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When the plant can’t burn coal anymore, what’s a coal plant town to do? For 75 years, Trenton, N.S., has played host to a coal-fired generating station, but the plant has to switch to another fuel by 2030 or shut down. About a third of the town's revenues come from the plant, and the mayor says that means Trenton has an uncertain future. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/when-the-plant-cant-burn-coal-anymore-whats-a-coal-plant-town-to-do-9.7297284?cmp=rss

Re-wetting drained peatlands restores their carbon-capture ability but eliminates their value as cropland. Installing solar panels provides a substitute income. Monitoring of bird calls showed that bird biodiversity subsequently increased, and included not just peatland species but also other species that benefit from the presence of the solar panels. https://eos.org/articles/for-the-birds-solar-panels-over-peatlands-may-increase-avian-biodiversity https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2688-8319.70259 #Biology #Birds #SolarPower #AlternativeEnergy #Biodiversity

Your daily reminder that data centres are using huge amounts of potable water and electricity to cool off and power sloppy AI All they give back is lots and lots of heat, adding to the already alarmingly high temperatures. #AI #BanAI #AISlop #EatTheRich #Capitalism #CorporateGreed #BigTech #BigCorpo #AlternativeEnergy #ProtectNature #SaveThePlanet #BeTheChange #ResetSociety