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Why Are Airports Always So Far Away? 5 Surprising Reasons That Make Perfect Sense
If you feel airports should sit right inside the city, here is why planners and aviation experts disagree, plus a look at where cities have tried the opposite.
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Can You Take Sand or Seashells On A Plane? Here Is What You Need To Know
If you are planning to bring a piece of your beach holiday home, read on to find out whether it is safe and legal to carry sand or seashells on a flight.
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SpaceX Might Get FAA Approval for 25 Starship Launches in 2025
A draft environmental assessment by the FAA suggests allowing SpaceX to increase Starship launches from Starbase, Texas, from the current limit of five annually to 25 by 2025. Public consultations in January 2024 will determine the next steps. Starship is SpaceX's reusable rocket intended for Moon and Mars missions, with six test flights conducted ...
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Fifth Environmentalist Jailed In Vietnam, US "Deeply Concerned"
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
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Bitcoin Price Slumps 8 Percent as Cryptocurrency Heads for Bruising Monthly Drop
Bitcoin slumped to its lowest this week, taking losses sparked by a growing crackdown in China and environmental concerns to almost 40 percent so far this month.
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Tesla Teams To Visit Indonesia To Check On Investment In EV Components - Government
Musk has said he is planning to offer a 'giant contract for a long period of time" so long as the nickel is mined -efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive way".
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Wanted - A Clean Air Boss With Cabinet Rank To Tackle Pollution
Every country that has cleaned up its polluted air has done so after reaching a tipping point. That point has come after pollution has become undeniable and its health harm acknowledged, after people have realized that existing environmental laws have been de-fanged by industry or lobbies with commercial agendas and usually after a new law is passe...
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Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta Asks PM Not To Inaugurate Birbhum Project
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Birbhum coal block, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote a letter to the PM today, saying he should await proper environmental clearances and a rehabilitation package before doing so, otherwise it might send "wrong signals".
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Amazon Rainforest Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
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Why Are Airports Always So Far Away? 5 Surprising Reasons That Make Perfect Sense
If you feel airports should sit right inside the city, here is why planners and aviation experts disagree, plus a look at where cities have tried the opposite.
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Can You Take Sand or Seashells On A Plane? Here Is What You Need To Know
If you are planning to bring a piece of your beach holiday home, read on to find out whether it is safe and legal to carry sand or seashells on a flight.
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SpaceX Might Get FAA Approval for 25 Starship Launches in 2025
A draft environmental assessment by the FAA suggests allowing SpaceX to increase Starship launches from Starbase, Texas, from the current limit of five annually to 25 by 2025. Public consultations in January 2024 will determine the next steps. Starship is SpaceX's reusable rocket intended for Moon and Mars missions, with six test flights conducted ...
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Fifth Environmentalist Jailed In Vietnam, US "Deeply Concerned"
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
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Bitcoin Price Slumps 8 Percent as Cryptocurrency Heads for Bruising Monthly Drop
Bitcoin slumped to its lowest this week, taking losses sparked by a growing crackdown in China and environmental concerns to almost 40 percent so far this month.
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Tesla Teams To Visit Indonesia To Check On Investment In EV Components - Government
Musk has said he is planning to offer a 'giant contract for a long period of time" so long as the nickel is mined -efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive way".
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Wanted - A Clean Air Boss With Cabinet Rank To Tackle Pollution
Every country that has cleaned up its polluted air has done so after reaching a tipping point. That point has come after pollution has become undeniable and its health harm acknowledged, after people have realized that existing environmental laws have been de-fanged by industry or lobbies with commercial agendas and usually after a new law is passe...
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Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta Asks PM Not To Inaugurate Birbhum Project
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Birbhum coal block, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote a letter to the PM today, saying he should await proper environmental clearances and a rehabilitation package before doing so, otherwise it might send "wrong signals".
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Amazon Rainforest Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
