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Decarbonization Scenarios Outlined by Energy Companies Incompatible with Paris Agreement Goals

Decarbonisation scenarios produced by BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Equinor are incompatible with Paris Agreement goals for a safe and habitable planet.

17 Aug 2022

Propane Proves to be the Superior Solution for Sustainable Air Conditioning

Current severe heatwaves that will likely increase in severity and frequency in the future are driving a rise in the use of air conditioners, threatening the environment with their high energy consumption and refrigerants with high warming potential.

17 Aug 2022

Plant-Based Beef Alternatives Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions, but Could Disrupt the Agricultural Workforce

Plant-based alternatives to beef have the potential to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but new economic models show their growth in popularity could disrupt the agricultural workforce, threatening more than 1.5 million industry jobs.

5 Aug 2022

Using Fish-Safe Turbines to Make Hydropower Plants More Sustainable

Growing up on a farm in Texas, there was always something for siblings Gia Schneider '99 and Abe Schneider '02, SM '03 to do. But every Saturday at 2 p.m., no matter what, the family would go down to a local creek to fish, build rock dams and rope swings, and enjoy nature.

5 Aug 2022

Australia's Global Role in Helping Safeguard Nuclear Technologies

ANSTO, Australia’s knowledge centre for nuclear science and technology, is playing a vital role in a global monitoring system designed to ensure peaceful uses of nuclear technology.

From ANSTO (Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) 5 Aug 2022

Novel Photocatalyst Sheet Helps Curtail the Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Northumbria University have developed an innovative and novel technology that converts carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into acetate and oxygen, which could help create high-value fuels and chemicals generated by renewable energy.

4 Aug 2022

UK’s First Hydrogen-Electric Truck - Featuring Luxfer Gas Cylinders – Launches, in Showcase of Country’s Clean Tech Expertise

Alternative fuel experts at Luxfer Gas Cylinders are celebrating the launch of the UK’s first mass produced hydrogen-electric truck, in a historic milestone that is the result of a partnership between the Nottingham-based firm and fellow pioneers, Tevva Hydrogen Electric Trucks.

From Luxfer Gas Cylinders 3 Aug 2022

The Impact of Economic Crisis and Prosperity on Green Purchasing

A cross-sectional study was conducted by the Financial Economics II and Economics and Business departments at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country to determine whether economic peaks and troughs have different effects on internal (consumer motivations, attitudes, and perceived effectiveness) and external (environmental information and marketing) factors that affect green behavior, such as green activism and green purchasing.

1 Aug 2022

Fighting Climate Change with Containerised Research Laboratories

Research shows that there’s more carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere than ever before in human history. UNDO are tackling the detrimental effects of climate change using enhanced weathering removal, which is based on the natural weathering of rocks.

From UNDO 27 Jul 2022

Research Provides Evidence of Link Between Climate Change and Civil Unrest Among the Ancient Maya

Scientists have discovered that a lengthy drought led to the collapse and abandonment of the prehistoric Mexican city of Mayapan, demonstrating evidence of a connection between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya.

25 Jul 2022