Articles by
Michelle Lewis
This AI optical technology cuts wind turbine eagle deaths by 82%
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Michelle Lewis
IdentiFlight’s smart cameras, which spot birds of prey such as eagles and then halt wind turbines to protect the birds, can result in a large percentage reduction of bird deaths, according to a new study published last week in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
Pete Buttigieg wants to put ‘millions’ of electric cars on US roads
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Michelle Lewis
To meet the climate crisis, we must put millions of new electric vehicles on America’s roads. It's time to build public charging infrastructure powered by clean energy and make it available in all parts of this country.
New Jersey calls for gas-car sales ban by 2035
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Michelle Lewis
New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection called for a ban on gas car sales by 2035 last week. If implemented, that would make the Garden State the second state in the US to enact an ICE ban policy, behind California, which is drawing up rules for a 2035 gas car ban.
Sweden erects the first wooden wind turbine tower
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Michelle Lewis
Swedish engineering and industrial design company Modvion has erected the first wooden wind turbine tower on an island outside Gothenburg, Sweden. It was a pilot project for the Swedish Wind Technology Centre and will be used for research purposes
US oil futures crash below $0 for first time in history — how’d that happen?
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Michelle Lewis
Last week, Electrek asked the question: Oil producers make the largest production cut in history — will it matter? Looks like the answer is no. Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to cut oil production by 5 million barrels per day each, for a total of 10 million barrels. So did many other countries, and it still didn’t keep the US from breaking historic crash records.
