Giant Floating Pipes Help to Remove Ocean Waste

The "Ocean Cleanup" will use giant floating pipes driven by the wind, waves and currents to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Aug 30th, 2018

$30 million has been raised to fund the idea that is projected to clean 50 percent of the garbage patch in five years.

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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

FastBlade's 75-tonne reaction frame fitted with a tidal turbine blade.

Tidal Blade Facility to Be Leading Edge of Green Energy Testing

It is the world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades.

Tourists look at an old turbine that was replaced at the Glen Canyon Dam.

Hydropower's Future Clouded By Droughts, Floods & Climate Change

It's also essential to the U.S. electric grid.

For more than two decades, California's Orange County has debated whether to build a seaside plant to convert the Pacific Ocean's salt water into drinking water in hopes of buffering against droughts like the one now gripping the nation's most populous state.

California Nixes Plant, But Says Open to Desalination

Commissioners said the plant would damage marine ecosystems and make water too pricey.

A plane drops fire retardant onto the Coastal Fire Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Nuclear Lab Peers Into Future of Wildfire

Land managers say expansive U.S. national forests can't be thinned by hand and machine alone.

Water flies from a sprinkler watering a lawn, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. California's water usage jumped nearly 19% in March during one of the driest months on record, state officials announced, Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

In Drought-Ravaged California, Water Use is Up Dramatically

Urban water use accounts for a relatively small percentage of California's overall water use when compared to agriculture.

This aerial photo shows the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, Calif., with Los Angeles International Airport in the background and the El Porto neighborhood of Manhattan Beach, Calif., in the foreground on May 25, 2017. A plan released by the California Air Resources Board on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, recommends a majority of the state's oil refineries install carbon capture technology by 2030. Such technology could be used to capture carbon emissions so they don't go out into the atmosphere.

California Lays Out Plan to Cut Fossil Fuel Use

The board staff recommends the state cut the use of oil and gas by 91% by 2045.

A man and a boy walk across the almost dried up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. According to a report released by the World Meteorological Organization on Monday, May 9, 2022, the world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years.

Earth Given 50-50 Chance of Hitting Key Warming Mark by 2026

The odds are inching up along with the thermometer.

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Electric Eels Point Way to Future Battery Technologies

Eels inspired the first battery 200 years ago.

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Power Co. to Pay $500K Fine for Deadly Explosion

Workers had been performing maintenance on a slag tank when the substance unexpectedly poured out.

Oil Tanker Owner, Operator Sentenced for Obstruction, Pollution Crimes

Prosecutors called the companies "willfully blind if not completely unrepentant."

Buffett's Berkshire Keeps Buying Occidental Petroleum Stock

Berkshire bought nearly 5.9 million more shares on Monday and Tuesday.