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IKEA Teams Up With Electrify America To Provide Charging in The United States.

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As a result, more than 200 public chargers will be installed at IKEA retail sites in 18 states, including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Watering the Sustainability Dream.

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Smokey the AI

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And this was on top of a 2018 fire season that burned more than 700,000 hectares of land in California, and a 2019-to-2020 wildfire season in Australia that torched nearly 18 million hectares. Xcel Energy and Florida Power and Light , are testing AI to detect problems with electrical components on both high- and low-voltage power lines.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Florida Power and Light Company. NextGen Climate America. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Duke Energy Florida. Con Edison. Connecticut Green Bank. Dayton Power & Light Company. Duke Energy. Edison Electric Institute.

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Eco real estate

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When Christopher Matos-Rogers launched a new career as an Atlanta-area real estate agent a decade ago, he had just spent five years as a marine biologist and he knew what was up with climate change. As a real estate agent, I drive around constantly, and we’ve also taken road trips to New York and Florida.”

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Using AI to Clear Land Mines in Ukraine

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Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum’s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. Today, about a third of its land, an area the size of Florida, is estimated to be contaminated with dangerous explosives.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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Sunbather, Daytona Beach, Florida (1985) by Library of Congress is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. That’s why Florida has no wind farms – either onshore or offshore. But they don’t. Absolutely.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Representatives Henry A.

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