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UK on course to lead world in hydrogen fuel as aviation regulator expands Hydrogen Challenge | Civil Aviation Authority

February 3, 2025

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has announced the expansion and extension of the Hydrogen Challenge by launching a second round. The next stage of the Hydrogen Challenge will see the development of: New designs of cutting-edge aircraft that use hydrogen fuel cell power systems and remotely piloted systems to drive down carbon emissions. Changes to airport infrastructure that could..
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Another Court Challenge for Nuclear Waste Storage Site

June 10, 2020

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Another legal challenge has been filed against the ongoing effort to build a storage site for U.S. nuclear waste in the New Mexico desert.

Beyond Nuclear, among the environmental and other groups opposed to the project that would be built by Holtec International, on June 4 filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The group has asked the court to review the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) rejection of their earlier petitions against the project.

Holtec International, a private company that specializes in spent nuclear fuel storage and management, wants to build what it calls its HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) in southeastern New Mexico. The site in the desert near Carlsbad has been the subject of opposition from several groups, including state lawmakers and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Supporters of the storage site have said it would bring an estimated $ 3 billion in capital investments to the region, and create about 100 jobs.…

South Carolina Hands Democrats A Challenge: Running In A Strong Job Market – NPR

February 29, 2020

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COP22: Countries Challenge the World to Advance Clean Energy

November 20, 2016

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Meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, during the most recent United Nations climate change conference (COP22), Mission Innovation countries—a group of nations whose stated mission is to accelerate the pace of clean energy innovation—launched seven innovation challenges, designed as a global call to action for the research community, industry, and investors.

The challenges are:

Smart Grids
Off-Grid Access to Electricity
Carbon Capture
Sustainable Biofuels
Converting Sunlight (to create storable solar fuels)
Clean Energy Materials
Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings

“Collaboration is essential to advancing our global response to climate change and meeting our Mission Innovation goals,” said James Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources. “Canada will continue to invest in clean energy research and technology development and work with international partners to leverage efforts to accelerate energy technology innovation to advance the transition to a low-carbon global economy.”

After welcoming Finland and the Netherlands to the group during COP22, the Mission Innovation countries are now 23 members strong, including the three largest CO₂ emitting countries in the world: China, the U.S.,…