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The contentious path to a cleaner future
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The world is building solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and other crucial climate technologies faster than ever. As the pace picks up, though, a challenge is looming: we need a whole
Low tech makes cleaner water in Iowa; so what’s stopping it?
SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MICHAEL PHILLIS, Associated PressApril 20, 2023Updated: April 20, 2023 12:17 a.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of21A worker shovels wood chips in a bioreactor trench in a farm field, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, near Roland, Iowa. Simple systems called bioreactors and streamside buffers help filter nitrates from rainwater
EVs are far cleaner than gas-powered cars — even if batteries require more mining
The global transition to renewable energy will require vast amounts of minerals. Those minerals will need to be extracted from the ground, processed into purer forms, and turned into batteries and magnets to power things like electric vehicles. So if the battery in an electric vehicle, or EV, demands so much mining and manufacturing, are
Why your new M1 Mac needs a cleaner app
Apple’s M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max processors have made for some amazing Macs with robust hardware that have drawn terrific reviews. Couple that with a steady pace of solid macOS updates, and Apple is in an enviable position of strength after decades of dealing with third-party chip makers. Still, great hardware needs great software.…