum January 17 at 10am for a conversation on the intersection of the food system and climate action. Food systems are both impacted by climate change and major contributors to climate change. They have been recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as an important
LAS VEGAS - CES 2023 will be kicking off in a few days and we’ll finally have an early look at the latest developments in the tech world. Over the last few years, we’ve seen a growing trend of automobile manufacturers choosing the biggest tech trade show of the year to showcase their latest electric
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch company Lightyear has just announced that its Lightyear 0 model is being manufactured. The Lightyear 0 can charge literally any time the car is in the sun, meaning while parked or on the go. The vehicle, which would be the first of its kind, comes after years of innovation and development. This
WISCONSIN - Strange lights shooting across rural Wisconsin skies this month were filmed by witnesses in multiple stunning videos obtained by DailyMail.com – with one having a spooky up-close encounter. The footage from December 1 shows bright white lights zipping across cloudy skies over the rolling farmland near West Bend and Fredonia, Wisconsin. Moving at incredible
WASHINGTON DC - The Pentagon has awarded a contract worth as much as $334 million to develop a new multi-purpose hypersonic air vehicle under a secretive program known as “Mayhem.” The experimental Mayhem program is thought to be creating some kind of hypersonic aircraft capable of strikes as well as spying, also known as intelligence,
DETROIT - These days, billion-dollar plants to make the massive batteries that power electric vehicles are announced so often that — even if you follow the auto industry — it's hard to keep track of them all. Did you hear about the one from KORE Power in Arizona? Samsung and Stellantis in Indiana? The Chinese project
