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Shipping Fuel Regulation to Cut Sulphur Levels Comes Into Force

Sulphur will be cut drastically from global shipping transport fuels in 2020, in a move that should reduce some forms of air pollution, and may help towards tackling the climate...
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Prince William Launches Multimillion Dollar Earthshot Prize for Climate Action

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and second in line to the throne, announced today a multimillion-dollar prize to encourage the world’s greatest problem solvers to tackle the climate crisis,...
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Scientists Find the World’s Oldest Known Forest, Dating Back 386 Million Years

Scientists have discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest known forest — a set of 386-million-year-old fossilized root systems found in an old sandstone quarry in the Catskill Mountains...
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Barcelona to Open Southern Europe’s Biggest Low-Emissions Zone

The largest low-emissions zone in southern Europe opens in Barcelona on New Year’s Day with a ban on the most polluting vehicles entering an urban area including the city and...
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Grown From Necessity: Vertical Farming Takes off in Ageing Japan

The nondescript building on an industrial site near Kyoto gives little hint to the productivity inside: 30,000 heads of lettuce grow here daily, under artificial light and with barely any...
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New LA Clippers Arena to be Net-Zero for Greenhouse Gases

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee have certified that the proposed LA Clippers arena will be “net-zero” for greenhouse gases over its construction period and...
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No More Heavy Metals? New IBM Battery Chemistry Research Could Address Mineral Sourcing Concerns

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are — or could be — at the heart of many clean energy technologies, from more efficient mobile phones to better electric vehicles to decentralized power grid...
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Green New Deals for the World Are Green Good Deals

The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders...
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16 Initiatives Changing Urban Agriculture Through Tech and Innovation

The United Nations estimates that nearly 10 billion people will be living in cities by 2050. According to a recent publication by the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition, urban...
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Renewable Energy From the Ocean, This Time With Bone

Considering all of the water in the oceans of the Earth, it’s no surprise that researchers the world over are hammering away at the challenge of extracting renewable energy from...
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Volkswagen Unveils Automatic EV Chargers for Parking Garages

One of the enduring conundrums for prospective EV buyers who live in apartment or condominium complexes is how to charge their spiffy new EV once they buy it. Many apartment...
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The Future of Energy Is Being Shaped in Asia

A Frenchman is credited with being the first to discover the photovoltaic effect that produces electricity from sunlight. The first solar panel was built in the US. But when Abu...
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