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Volkswagen Looks to Accelerate Transformation Towards e-Mobility with New R&D Center in China, Says GlobalData

Following the news that Volkswagen (VW) has inaugurated a research and development (R&D) center for e-mobility in the Anhui province of China;

10 Dec 2020

Students to Reinvent 18 World Cities to Tackle Climate Crisis as C40 Cities Launches New Competition

Today, 18 global cities including Buenos Aires, Paris, Washington D.C., and Delhi have launched Students Reinventing Cities, a pioneering competition that will enable students and universities from across the globe to share their vision for a green and just reinvention of our cities.

10 Dec 2020

The Ocean Cleanup Prepares for Series Production of Interceptor – Partners with MHE-Demag

The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, and Konecranes, a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, announced today that MHE-Demag is the chosen partner to design, manufacture, and service The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor to extract plastic from rivers before entering the ocean.

10 Dec 2020

Octopus Energy’s Electric Juice Network Hailed as ‘Best EV Innovation’ at DrivingElectric Awards 2021

Entech ‘unicorn’ Octopus Energy has been awarded the ‘Best EV innovation’ award at the Driving Electric awards for its simplified EV charging system, the Electric Juice Network.

10 Dec 2020

Digital Rate & Total Indicator From Titan Enterprises

10 Dec 2020

Simple Method to Label, Track Nanoparticles Could Help Better Understand Plastic Pollution

A ground-breaking method to label and track manufactured nano-plastics could signal a paradigm shift in how we understand and care for environments, finds a new study.

9 Dec 2020

Novel Method for Converting Captured Carbon into Useful Products

A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering has created a new process for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from smokestacks into commercially valuable products, such as fuels and plastics.

9 Dec 2020

New Multispecies Sustainability Concept Could Have Wide-Ranging Applications

An interdisciplinary team led by Senior Researcher Dr. Christoph Rupprecht (FEAST Project, RIHN) has revealed a new definition of sustainability that expands the concept to non-human species and their needs.

9 Dec 2020

Emissions from Cooking Stay Longer in Air and Add to Climate Change

A new study reveals that particulate emissions from cooking tend to remain in the air for a longer time compared to what was thought earlier, thus contributing more to poor air quality and human health.

9 Dec 2020

Study Reveals Global Warming Accelerates the Loss of Biodiversity

According to research from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), headed by Almut Arneth, a significant number of present and proposed post-2020 biodiversity targets of international organizations are vulnerable due to climate change, even if other obstacles like habitat exploitation are eliminated.

9 Dec 2020

Simpler, Cheaper, Greener Process to Treat Sewage Water

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a new process to treat sewage water. This process is relatively cheaper, simpler and greener when compared to prevalent techniques.

9 Dec 2020

Recycle2Trade to Develop New Landfill Methane Emission Monitoring Intelligence Platform

Recycle2Trade, a leading environmental sector ICT specialist, has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme. SPRINT funding will enable Recycle2Trade to collaborate with the University of Leicester on a project that will use satellite observations of landfills to detect gas emissions and damage to surrounding vegetation.

8 Dec 2020