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Ethanol plant spills harmful wastewater into Philippine marine reserve https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/ethanol-plant-spills-harmful-wastewater-into-philippine-marine-reserve/

Ethanol plant spills harmful wastewater into Philippine marine reserve
A chemical spill from an ethanol distillery has put one of the Philippines’ largest marine protected areas at risk. A wall retaining the wastewater pond of an ethanol distillery plant collapsed on Oct. 24, causing about 255,000 cubic meters (67 million gallons) of wastewater to flow into Bais Bay in the central Philippines, according to […]

TIL that the etymology of "Belgium" is basically "angry people".

Shipping giant Maersk is turning to ethanol as a green fuel alternative, aiming to reduce its dependence on China for sustainable maritime solutions.
As the industry races to decarbonize, diversifying fuel sources has become critical for supply chain resilience. This shift could reshape global green fuel markets.
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from my link log —
A brief history of NSA backdoors. (2013)
https://www.ethanheilman.com/x/12/index.html
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#Etymology ‘R’ Us.
Annihilate. From Latin, an- “to bring to-“ nihil “nothing”

Is Enerkem's Waste Gasification technology a Failure or a promising Climate Solution?🗑️💨♨️🏭
Gasification of waste and biomass🪵 could be an enormously helpful tool to make valuable circular or renewable chemicals. Yet, the list of failed gasification projects is long.
Enerkem looked like it had finally unlocked successful waste gasification, with the world's only waste-to-Methanol/Ethanol plant operating in Edmonton, Canada🇨🇦, since 2014. But in early 2024, it was shut down.…

Is Enerkem's Waste Gasification technology a Failure or a promising Climate Solution?
Repsol wants to build a waste gasification plant to make circular and biogenic Methanol in Spain. The Ecoplanta project will use a technology that previously failed to deliver on its promises in Canada.

This made me laugh. Reminds me of the time @… added garam masala to the flapjacks instead of ground ginger and it was surprisingly good 😄
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I recently researched the etymology of two interesting German words:
- "nonchalant" (informal, relaxed, casual, carefree, easy-going): I found that interesting because it's obviously a negation and I never read the non-negated form "chalant". Turns out that the non-negated form goes back to latin "calēre" (warm, to be hot, to be alarmed, to be fired up)
- "verschollen" (lost, missing, nothing has been known about the whereabouts of sth. or sb. for a long time). I found it weird because I couldn't make any sense of "schollen". This might be related to "verschallen" (stop making noise) and might go back to old high German "skellan" (which is also related to German "Schelle", a small bell). So, "verschollen" can be seen as a euphemistic expression because stop making noise is used to refer to being lost (and maybe dead).
#etymology #linguistics #German

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So ‘mistletoe’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon words for ‘shit stick’?
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5641015/mistletoe-dung-manure-etymology