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Producing energy from your balcony may soon be possible thanks to new invention
Although cities are typically windy places, we currently have no means of harvesting that resource now. That’s why a duo of university students have created an mini-wind turbine that allows people in dense urban areas to generate energy from their apartment balconies. The innovative turbine has a Read More...
Fossil fuel demand to peak a decade earlier than expected
A new report warns that global demand for fossil fuels will peak a decade earlier than predicted. Whereas the demand for oil and gas were expected to reach their height in the mid-2030s, it now seems as if that time will come much earlier. That’s good news for the environment as renewables look Read More...
Why you might want to stop storing your food in plastic
Storing your lunches and leftovers in plastic containers may not be such a good idea. According to new research, there’s a good chance that those plastic containers are contaminating the food you eat, which can have unwanted effects on your body’s ability to regulate itself. Here’s what you Read More...
Uber’s main competitor Lyft is going completely carbon neutral
The popular ridesharing company Lyft has pledged it will only use 100 percent renewable energy. Since the company can’t do this directly due to the nature of their business (they can’t force drivers to use electric cars), Lyft is offsetting it’s carbon emissions by buying renewable energy Read More...
New plan calls for all buses in LA to be electric within a decade
According to a new plan in development by the City of Los Angeles, 45 percent of all private cars and trucks must be electric in 10 years. To help power those vehicles, the city plans to install as many as 130,000 new public chargers. On top of that, the entire bus fleet of the city will be 80 to Read More...
How accounting for interruptions will make your to-do list more effective
While making a to-do list is useful, there’s a downside: It’s only effective when things go…as planned. In today’s dynamic workplace, that basically never happens. To make your to-do list much more effective, researchers say you must account for Read More...
This 6-point plan leads the way to a new carbon economy
If we want to maintain average global temperatures at or below 1.5°C preindustrial levels and avoid runaway climate change, we must build a new carbon economy that sequesters more carbon than it emits. So where to begin? According to researchers, these are the six priorities we must give our Read More...
New bills will stop the Trump administration from drilling off the Pacific coast
The coast off of California is not open for drilling. That’s the conclusion to be taken from a pair of bills signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown which effectively prevent new drilling projects off the state’s coast. Despite the Trump administration making it clear that it wants to increase Read More...
How giving help rather than receiving it can impact your health greatly
Helping others can help you live longer. That’s what researchers have concluded after a study which compared receiving social support and giving it as predictors of mortality over a period of five years. Whereas it would be intuitive to think receiving such support would be good for oneself, the Read More...
China and California have joined forces in the fight against climate change
By the time the landmark Paris agreement was ratified in 2015, climate change was one of the rare issues on which China and the United States — the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 polluters, respectively — could find common purpose. This shared purpose was dealt a serious setback when the Trump Read More...