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A big problem with nuclear fusion is solved

Written by The Space Academy

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wein) have discovered a way to control Type-I ELM plasma instabilities, that melt the walls of fusion devices.

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The woman who could cancel Net Zero

Written by Iain Hunter

While we’re enjoying the winter cold, our energy bills mount and we wonder if we will have a continuous electricity supply come the evening, our minds might turn to the sheer stupidity of successive governments which have failed to guarantee that lights will stay on and homes stay heated in winter while abundant supplies of unexploited, cheap energy lie under our very feet.

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Ten whale groups slam Atlantic Offshore Wind Strategy

Written by David Wojick

Ten whale protection groups, including some prestigious names, filed lengthy and highly critical comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s “DRAFT BOEM and NOAA Fisheries North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy, October 2022”.

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US ignored own scientists’ warning in backing Atlantic wind farm

Written by Jennifer A Dlouhy

U.S. government scientists warned federal regulators the South Fork offshore wind farm near the Rhode Island coast threatened the Southern New England Cod, a species so venerated in the region a wooden carving of it hangs in the Massachusetts state house. The Interior Department approved the project anyway.

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