Federal court strikes down a California city’s natural gas ban

  • April 18, 2023
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flames burn on a natural gas-burning stove. Scott Olson | Getty Images A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Berkeley, California, cannot enforce a ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings, saying a U.S. federal law preempts the city’s regulation. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was a […]

Germany has shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and some climate scientists are aghast

  • April 18, 2023
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16 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Neckarwestheim: The Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday with the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images As of […]

In world first, Gogoro’s EV battery swap stations becoming virtual power plants

  • April 18, 2023
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You may already be familiar with Gogoro’s battery swapping stations, known as GoStations, which have famously created the de facto standard in swappable light electric vehicle batteries. But now the company is expanding beyond just EV battery swapping by teaming up with Enel X to create virtual power plants (VPPs) from its GoStations. The Taiwanese […]

This is what Americans really think about climate change

  • April 18, 2023
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Pew Research Center surveyed nearly 11,000 American adults in March, and here’s what its survey revealed about how Americans view climate change. Being that the US is the second-largest emitter of CO2 in the world behind China, how Americans view climate change impacts the entire world. This is what Pew found. Nearly 7 in 10 […]

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Complex care startup Memora Health scores $30M

  • April 18, 2023
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Memora Health, a complex care management platform, secured a $30 million strategic investment led by General Catalyst, with participation from Northwell Health’s venture arm Northwell Holdings, PagsGroup, NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health and others.  Additionally, existing investors Transformation Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Frist Cressey Ventures provided follow-on investments. WHAT IT DOES Memora Heath is an AI-enabled […]

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Easy-to-use devices key to equitable remote patient monitoring

  • April 18, 2023
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One of the key tenets of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System’s remote patient monitoring program is choosing easy-to-use devices that don’t require extra technology on the patient’s end, said Cathleen Mathew, director of condition management and population health. The program, which went live in 2020, is largely focused on hypertension, but the health […]

Nissan unveils new Arizon electric SUV concept, a ‘multifunctional partner’

  • April 18, 2023
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Nissan has revealed its latest fully electric vehicle concept at Auto Shanghai 2023. The Arizon electric SUV is designed to serve as a “multifunctional partner,” according to Nissan. Although Nissan was an early pioneer, releasing the LEAF in 2010 as one of the first mass-market EVs, it took the Japanese automaker over a decade to […]

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Covid May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Researchers Find

  • April 18, 2023
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People infected with the coronavirus were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes within a year of their infection, compared with those who had not been exposed to the virus, researchers in Canada reported on Tuesday. Men were more likely to develop diabetes than women, the scientists found. People who were so […]