Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonisation, can instead create entirely new problems. This is shown in a study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where researchers carried out life cycle analyses for batteries and for three electrofuels including ammonia. Eutrophication and acidification are some of the environmental problems … Read more
For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74 — 95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater). But as increasing ocean temperatures contribute to … Read more
Eighteen elected officials have joined a federal lawsuit by the teachers union aimed at blocking the controversial new $15 congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown Manhattan. More than half the plaintiffs are Democrats whose fellow party members approved the law greenlighting congestion pricing in 2019. UTF President Mike Mulgrew and Staten Island Borough President Vito … Read more