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By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Danish electrolyzer startup Green Hydrogen Systems A/S raised 28 million euros ($34.3 million) to scale up production of the technology that’s at the heart of the European Union’s climate goals. Competition is heating up among makers of the machines to capture a wave of orders that will make up the EU’s first generation of utility-scale green hydrogen production funded by government subsidies. Electrolyzers are the machines that use electricity to separate hydrogen out of water. The clean-burning gas could then be used to replace fossil fuels in a wide...

Class of 2020 Success Stories: BGSU experience is music to Gretchen Hill's ears By Julie Carle When Gretchen Hill chose to attend Bowling Green State University on a recommendation by her clarinet teacher, she couldn’t fathom the experiences she would encounter. During her four and a half years at BGSU, she traveled abroad; attended a monthlong chamber music festival; connected with musicians, educators and alumni; commissioned a musical composition for her instrument-of-choice, clarinet; and developed lifelong friendships. The December 2020 College of Musical Arts graduate from Swartz Cre...

By Rachel Morison and William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Britain’s electricity grid operator is pushing deeper into the turbulent waters of the North Sea, seeking to support the government’s $27 billion program to build up the offshore wind industry. Executives from National Grid Plc meet government officials on Thursday to discuss how a growing tangle of projects offshore can be best connected to the network on land. At the moment, wind farms at sea are each linked individually with separate cables. Combining some of those links could cut the amount of new infrastructure needed in half. The...

DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the U.S. Department of Education July 8, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public education gleefully took to social media to say good riddance to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. DeVos came into office with an agenda to further the privatization of public education by expanding charter schools and by enco...

>> there are critics. one critic, dr. william mathis at the university of colorado saying the standards are not tough enough, not high enough, they are minimal. >> these are much higher than a vast majority of states. a recent study came out demonstrating how much better these were. everyone is saying we have to educate our way to a better economy. these are dramatically tougher than what most children experienced. far too long we've been lying to children. we've been telling them they are ready for college when they are not. this will enable the country to tell the truth and let children know...