“Half the world’s GDP depends on natural resources, but only about 1 percent of total climate financing goes to support investments such as protecting forests, rehabilitating ecosystems or reestablishing […]
“TransAlta Corp. said it would add 2 GW of new capacity to its generating fleet, and invest around C$3 billion ($2.37 billion) developing, constructing, and […]
“Wastewater treatment plants release microplastics into the environment, where they accumulate and pose a threat to wildlife. But by studying the way a manta ray […]
“A new invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean water off the grid. The device resembles […]
“A simple seed treatment could drastically increase the amount of atmospheric carbon captured by crops, and store it underground for longer Fundamentally, two of the […]
“The country’s largest mine workers union signaled on Monday that it would accept a transition away from fossil fuels in exchange for new jobs in […]
“The giant appropriations bill signed by US President Donald Trump on December 27 contains a little-noticed section that sets the goal of creating a full-fledged […]
“…The visual experience, the visual fidelity we’ll be able to create — the real world will stop being the metric that we apply to the […]
“Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry has announced a joint development project with Kyoto University to test the idea of using wood as a component in satellite […]
“As more and more companies rush to adapt new remote work policies, many find themselves behind the curve. But what if you could look into […]
“The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries. That […]
“The Global Blockchain in Energy market report enumerates highly classified information portfolios encompassing multi-faceted industrial developments with vivid references of market share, size, revenue predictions along with […]
“Elon Musk teased his latest philanthropic endeavor on Thursday: a contest meant to encourage more-innovative carbon-capture technologies. “Am donating $100M towards a prize for best […]
“Monday to Friday, nine to five – like hamsters on a wheel, we’ve been stuck in this rut for as long as we can remember, […]
“Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on […]
“You’ve likely heard the buzz around lab-grown (or cultured) meat. We can now take a few cells from a live animal and grow those cells into a […]
“Improving the efficiency of solar cells can make a huge difference to the amount of energy produced from the same surface area and the same amount of […]
“A new vertical farm – Nordic Harvest – will be Europe’s largest and most efficient when fully completed in late 2021. The indoor facility is […]
“AI, or artificial intelligence, is attracting great attention across many industries, even food production, according to research published in the International Journal of Society Systems Science. […]
“Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston city council approved a lease of 240 acres of city-owned land in the Sunnyside area to a Wolfe Energy subsidairy. […]
“China has successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, according to Agence France Presse. The reactor, which is the country’s largest, […]
“From cultured meat to plant-based foods to robotic kitchen assistants, tech seems to be infiltrating every corner of our food system. And it’s a good thing, because we’re […]
“The world of farming is changing rapidly. Whether it’s CRISPR editing for improving crop yields, smart scarecrows, or robot weeding machines, this sector continues to transform at a […]
“From 2009 through 2019, the cost of electricity from new solar power plants fell 89%, overtaking cheap sources like coal and some gas. And the […]
“Plenty is an ag-tech startup in San Francisco, co-founded by Nate Storey, that is reinventing farms and farming. Storey, who is also the company’s chief science […]
“More electricity in Texas was generated from wind power than coal last year, another sign of the rapid emergence of renewable energy in the state. […]
The optimal use of water through irrigation has always been inextricably linked to the evolution of agriculture and successful farming. But efficiently managing natural water […]
“The petrochemical industry produces more than 88 million tons of polyethylene, making it the most common plastic in the world. Scientists have found a new way to […]
“In Batesville, Arkansas, just 17 miles west of the state’s largest coal-fired power plant, a solar array at the local high school is having an […]
“While President Donald Trump has baselessly attacked plans to eradicate fossil fuel-based sources of energy from the United States’ power grid on the grounds that […]
“The Los Angeles fire department rolled out the first firefighting robot in the US at a major fire earlier this month, CNN reports. The golfcart-sized Thermite RS3 […]
“In a new report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says solar is now the cheapest form of electricity for utility companies to build. That’s thanks to risk-reducing […]
“A new artificial neural network model created by Argonne scientists handles both static and dynamic features of a power system with a relatively high degree […]
“Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Occidental, and Rusheen Capital Management, a private equity firm, have formed a development company, 1PointFive, to finance and deploy Carbon […]
“The Green Revolution of the 1960s used selective breeding to double crop yields of rice and wheat in some areas of the world, rescuing millions of people […]
“Depending on who you ask, AI and automation will either destroy jobs or create new ones. In reality, a greater push toward automation will probably both kill and create jobs — […]
“New technology turns seawater into drinking water into clean drinking water in less than 30 minutes. Australia-based researchers used a metal-organic framework (MOF), a type […]
“British rooftops could be hosting a breakthrough in new solar power technology by next summer, using a crystal first discovered more than 200 years ago […]
“If you were at work and one of your colleagues made a racist remark, would you challenge it or let it pass?This scenario is one […]
Three predictions for what the future might look like “When the pandemic is over, one in six workers is projected to continue working from home […]
“The apple is Germany’s favorite fruit. Pears rank sixth in annual per capita consumption. Yet apple and pear trees both frequently suffer from diseases: Apple […]
“How much space do you think you need to grow a forest? If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. Miniature […]
“Renewable energy developers are wilting under the economic pressure attending the COVID-19 crisis, but major US clean energy buyers are still keeping the decarbonization movement […]
“In the era of automation and digital transformation, the shipping industry is undergoing dramatic changes to increase efficiency and safety at the port and on […]
“A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the efficiency of vertical farming methods to grow wheat. Wheat accounts for about 20% of the […]
“This article is the fifth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand […]
“Latin America could be 15 million jobs better off by 2030 in a zero emissions economy, a new IDB and ILO report has found The […]
“According to Gallup’s World Poll, only 15 percent of people worldwide are actually engaged with their jobs. The current state of “work” is not working for […]
“Apple is making big changes to its supply chain and products by committing to be 100% carbon neutral by 2030. The company announced on its website that […]
“Economic recovery strategies should “catalyse the power” of so-called purpose-first businesses in order to grow this “critical” emerging sector and allow it to assume greater […]