Tag: Japan
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From Nukes to Renewables: Japan on Track to be World’s Largest Solar Market
Japan could be on course to become the world’s largest market for solar energy, just two years after the Fukushima power station melt down took virtually all of its nuclear fleet offline …
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Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef
As the global demand for animal protein grew more than fivefold over the second half of the twentieth century, humans began to press against the productivity constraints of the world’s rangelands and oceans. Annual beef production climbed …
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GE French Fries, Coming to a Fast Food Restaurant Near You
These potatoes will be used as frozen fries, potato chips and shoestrings, which make up approximately 50 percent of the potato market in the U.S. …
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San Onofre Is Dead and So Is Nuclear Power
As of early this year, Southern California Edison’s path to a re-start at San Onofre seemed as clear as any to be expected by a traditional atomic tyrannosaur. But with help from Sen. Boxer (D-CA) and Senator-to-be Markey (D-MA) and a powerful citizen …
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Humanity Imperiled: The Path to Disaster
It’s not that there are no alternatives. The alternatives just aren’t being taken. That’s dangerous. So if you ask what the world is going to look like, it’s not a pretty picture. Unless people do something about it. We always can.