air quality
Cargo Ship Partially Powered By Solar Array
As part of a demonstration project by the Port of Long Beach, Toyota and Tokyo-based shipping company NYK Line, the massive carrier ship Auriga Leader will idle it’s engines a little less thanks to the 328 panel 40MW solar array on it’s deck designed to supply 10% of the ships electrical needs while she is docked.
EPA Sets Sites On Cement Industry’s Mercury Emissions
Aside from the energy intensive processes that go into making the stuff, it also accounts for a large majority of the airborne mercury in the U.S. and virtually all of the airborne mercury in California (90%). It was announced yesterday that the EPA is finally going to move in and regulate these emissions forcing cement plants to take measures to reduce mercury emissions by up to 90%.
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