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PLASTICS Applauds Senate for Passing Save Our Seas 2.0 Act

The U.S. Senate has approved the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, legislation the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) supports, that would improve domestic infrastructure to reduce marine debris, further research into detection and clean-up, and enhance international cooperation to solve the problem.

3 Dec 2020

Industry Leaders Join Nor-Shipping Blue Economy Drive to Accelerate Sustainable Change for Ocean

Key ocean business stakeholders are joining forces to support Nor-Shipping’s unique Blue Economy Hall as it embarks on a mission to accelerate sustainable change within the ocean space.

3 Dec 2020

Uber, Rivian, JetBlue, Cabify, and Boom Supersonic Sign The Climate Pledge

Today, during Web Summit 2020, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that Boom Supersonic, Cabify, JetBlue, Rivian, and Uber have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.

3 Dec 2020

Accelerating Corporate Climate Action Through Innovation

Our collective climate challenge calls for an innovative spirit and the means to turn it into concrete solutions. The newly launched Climate Innovators Network and the Solar Impulse Foundation are collaborating to accelerate tangible action to tackle climate change.

3 Dec 2020

Pioneering Renewable Energy Village Earmarked for North East Scotland

Plans have been unveiled to construct a large-scale renewable energy park in the north east of Scotland, designed to deliver between 150 – 200 megawatts of green energy to supply to the Scottish grid, with the capacity to power tens of thousands of homes across the north-east of Scotland.

3 Dec 2020

Study Explores How the Next Supercontinent Could Affect Global Climate

Long ago, all the continents were crammed together into one large land mass called Pangea. Pangea broke apart about 200 million years ago, its pieces drifting away on the tectonic plates -- but not permanently.

2 Dec 2020

Study Warns of the Social and Environmental Risks Linked to Green Energy Projects

To meet the most ambitious 1.5º C climate goal requires a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels and mass use of renewables. However, new international research by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) warns that green energy projects can be as socially and environmentally conflictive as fossil fuel projects.

2 Dec 2020

A Shift Towards Hydrogen-Powered Mobility Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A partial transition of German road transport to hydrogen energy is among the possibilities being discussed to help meet national climate targets. A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) has examined the hypothetical transition to a hydrogen-powered transport sector through several scenarios.

2 Dec 2020

Cost of Preserving, Planting Trees to Achieve Emissions Reductions Could Accelerate Quickly

Planting trees and preventing deforestation are considered key climate change mitigation strategies, but a new analysis finds the cost of preserving and planting trees to hit certain global emissions reductions targets could accelerate quickly.

2 Dec 2020

New Methodology to Select Best Microalgae for Biodiesel Production

Microalgae are a promising source of energy to replace fossil fuels, as they have several advantages over conventional crops used for commercial biodiesel. Microalgae have a shorter lifecycle and they can be developed in environments unfit for agriculture, so they are not competing with food crops for resources.

2 Dec 2020

New Storytelling Toolkit Could Help Mitigate Urban Air Pollution in India

Researchers at Keele University have performed a new study that investigates the use of environmental storytelling as a tool to bring down urban air pollution in India.

2 Dec 2020

Planting and Protecting Trees can Help Mitigate Climate Change

According to a new study, climate change could be mitigated through extensive management and protection of forests from deforestation, but these measures will involve a high cost if deployed at a large scale, as discussed by policymakers.

2 Dec 2020

Groundwater Reservoirs in Bavaria have Turned Warmer due to Climate Change

In the last few decades, groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have heated up significantly. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now compared temperatures at 35 measuring stations, taken at various depths, with the 1990s data.

2 Dec 2020

Amphibious iFROG Robot Leaps Ahead in Ability to Inspect and Maintain Offshore Assets

iFROG, an amphibious robot capable of working in teams to clean and inspect monopiles above water level and up to 60 metres below (~6 bar), has successfully completed trials at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth.

2 Dec 2020

Construction of First Ever Large-scale Direct Air Capture and Storage Plant Started

“Orca” is the name of Climeworks’ new direct air capture plant in Iceland. It will take carbon dioxide removal to the next level: it combines Climeworks' direct air capture technology with the underground storage of carbon dioxide provided by Carbfix on a much larger scale, capturing 4’000 tons of CO2 per year.

From Climeworks AG 2 Dec 2020