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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Cars That Think

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change? Rahman: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

Cars That Think

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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Arizona State Students Develop a Solar-Powered Air Filtration System

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The Project Koyash team at ASU designed a solar-powered air-filtration system that autonomously cleans polluted air in less than an hour. The project was done through the Fulton Engineering Projects in Community Service in IEEE group. The system includes a solar panel, a battery, an Arduino microcontroller, an inverter, and a filter.

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Ohio’s largest solar farm will also be the US’s largest agrivoltaics project

Baua Electric

Photo: Erich Burnett/Oberlin College Ohio has green-lit what will be the state’s largest solar farm – and the US’s largest agrivoltaics project. The $1 billion Oak Run Solar Project , approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus. Bill Gates owns some of that land.

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Elon Musk slams California’s $8 per kW monthly utility charge plan for solar owners

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has slammed California’s plan for homeowners who use solar panels in their homes. ” The announcement, which was posted by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Monday, has been met with widespread criticism from the residential solar industry. .”

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Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

Green Car Congress

Ireland-based electrolyzer company Fusion Fuel Green PLC will collaborate with Consolidated Contractors Group S.A.L. We are delighted to be partnering with the CCC to open this new market. It can be combined with a high-efficiency solar cell and attached to a specifically designed concentrated photovoltaic solar panel.

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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

Creative Greenius

In this picture provided by the environmental group Greenpeace, Greenpeace climbers rappel down the face of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D. As the smart folks at Solve Climate write in their coverage from yesterday: Climate activists have reason to pour on the pressure. AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison).