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Blade waste, other factors prove wind is no more green than solar
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPoliticsSolar panels generate mountains of waste — and heat the planet
The International Renewable Energy Agency has estimated that in 2016 there were already about 250,000 metric tons of solar panel waste worldwide
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Some recent inspector general reports from within various federal agencies show that the Trump administration is attempting to weed out abuse, fraud, and waste in government programs.
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Environmental groups predictably took National Park Week as an opportunity to decry President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the budget for the Department of the Interior.
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Lawmakers in Salt Lake City recently approved giving the city’s NBA team, the Utah Jazz, $22.7 million in tax revenue collected from businesses in the basketball arena’s zoning district. The subsidy will be doled out over the next 25 years. The “reimbursement,” as lawmakers on the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City termed the gift, is expected to be used to help pay for the planned construction and renovation of the Vivint Arena, where the Jazz play ball.
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Environment/EnergyInternet/TelecomApple (Private Sector) or the FBI (Government): Whom Do You Trust With Your Data?
Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (i.e. the government) received a court order (i.e. from the government) that would force private computer giant Apple to write a program (a “backdoor”) to break the privacy-protecting encryption of their iPhone.
