Biden to boost biotech to tackle cancer, climate change
President Joe Biden today will sign an executive order to bolster the bioengineering industry, creating an initiative that will support both his Cancer Moonshot initiative to reduce mortality and the administration’s goal to tackle climate change. Biden believes that boosting…
Why the Rush to Mine Lithium Could Dry Up the High Andes
What environmental price should the world be willing to pay for the metals needed to switch to electric vehicles? The question is being asked urgently in South America where there are growing fears that what is good for the global…
World’s first zero emission ferry sets sails between Marseille and Corsica
Your next trip to Corsica could be kinder on the environment thanks to a new ‘zero particle’ ferry connecting Marseille and Ajaccio. In an industry first, the ferry’s fine-particle filtration system can capture 99 per cent of sulphur oxides and…
Hawaii closes its last coal power plant: Are its renewable replacements ready for the switch?
The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawai’i’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in…
How Plants Can Help Clean Up Our Polluted Environment
We live in a world where pollution has become an everyday problem. One of the best ways to combat pollution is to use plants. Plants can help clean up our air, water, and soil. They do this by absorbing pollutants…
Solar power helped the EU avoid €29 billion in gas imports this summer
Solar power accounted for 12.2 per cent of the European Union’s electricity generated this summer – the highest share on record, according to a new report. This power would have cost as much as €29 billion had it come from…
Rarest sea turtle on the planet hatches in Louisiana for the first time in 75 years
After being dismissed as unviable for sea turtle life decades ago, the Chandeleur Islands, off the coast of New Orleans, Louisiana, have seen the world’s most endangered turtles hatch again. A local restoration agency was surveying birds when crew members…
Simple method destroys dangerous ‘forever chemicals,’ making water safe
If you’re despairing at recent reports that Earth’s water sources have been thoroughly infested with hazardous human-made chemicals called PFAS that can last for thousands of years, making even rainwater unsafe to drink, there’s a spot of good news. Chemists…
Could this tiny floating leaf decarbonize some of the world’s biggest polluters?
Cargo ships could one day be powered by ‘artificial leaves’ floating out at sea. University of Cambridge Researchers have designed lightweight, flexible devices that use solar technology to convert light into fuel. At just 1mm thick, the ultra-thin ‘leaves’ can…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef shows best signs of coral recovery in 36 years
Two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years. The reef still remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, however, an official long-term monitoring programme reported on Thursday. The recovery is in the…