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Time to Finetune AI to Keep Animals Safe
As AI-powered drones and self-driving cars slowly come to occupy our cities, a question arises: how will they behave towards the living beings they encounter on the way? While research on human...
Congress Poised to Act to Reduce Major Source of PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water
House and Senate leaders included a provision in legislation to fund the Federal Aviation Administration and strengthen disaster programs that will give commercial airports the option to switch to firefighting foams that do not...
50% of Industrial Climate Change Emissions Tied to Fossil Fuel Companies
The Rocky Mountain Institute recently released a report titled Decarbonization Pathways for Mines: A Headlamp in the Darkness, in which it was stated that in 2015, half of worldwide industrial greenhouse gas...
Most-Polluting UK Home Fuels to Be Burned Up
The sale of the most-polluting fuels used in UK households are to get the chop as part of government plans to reduce emissions.The burning of wood and coal in homes is said...
Caribbean Aims to Be World’s First ‘Climate Smart’ Zone
Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson and Olympic Gold Medal Winner Usain Bolt are backing the Caribbean’s ambition to become the world’s first “climate smart” zone.The athlete helped launch the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator...
This Floating Park in Rotterdam is Made from Recycled Plastic Waste
More than 1,000 square feet of plastic ultimately destined to pollute the ocean is getting a second lease on life in Rotterdam. On July 4, 2018, Recycled Island Foundation opened its prototype...
Majority of Londoners Prefer Electric Taxis to Diesel Models
The majority of Londoners say they would choose to get into an electric taxi over a traditional diesel model.
That’s according to new research from ESB EV Solutions, which found 50% of the...
Dusan Stokic: Company’s Reputation and Ethical Operation Influence its Competitiveness
With talked with Dusan Stokic, Head of Department for Environmental Protection, Technical Regulations, Quality and Social Responsibility in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, about the activities of this National Center for assistance...
Toronto Pay-What-You-Can Store Aims to Tackle Landfills and Hunger
In a bright, airy Toronto market, the shelves are laden with everything from organic produce to pre-made meals and pet food. What shoppers won’t find, however, is price tags. In what is...
Uber to Boost EV Network With Driver Incentives
Uber launched a new program to increase access to electric vehicles for drivers and riders, the company announced Tuesday.The "EV Champions Initiative" offers financial incentives to some EV drivers; an in-app feature...
Serbia Has Joined Copernicus Programme
The European Commission and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia established today a partnership on Earth Observation by signing a Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement. It has...
‘Impossible-to-Cheat’ Emissions Tests Show Almost All New Diesels Still Dirty
Emissions tests that are impossible for carmakers to cheat show that almost all diesel car models launched in Europe since the “dieselgate” scandal remain highly polluting.
The test uses a beam of light...
World’s Largest Battery and Rapid-Charge Network Launches to Accelerate EV Adoption
London-based Pivot Power unveiled plans to build the world's first national network of grid-scale batteries and rapid-charge stations across the UK to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption and to usher in low-carbon...
San Francisco Seeks 100% Electric Bus Fleet by 2035
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SF Muni) Board of Directors passed a resolution to begin procuring zero emission battery buses to replace electric hybrid vehicles by 2025, with a...
EU Agrees Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides
The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees.
The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations on Friday,...
Food and Drink Giants Unite in Promise to Wage War on Plastic Waste
The government may have promised to wipe out avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042, but today large swathes of the UK's food and drink sector went a leap further, in...
