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Giles Road, located in rural Brookfield in Madison County had a snow covered landscape, passing farms and houses in this rural country not from Chenango County.
NY bans ‘forever chemicals’ from pizza boxes, food container
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday signed legislation that officially bans the use of dangerous, indestructible “forever chemicals” from pizza boxes and other food containers.
The new law bans the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS) in food packaging. Studies have linked PFAS chemicals to increased cancer risk, kidney disease and weakened immune systems, among other negative health impacts.
That's a good thing as not only do these chemicals potentially leach into the food, the leach out of landfills or even more directly into the environment as litter, when tossed in compost or manure piles, or burned in a fire pit or burn barrel.
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Shell CEO Hopeful Biden Will Speed Up Climate Change Fight
“I’m quite hopeful that with the new administration coming in, there will be change of sentiment and hopefully a change of direction,” Ben van Beurden said in the Web Summit conference. Without increased cooperation “I don’t think we are going to succeed in the energy transition.”
While it’s too early to say what exactly President-elect Joe Biden’s energy policies will be, his vow to rejoin the climate deal “is a pretty good start,” Van Beurden said. Some of Biden’s ideas are “not bad,” but it will be important to see how the practicalities of these policies play out.
These electric buses can be charged while driving | Inquirer Technology
The project is a first in Germany. In the beginning of 2021, its aim is to implement a 100-meter section of road featuring an inductive charging system, with 90 meters of dynamic charging and 10 meters of static. Later, a larger section, of around 600 meters, will be deployed. Electric buses in Karlsruhe will use this special section of road to recharge their batteries a bit, all while driving. This test phase will serve to determine the extent to which this kind of system might be effective.
This technology offers many potential advantages. First, it promises to boost the battery life of electric vehicles, potentially helping to keep buses on the road for longer. Moreover, seeing as batteries would be charged more regularly, each time the vehicle uses an inductive charging road, this kind of system could allow for smaller batteries, cutting the weight of vehicles while gaining space. Finally, it could also help avoid the need to build extra charging stations for buses.