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UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

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Using traffic and collision data collected from California, Idaho and Maine, the researchers found that wildlife-vehicle conflict has declined by 21-56 percent from early March to mid-April, following government stay-at-home orders. Traffic on all roads in Idaho decreased up to 63% during the study period. animals per day.

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ORNL assessment finds >65 GW of untapped hydropower in US rivers and streams

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The greatest hydropower potential was found in western US states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. A new assessment conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has identified more than 65 gigawatts of untapped hydropower potential in US rivers and streams.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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With $170 million in funding from the Department of Energy, Core Power and TerraPower are building a molten-chloride desktop test reactor that will produce up to 500 kilowatts of power at Idaho National Laboratory ; the reactor could start trials in 2025. Cost also played a big role in NuScale Power Corp.’s