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SpaceX Might Get FAA Approval for 25 Starship Launches in 2025
A draft environmental assessment by the FAA suggests allowing SpaceX to increase Starship launches from Starbase, Texas, from the current limit of five annually to 25 by 2025. Public consultations in January 2024 will determine the next steps. Starship is SpaceX's reusable rocket intended for Moon and Mars missions, with six test flights conducted ...
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Fifth Environmentalist Jailed In Vietnam, US "Deeply Concerned"
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
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Bitcoin Price Slumps 8 Percent as Cryptocurrency Heads for Bruising Monthly Drop
Bitcoin slumped to its lowest this week, taking losses sparked by a growing crackdown in China and environmental concerns to almost 40 percent so far this month.
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Godawari Power Rallies On Environmental Clearance For Chhattisgarh Plant
Godawari Power shares have so far this year outperformed the Sensex by rallying 33 per cent compared with a jump of 5 per cent in the Sensex.
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Tesla Teams To Visit Indonesia To Check On Investment In EV Components - Government
Musk has said he is planning to offer a 'giant contract for a long period of time" so long as the nickel is mined -efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive way".
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Opinion: Wanted - A Clean Air Boss With Cabinet Rank To Tackle Pollution
Every country that has cleaned up its polluted air has done so after reaching a tipping point. That point has come after pollution has become undeniable and its health harm acknowledged, after people have realized that existing environmental laws have been de-fanged by industry or lobbies with commercial agendas and usually after a new law is passe...
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Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta Asks PM Not To Inaugurate Birbhum Project
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Birbhum coal block, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote a letter to the PM today, saying he should await proper environmental clearances and a rehabilitation package before doing so, otherwise it might send "wrong signals".
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Amazon Rainforest Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
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"Environmental Tragedy" As Canary Islands Fire Out Of Control
A fire raged out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria Monday, forcing evacuations as flames rose so high even water-dropping planes could not operate in what was dubbed an "environmental tragedy".
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You May Be Eating A Credit Card's Worth Of Plastic Each Week: Study
Plastic pollution is so widespread in the environment that you may be ingesting five grams a week, the equivalent of eating a credit card, a study commissioned by the environmental charity WWF International said on Wednesday.
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What Is To Be Blamed For Childhood Cancer? Know Now
Few childhood cancers are attributed to genetics or environmental factors, so when children are diagnosed with cancer, families often wonder 'why me/why us'?
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This US Lawmaker Wants You To Know Him So He Can Wreak Havoc In Congress
Everybody went to high school with Matt Gaetz, in some form. You know the type. Contrarian, but well-argued. Obnoxious, but not a bully. An OK baseball player, but a much better debater: loud, fast and fearsome. Not boastful of family money, but not stealth about it either. You pictured him becoming a litigator, flashing cuff links like a sidearm, ...
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Why The Bitcoin Craze Is Using Up So Much Energy
The exploding price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin in recent months has triggered doubts not only about the financial sustainability of the rally, but about the environmental sustainability of the currency itself.
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Use Multilevel Facility: Green Court Bans Parking In Sarojini Nagar Market
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned parking in the Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market and said anyone found doing so would be liable to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. The environmental compensation of Rs 5,000 would be in addition to the fine mentioned under the Motor Vehicles Act, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.
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SpaceX Might Get FAA Approval for 25 Starship Launches in 2025
A draft environmental assessment by the FAA suggests allowing SpaceX to increase Starship launches from Starbase, Texas, from the current limit of five annually to 25 by 2025. Public consultations in January 2024 will determine the next steps. Starship is SpaceX's reusable rocket intended for Moon and Mars missions, with six test flights conducted ...
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Fifth Environmentalist Jailed In Vietnam, US "Deeply Concerned"
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
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Bitcoin Price Slumps 8 Percent as Cryptocurrency Heads for Bruising Monthly Drop
Bitcoin slumped to its lowest this week, taking losses sparked by a growing crackdown in China and environmental concerns to almost 40 percent so far this month.
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Godawari Power Rallies On Environmental Clearance For Chhattisgarh Plant
Godawari Power shares have so far this year outperformed the Sensex by rallying 33 per cent compared with a jump of 5 per cent in the Sensex.
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Tesla Teams To Visit Indonesia To Check On Investment In EV Components - Government
Musk has said he is planning to offer a 'giant contract for a long period of time" so long as the nickel is mined -efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive way".
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Opinion: Wanted - A Clean Air Boss With Cabinet Rank To Tackle Pollution
Every country that has cleaned up its polluted air has done so after reaching a tipping point. That point has come after pollution has become undeniable and its health harm acknowledged, after people have realized that existing environmental laws have been de-fanged by industry or lobbies with commercial agendas and usually after a new law is passe...
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Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta Asks PM Not To Inaugurate Birbhum Project
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Birbhum coal block, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote a letter to the PM today, saying he should await proper environmental clearances and a rehabilitation package before doing so, otherwise it might send "wrong signals".
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Amazon Rainforest Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
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"Environmental Tragedy" As Canary Islands Fire Out Of Control
A fire raged out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria Monday, forcing evacuations as flames rose so high even water-dropping planes could not operate in what was dubbed an "environmental tragedy".
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You May Be Eating A Credit Card's Worth Of Plastic Each Week: Study
Plastic pollution is so widespread in the environment that you may be ingesting five grams a week, the equivalent of eating a credit card, a study commissioned by the environmental charity WWF International said on Wednesday.
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What Is To Be Blamed For Childhood Cancer? Know Now
Few childhood cancers are attributed to genetics or environmental factors, so when children are diagnosed with cancer, families often wonder 'why me/why us'?
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This US Lawmaker Wants You To Know Him So He Can Wreak Havoc In Congress
Everybody went to high school with Matt Gaetz, in some form. You know the type. Contrarian, but well-argued. Obnoxious, but not a bully. An OK baseball player, but a much better debater: loud, fast and fearsome. Not boastful of family money, but not stealth about it either. You pictured him becoming a litigator, flashing cuff links like a sidearm, ...
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Why The Bitcoin Craze Is Using Up So Much Energy
The exploding price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin in recent months has triggered doubts not only about the financial sustainability of the rally, but about the environmental sustainability of the currency itself.
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Use Multilevel Facility: Green Court Bans Parking In Sarojini Nagar Market
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned parking in the Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market and said anyone found doing so would be liable to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. The environmental compensation of Rs 5,000 would be in addition to the fine mentioned under the Motor Vehicles Act, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.
