Carbon Dioxide and Water Successfully Converted Into Ethanol
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could do something useful with excess carbon dioxide other than capture it, compress it, and bury it deep in the bottom of the ocean? Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory may have discovered a way…
Melbourne Airport Building Largest Behind-The-Meter Solar Power Plant in Australia
This may be a lousy time for the airline industry, but it is the perfect time for Australia’s Melbourne Airport to look to the future. The largest behind-the-meter solar farm in Australia is under construction at the airport and is…
Remote Working and Online Shopping Could Drive 14 Million Cars Off US Roads
In 2019, US motorists drove equivalent of 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto. Lockdown meant a 64% drop in car usage, according to a KPMG report. 14 million fewer cars may be needed if working and shopping trends continue.…
Cities – Where the Fight for a Green Recovery Will Be Won or Lost
Cities are home to 55 per cent of the world’s population, all jammed together cheek-by-jowl. Little wonder, then, that cities are being hit hardest by COVID-19: an estimated 90 per cent of all reported cases have occurred in urban areas.…
An App Made in Heaven
Fresh Agriculture Technologies is developing software solutions to assist in fruit production. A team of seven people of different professions, from agronomists through developers to economists, contributed to the digitisation of agriculture by designing the MapMyApple application, which even Delta…
BP to Cut Oil Production 40% by 2030, and Invest Billions Into Green Energy
bp today introduces a new strategy that will reshape its business as it pivots from being an international oil company focused on producing resources to an integrated energy company focused on delivering solutions for customers. Within 10 years, bp aims…
This App Plants Trees When People Make Lower-Carbon Choices
Ant Forest is a mobile game that has become China’s largest private sector tree-planting scheme. The game has funded the planting of more than 120 million trees, covering more than 100,000 hectares. The project has contributed to China becoming the…