Obama signs Global Food Security Act to end hunger
A bipartisan bill promoting global food security, resilience and nutrition could make hunger history, President Obama announced Wednesday during the White House Summit on Global Development. The Global Food Security Act of 2016, which the president signed Wednesday, determined it is in the U.S. Read More...
Researchers develop novel way of deriving hydrogen from grass using just sunlight and a cheap catalyst
Garden grass could become a source of cheap and clean renewable energy, scientists have claimed. A team of UK researchers, including experts from Cardiff University's Cardiff Catalysis Institute, have shown that significant amounts of hydrogen can be unlocked from fescue grass with the help of Read More...
How can we ensure the benefits of renewables reach those who need them most?
Investment in renewable energy was higher in the world’s poorest countries than the richest ones for the first time in 2015. As well as helping combat climate change, clean energy offers developing countries long-term affordable energy solutions. But, despite successes, one in five people Read More...
6 reasons why Texas is a wind energy leader
In our recent blog post, we told you how climate change is impacting the Lone Star State – with drier air, more intense droughts, longer heatwaves, and heavier downpours. But Texas hasn’t just been on the receiving end of climate change – it’s also become a national leader Read More...
'Get yourself a bike, mate!': how cycling is challenging Santiago's social barriers
Back in 1980, a Chilean bank ran a TV advert in which a man cycles across Santiago to meet his sweetheart. As he wobbles through the traffic, a bouquet of flowers in his hand, motorists, builders and school kids ridicule him. “Cómprate un auto, perico!” they shout – Read More...
Fighting climate change with cloning 3000-year old trees
California’s sequoia trees can be 3,000 years old, and scientists believe their size and robustness make them ideal for absorbing greenhouse gases that drive climate change on the planet. Some compare them to people who drink and smoke all their lives, yet thrive well into their 90s. That’s why Read More...
This startup uses tiny antennas to turn heat into electricity
The ongoing development of technology allows for ever more innovative ways to generate energy. That’s why the world may very well succeed in halting global warming trends. Who could have thought that it would be possible to capture the waste heat from power plants and factories with antennas that Read More...
NASA has a new mission: Improving food security in Africa
NASA is offering its earth-observing satellites to help nations in Africa manage crop production as well as natural disasters. The program is initially focused on the Sahel region in West Africa. The Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change, where rising Read More...
In the most efficient economy people live longer and happier lives
The Happy Planet Index ranks countries based on how efficiently their residents can live long, happy lives right now, and in the future. The index challenges the conventional wisdom that wealth equates to delivering a successful economy: Most advanced nations don’t have a place in the top 20 of Read More...
Basic food rules for a long, healthy life
If you knew exactly what makes a basic ideal diet—and my intention is that you will in about five minutes' time—you would have great power to take control of your own health. Most people don't know, unfortunately, because what makes an ideal diet isn't common knowledge. Nutrition isn't Read More...