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World’s Largest Companies Focus on Recycling Rather than Virgin Plastic Reduction

Plastic pollution is overwhelming landfills, littering Earth's coastlines, and affecting the health of animals, including humans, while also contributing to environmental degradation and climate change.

19 Nov 2022

MIT Discovery Could Lead to More Lightweight, Compact, and Safer Batteries

A discovery by MIT researchers could finally unlock the door to the design of a new kind of rechargeable lithium battery that is more lightweight, compact, and safe than current versions, and that has been pursued by labs around the world for years.

19 Nov 2022

Epigenetic Memories of Plants Aid Adaption to Climate Change

Animals have the potential for rapid adaptation to survive detrimental environmental conditions. Also, there is a huge increase in evidence to show that plants can also do the same.

18 Nov 2022

First UK Deployment of Pioneering Net Zero Technology in Scotland

WORLD-LEADING decarbonisation technology will be deployed in the UK for the first time as part of a collaboration between climate tech company Levidian and solutions business Eco Group.

18 Nov 2022

A Breakthrough for Next-Generation Lithium-Free Energy Storage Systems

Recently, LiNa Energy – a sustainable start-up company from Lancaster, UK, has successfully proven the potential of its sodium technology for use in battery energy storage systems which marks a breakthrough for next-gen, lithium-free batteries.

By David J. Cross 18 Nov 2022

Echandia to Supply Danish Molslinjen with Battery Systems for Two New Fully Electrified Vessels

Echandia has been chosen to supply energy storage solutions for two new fully electrified vessels for Molslinjen. The two new ferries will operate Alslinjen and Samsølinjen starting in 2024. The battery systems will have a total capacity of around 7 MWh.

18 Nov 2022

A Glimpse of the Future: Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept Revealed

The Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept makes its debut today at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show, giving a glimpse of what the future could hold as Toyota extends the electrification vision of its bZ “Beyond Zero” sub-brand.

18 Nov 2022

SP Energy Networks' Completes £21millon Investment Project in Birkenhead

More than 160,000 homes and businesses across Wirral will benefit from a more resilient energy supply to support the uptake of green technology thanks to a major £21million investment in the network.

18 Nov 2022

Blue Carbon Venture Agrees First One Billion Tonne Carbon Removal Deal

Seafields, the UK aquaculture business that aims to remove billions of tonnes (1Gt) of CO2 from the atmosphere with a hyper-scale seaweed farm, has announced it will tokenize its annual goal of one billion carbon removal credits in an exclusive deal with pioneering blockchain marketplace, JustCarbon.

18 Nov 2022

Clear Blue Technologies Receives a Clean Technology Award as Part of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 program

Clear Blue Technologies International Inc. (“Clear Blue”), the Smart Off-Grid Company™, received a Clean Technology award as part of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 program. Launched last year, the new award leadership category recognizes Canada’s top clean innovators providing processes, goods, or services that reduce environmental impacts.

17 Nov 2022

People with Neurologic Diseases Experience Worsening Symptoms Due to Climate Change

People with neurologic diseases like headache, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease may experience worsening symptoms due to climate change, according to a scoping review of research published in the November 16, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

17 Nov 2022

Human Proximity is the Best Indicator of Microplastics, Study Says

A paper published in Environmental Pollution authored by Saint Louis University (SLU) scientists shows that human proximity is the best indicator of microplastics being found in the Meramec River in Missouri.

17 Nov 2022

Study Quantifies the Amplitude of Past Global Temperature Fluctuations

The Earth's climate has undergone some big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation. And yet life, for the last 3.7 billion years, has kept on beating.

17 Nov 2022

Understanding Interactions Among Diverse Fish Species

Scientists have obtained a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a project to authorize community members already sectioned in coral reef health to use the tools required to document variations in such systems.

17 Nov 2022

Yanmar Delivers Methanation Gas Compatible Micro Cogeneration System to Tokyo Gas

Yanmar Energy System Co., Ltd. a group company of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. has delivered a 35kW output micro cogeneration system fueled by methanation gas (synthetic methane*) as part of a demonstration facility at the Yokohama Techno Station of Tokyo Gas Co. A demonstration test unit was delivered on September 14, 2022.

From Yanmar Co., Ltd 17 Nov 2022