Artificial Trees For Fighting Climate Change Plants are humanity’s greatest ally in the fight against climate change. Plants soak up carbon dioxide and turn it into leaves and branches. The more trees humans plant, the less heat-trapping carbon pollution in the air. Unfortunately, plants require a lot of water and land, so much that humans might need to find a new ally to...

What Is Dry Cleaning? A Toxic-Expert Explains The winter holidays are a busy time for many businesses, including retail stores, grocers, and dry cleaners. People pull out special-occasion clothes made of silk, satin or other fabrics that don’t launder well in soap and water. Then there are all those speciality items, from stained tablecloths to ugly holiday sweaters. Few...

Valeo Creates Real-Time Air Pollution Mapping In Paris The automotive technology company Valeo has created a real-time air pollution level mapping service on the streets of Paris, France. Sensors on 15 Keolis public transportation vehicles and four G7 Green taxis are tracking ozone, fine particles, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide until January 2019. The...

Stunning Solar Tracker Global Growth Rate The multi-billion dollar global demand for solar trackers is red hot, and expected to continue to glow red for at least the next five years, according to the latest market forecast. The global single-axis solar photovoltaic tracker market is expected to show a cumulative average growth rate of close to 28% during the period 2019-2023,...

2018: A Year of Fighting Plastic Waste “Never before have we been so aware of what we are doing to our planet—and never before have we had such power to do something about it,” British naturalist David Attenborough wrote at the close of 2017. “Surely we have a responsibility to care for the planet on which we live?” The plastic pollution crisis has been...

Australia Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months Despite a few hiccups along the way, Australia’s plastic bag consumption has dropped drastically. Three months after two of the largest supermarket chains banned plastic grocery bags, an estimated 1.5 billion bags have been prevented from use, the Australian Associated Press reported, citing the National Retail...

Major Study Shows Electric Bikes Are Good For Health Electric bicycles are divisive in the cycling community. Some cyclists think that they are for lazy people and others think that they are unsafe. But that’s not what the evidence shows. A systematic review of the literature on electric bicycles found evidence from studies that they are healthier than non-cycling alternatives. But...

Women Lead Community Response To Coal Plant Development As Fishing Community Faces Massive Relocation Women play a significant role in the local fishing industry and rely on Pattani Bay for nutrient-rich foods to feed their families. Lamai Manakarn, an activist from the Pattani Southern Border Province, said that the developers of the planned Thepa coal plan declared “that coal and...

Xcel Energy Targets Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050 Call this a tale of two utility companies. In Arizona, the state’s largest utility company just spent more than $15 million to defeat a ballot initiative that would have set a renewable energy standard of 50% for the Grand Canyon state. In neighbouring Colorado, the state’s largest utility company has just announced the most...

IHA releases new sustainability guidelines to define good practice for hydropower The Hydropower Sustainability Guidelines on Good International Industry Practice, released yesterday, present a definition of the processes and outcomes relating to good international practice in the hydropower sector. The International Hydropower Association says the guidelines are a reference...