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| 'If there's any country that will do it, it's China': Why is China diverting some of the world's mightiest rivers thousands of miles? | A major part of the project also focused on improving water quality: Freshwater supplies in China are heavily polluted, which reduces the amount of drinkable water. "These were reservoirs, these were rivers, these were groundwater resources that had severe pollution impacts," Darrin Magee… |
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| 'They are trying to tame nature': China is building the world's biggest dam in an earthquake-prone region of Tibet | However, hydropower is not as sustainable as it's often portrayed, and it has environmental impacts. Large dams can cause severe environmental damage to river ecosystems. The creation of reservoirs can also release greenhouse gases as trees and plants are covered with water and… |
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| How State Utility Regulators Are Shaping AI Infrastructure Deployment | By Associate Professor Deborah Glosser of the Institute for Energy Studies |
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| How State Utility Regulators Are Shaping AI Infrastructure Deployment | Written by Deborah Glosser, an Associate Professor at Western Washington University, where she teaches courses in energy engineering and energy policy. |
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| Inevitable or preventable? The wild west of AI use at WWU | In one classroom at Western Washington University, a professor is teaching a class of students how to “vibe code” their own artificial intelligence agents. In another, a professor has moved coursework offline and is printing out readings to discourage student use of AI. |
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| WWU to make a big showing on the global boomerang stage | |||
| Carbon Grand Challenge will feature students developing real world decarbonization proposals on Earth Day | |||
| One quick question: Will rising gas prices encourage the growth of renewable energy? | |||
| Why WA gas prices are so high: It’s more than just the Iran war | Includes an interview with Darrin Magee, director of WWU's Institute for Energy Studies. |
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| Middle East war could bring even higher gas prices to WA | The ramifications of those actions is likely to be felt as far away as the Pacific Northwest, despite the fact that the region gets most of its gasoline from U.S. and Canadian sources. “If the pot of oil available on the world market shrinks and demand stays the same, the price will go up… |