Fire at the world’s largest battery plant is a setback for clean energy

Fire at the world's largest battery plant is a setback for clean energy

Smoke rises from a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery warehouse in California on January 17 Bloomberg/Getty Images A fire at the world’s largest battery storage facility in California destroyed 300 megawatts of energy storage, forced 1,200 area residents to evacuate and released plumes of smoke that could pose a health threat to humans … Read more

12 Pasta recipes from Lombardy – The Pasta Project

12 Pasta recipes from Lombardy - The Pasta Project

The food of Lombardy. Because much of Lombardy is well-irrigated flatland, this region has a highly productive agricultural industry, producing crops such as rice, corn, wheat, sugar beet, and animal feed. There are also plenty of cattle and dairy farms. Like the rest of Italy, the most common crops and livestock dictate the cuisine of … Read more

Air monitoring station records largest ever jump in atmospheric CO2

Air monitoring station records largest ever jump in atmospheric CO2

The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since 1958 FRED ESPENAK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii rose by 3.58 ppm in 2024 — the biggest jump since records began there in 1958. “We’re … Read more