Showing posts with label #Sustainability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Sustainability. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Move over, batteries: green hydrogen is the key to getting flying taxis off the ground

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VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft are rapidly growing from prototypes to commercial vehicles. But while most prioritize electri...
Saturday, November 6, 2021

US Department of Energy wants to dramatically reduce the cost of carbon capture technology

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The US Department of Energy wants to accelerate the development of carbon capture technology. On Friday, the agency announced a program c...

Wright Spirit 100-passenger aircraft aims for all-electric flights by 2026

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During the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference this week, Wright Electric unveiled its latest commercial aircraft, the 100-passenger Wright ...
Monday, November 1, 2021

End of the avocado: why chefs are ditching the unsustainable fruit

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Give peas a chance – as well as pistachios, fava beans and pumpkin seed paste. These are just some of the ingredients being used to replac...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Hertz order for 100,000 EVs sends Tesla shares to $1 trillion

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Tesla Inc.’s shares soared on Monday, pushing the automaker’s value past $1 trillion for the first time. Source: https://www.aljazeera.c...

Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas, carmaker’s stock surges

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Tesla Model 3 sedans will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major US markets and parts of Europe in November. Source: https://w...
Monday, October 18, 2021

‘We want sun’: the battle for solar power in Puerto Rico

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Many people suffered following power cuts in the aftermath of two hurricanes, but advocates say solar power will withstand future disaster...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

NASA Is Preparing for the Ravages of Climate Change

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The agency knows it needs to adapt to climate-driven events that will increasingly threaten coastal launch sites and other key space infra...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis

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Exclusive: Activist says there are many fine words but the science does not lie – CO2 emissions are still rising Greta Thunberg has exco...
Saturday, September 25, 2021

Can green energy power Africa’s future?

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Energy access is a big issue for businesses in Africa, but can the continent go green as well? Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/busine...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

‘Dramatically more powerful’: world’s first battery-electric freight train unveiled

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Wabtec shows off locomotive amid fresh attempt by some US lawmakers to slash carbon emissions from rail transport The world’s first batte...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Sustainable e-commerce startup Olive now ships beauty products, in addition to apparel

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Earlier this year, a startup called Olive launched its new shopping site and app with the goal of making e-commerce more efficient, conven...
Friday, August 13, 2021

“Blue” hydrogen is worse for the climate than coal, study says

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Enlarge / A Hyundai Nexo patrol car at a hydrogen filling station in Lower Saxony, Germany. (credit: Friso Gentsch/picture alliance ) G...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

These countries have warned they face extinction. They hope climate report is a ‘major alert.’

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“Climate emergency is intensifying, we are on the front lines,” Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the Maldives, said. Source: https://ww...
Monday, August 9, 2021

New IPCC climate report is the clearest guidebook for selecting a future

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Enlarge / Cover art of the new report. (credit: IPCC ) It has been eight years since the last major report from the Intergovernmental ...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Rising gasoline prices signal trouble for climate change action

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Cutting oil production before we cut our demand for oil could undermine much of the progress that needs to be made on climate change. Why...

The hydrogen hype is real, but is it justified?

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Hydrogen is quickly gaining ground in the global energy mix, but it still has a long way to go to become the low-carbon solution it is bein...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Earth’s energy imbalance removes almost all doubt from human-made climate change

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A new study found a less than 1 percent probability that a growing imbalance between the amount of energy Earth absorbs and what it emits ...
Friday, July 30, 2021

The fungus and bacteria tackling plastic waste

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Bacteria, fungus and enzymes can all digest plastic, but can they work at a useful commercial scale? Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Thousands of scientists warn climate tipping points ‘imminent’

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Researchers say ‘overexploitation of the Earth’ has seen many of its ‘vital signs’ deteriorate to record levels. Source: https://www.alj...