Life after nuclear: First solar project of Chernobyl to be finished next month
In July of last year, Ukraine announced a plan to build solar farms in the 1,000-mile swath of land encircling the site of the nuclear 1986 meltdown. Now those plans are coming to fruition as the first solar project is expected to be commissioned in Chernobyl next month. This solar project will be Read More...
These social entrepreneurs are using solar power to battle the global water crisis
Social entrepreneurs have come up with a way to scale a solar solution that brings clean water to areas with little to no access to clean water. The solution is a solar-powered water plant that uses reverse osmosis and ultraviolet filtration technologies to convert dirty water into clean drinkable Read More...
Google now powers all operations with nothing but 100 percent renewable energy
Just one year after setting a goal to fulfill all its energy needs from renewables, Google has announced that it has already fulfilled that goal. The tech-giant recently signed contracts for three wind power plants, which put their total energy infrastructure investment at over $3.5 billion. Google Read More...
'Electric cars cost much less to own than gas-powered cars'
In a new study, researchers found that owning a pure electric car costs less over four years than gas or diesel cars in the UK, US and Japan. Perhaps it comes as a bit of a surprise, but there are many factors that make owning an electric car cheaper. For one, electricity is cheaper than gas. Read More...
Tips for keeping your cool during a heated conversation
When we’re in a tense argument, our bodies and minds aren’t good at discerning between the threats present by not getting our way and, say, being chased down by a bear. Your heart rate and breathing rate spike, your muscles tighten, the blood in your body moves away from your organs, and Read More...
The 11 biggest victories against Trump by the resistance
It has been a grueling year for people who care about human rights, climate change, and whatever remains of value in federal institutions from the judiciary to the diplomatic Read More...
Bill McKibben: Winning slowly is the same as losing
If we don't win very quickly on climate change, then we will never win. That's the core truth about global Read More...
A new discovery could be a death blow to traditional lithium-ion batteries
Department of Energy scientists said last week that they had discovered the fastest magnesium-ion solid-state conductor. It could be a final blow to the lithium-ion batteries, which have been used for Read More...
‘All it would take to stop Brexit is a couple of dozen brave Tories’
Richard Thaler was awarded the Nobel prize for economics in October, for work that has “built a bridge between the economic and psychological analyses of individual decision-making”. While traditional economics assumes that people are rational Read More...
Can immunotherapy effectively fight cancer?
When immunotherapy works, it really works. But not for every kind of cancer, and not for every patient—not even, it turns out, for the majority of them. However, what research is now telling us is that the immune system can be trained to attack cancer. The problem is that the prices, as well as Read More...