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Combining Waste Wool with Hemp to Create High-Performance Yarns

There are more than 80,000 sheep and lambs living on over 2,000 farms in New York State. Their wool has many uses including clothing, carpets, furniture, bedding, insulators, fertilizers, and more.

12 May 2023

Tool Developed to Assist Urban Planners to Keep Up Climate Goals

A team of Aalto University researchers has created a new tool to assist urban planners in keeping urban developments in accordance with climate goals.

10 May 2023

Sandia Switches to Hydrogen-Filled Balloons to Reduce Costs and Carbon Emissions

Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem.

10 May 2023

Itron Accelerates Digital Transformation of Water Utilities in Australia and New Zealand

Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced the launch of AMI Essentials in Australia and New Zealand to accelerate the digital transformation of water utilities.

10 May 2023

Engineered Bacteria Could Provide a Powerful Route to Sustainable Biochemicals

A research team led by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley has engineered bacteria to produce new-to-nature carbon products that could provide a powerful route to sustainable biochemicals. The advance could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals.

9 May 2023

International Project Aims to Build Community Resilience to Climate Change Effects

An international project to build community resilience to the effects of climate change, launched by Community Jameel and a research team at MIT, has been recognized as an innovation sprint at the 2023 summit of the United States' and United Arab Emirates' Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C).

9 May 2023

New Supply Chain Model Reveals Optimal Places for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists led the development of a supply chain model revealing the optimal places to site farms, biorefineries, pipelines and other infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel production.

9 May 2023

Pharmaceutical Producers Could Reduce Environmental Impact by Roughly Half

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Cornell University researchers and partners found that pharmaceutical producers could reduce their environmental impact by roughly half by optimizing manufacturing processes and supply chain networks and by switching to renewable energy sources.

9 May 2023

Lenzing Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Excellence in LENZING™ Acetic Acid Biobased

Lenzing Group, a leading global producer of wood-based specialty fibers, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its biorefinery and co-product brand LENZING™ Acetic Acid Biobased.

9 May 2023

Carbon Capture: Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry

Researchers at Northwestern University (NU) have been working in collaboration with international partners to find ways to capture carbon and produce acetic acid out of carbon monoxide.

5 May 2023