The Virtual Tribune
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Sidney Loeb and Srinivasa Sourirajan: The UCLA Pioneers of Reverse Osmosis Desalination
LOS ANGELES, July 14 — The membranes that turn seawater into drinking water have a birthday worth noting.…
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Biden bans Russian oil, warns of higher prices at US pumps.
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports. Toughening the toll on…
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From Vassar to the IAU: Debra Elmegreen Calls Satellite Swarms an Existential Threat
PARIS, July 6 — Debra Elmegreen spent her two-year term as president of the International Astronomical Union staring…
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Arctic Permafrost Thaw Holds Vast Carbon, but Seabed Study Finds Most Stays Buried
WASHINGTON, October 2 — The thawing of Arctic permafrost is accelerating the release of carbon dioxide and methane…
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The Regulator Who Wanted a Western RTO: Richard Glick’s FERC Chessboard
WASHINGTON, July 8 — Richard Glick, who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, remains a…
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TVA Transformed Depression-Era South With Dams and Power
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The Tennessee Valley Authority was created by an act of the U.S. Congress on…
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Spanish Allies and Local Enmities Toppled the Aztec Empire
MEXICO CITY, July 8 — A new assessment of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire has drawn…
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KAB Enters Vietnam Hydropower with 180 MW Deal
On June 28, 2021, Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB), a Malaysian mechanical engineering company, signed an agreement with Janakuasa…
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Malaysian firm KAB enters Vietnam hydropower market
On June 28, 2021, Malaysian mechanical engineering company Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) formalized an agreement with Janakuasa Pte.,…
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Malaysian firm to acquire majority stake in three Vietnamese hydropower plants
In a significant move, Malaysian mechanical engineering firm Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) has secured a controlling stake in…
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All payments for Govt services to be made on a cashless basis by 2022- Zafrul
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz announced on June 10, 2021, that all payments for Malaysian…
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Petronas Prices Spot LNG Cargo to Asia on Canada AECO Index
Canadian natural gas pricing is about to get a lot more attention in Asia. On May 7, Malaysia’s…
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Petronas Signs First LNG Deal Using Canada’s AECO Price Index
Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas announced on May 7, 2021, in Singapore, that it had signed a liquefied…
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Water Bankruptcy: Why the Global Freshwater Crisis Keeps Getting Worse
WASHINGTON, July 7 — More than 2 billion people around the world face water scarcity, according to the…
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The Secret Chief Designer Behind Every Soviet First
MOSCOW, July 8 — The shift is finally complete. For decades, the man who made the Soviet Union…
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The World Digs Up 50 Billion Tons of Sand a Year, and the UN Warns of Consequences
HANOI, August 5 — Every year, the world digs up an estimated 50 billion tons of sand and…
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Why Natural Gas Failed Texas During the February 2021 Winter Storm
AUSTIN, July 13 — The figure that matters from the 2021 Texas power crisis: 22 gigawatts of natural…
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Jet Engine Pioneers Whittle and von Ohain’s Parallel Inventions
LONDON, July 10 — Against this backdrop of a century defined by speed, it is worth recalling that…
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Dr. Zhenyu Tian Identified 6PPD-Quinone’s Toxicity to Salmon
TACOMA, July 7 — A single chemical, first identified in a University of Washington Tacoma lab six years…
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The Money Behind Columbus and the 2,300-Mile Mistake
GENOA, July 8 — Five centuries after his death, the mechanics of Christopher Columbus’s enterprise still reward scrutiny.…
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Fourth Time’s the Charm: The 2008 Falcon 1 Flight That Saved SpaceX
LOS ANGELES, July 9 — When Elon Musk founded SpaceX, the idea that a private company could rival…
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Deepwater Horizon’s Toll: Record $5.5 Billion Penalty and Lasting Damage
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The petroleum industry’s environmental footprint is written into the geological record, the regulatory landscape,…
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Amazon Won FCC Approval for Its 3,236-Satellite Kuiper Network in 2020
SEATTLE, July 15 — The shift in low-Earth orbit is no longer theoretical. Amazon’s Project Kuiper is staring…
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How the Three Gorges Dam Works, and Where It Falls Short
BEIJING, July 8 — The world’s largest hydroelectric power station, the Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River,…
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