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...Read More
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,...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More