Environment
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Environment EuropeBright Side of Lockdown: Sharp Drop in Carbon Emissions in the Power Sector
COVID-19 has brought with it a positive outcome in the power sector: the first three months of 2020 saw coal-based power generation drop by over a quarter across the EU and the UK, in comparison to last year.
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Environment USAEngineers Show How Collecting Data From Old (And New) Cars Can Fight Pollution
A team of engineers in the U.S. have been helping the world fight against traffic pollution by gathering and sharing the kind of data countries need to draft effective policies and reduce carbon emissions.
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Environment NorwayHow Water Makes Norway the World’s Leader in Electric Vehicles
Last month, three out of four new cars sold in Norway were either fully electric or hybrids, making the nation well on its way to achieving its goal of ending the sale of all new fossil-fuel based cars and light commercial vehicles by 2025.
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Environment United Arab EmiratesGreen Energy is Breaking Records – and Becoming the Cheapest Form of Electricity
Last year saw a record-breaking three-quarters of new electricity around the globe using green energy. And new data has also revealed another record: green technologies now provide over a third of the world’s power!
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Environment AustraliaScientists Crossbreed Corals, Make Them Fitter for Climate Change
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – the world’s biggest reef system – has been suffering with increasing bleaching events. As a result, scientists have been working hard to lessen the impact, and crossbreeding corals looks to be a promising solution.
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Environment Solomon Islands“We Are Now the Rangers”, Declare Women to Save Trees
Half a dozen women in the Solomon Islands have become self-appointed forest rangers near the village of Igwa, taking it upon themselves to tackle the prevalent logging issues that have aggressively cleared large stretches of land to date.
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