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Next big thing: renewable water desalination
One fun thing about running CleanTechnica for the past 7 years or so has been watching as new innovations and industries pop up, and then navigating the initial players in these nascent markets and trying to find out who is leading and where the market is going. Wind is now a mature market that Read More...
Daimler, Toyota, BMW to lead $10-billion hydrogen investment
Daimler, BMW, and Toyota are leading a group of 13 companies pledging to invest more than $10 billion during the next five years to spur enough infrastructure-building and technology advancements to get more of the general public to buy hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The automakers, which also Read More...
Lyft co-founders have a plan to eliminate traffic immediately
Hours are lost every week sitting in traffic, but Lyft co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green are promoting a plan: implement what they're calling smart lanes in order to relieve congestion and give time back to the people. Best of all, they say, the smart lanes can be introduced almost Read More...
3 Midwestern States That Refuse to Abandon the Renewable Energy Revolution
On the final day of the Illinois State Assembly's 2016 session, a bill was passed that environmentalists can celebrate—one that significantly increases incentives for renewable energy and energy-efficiency requirements. Though the Democratic-led congress debated the Future Energy Jobs bill Read More...
Mastercard built a digital marketplace for farmers in Kenya
Traditionally, farmers in Kenya have had to walk great lengths just to buy or sell their produce. Now that’s starting to change, thanks to a new mobile payment solution called 2Kuze from Mastercard Labs that connects farmers with agents and buyers. When a buyer enters an online inquiry, the Read More...
Another European city has announced plans to ban cars from its center
With smog levels on the rise in Madrid, the mayor of the Spanish capital is making plans to ban cars from its busiest street—Gran Via, a congested road that slices through the city center. Madrid has already pedestrianized a few smaller streets, but this is the first major way where cars will be Read More...
Your daily cup of coffee may be slowing down the aging process
Inflammation, contrary to what many believe, is an important function of the immune system that fights off infections and removes potentially toxic compounds. The only problem is that when you age, the process isn’t regulated as well as it is in a younger body. So how can you help your body keep Read More...
Unilever to make packaging all of its products fully recyclable by 2025
Consumer goods giant Unilever has pledged to ensure that all of the plastic packaging from its products will be “fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025”. Unilever, which owns brands such as Dove, Ben & Jerry’s and Marmite, has already committed to reducing the weight of the Read More...
Let accountability serve as a motivator and reach your goals
We’re now arriving at that point of the year where people start to lose sight of there new year’s resolutions. Maintaining focus on goals is simply a hard challenge, but when you bring the idea of accountability into the equation, it can become a lot easier to cultivate the motivation you need Read More...
Kenya’s electrification campaign is taking half the time it took America
In the 1930s, the US embarked on a campaign to connect rural parts of the country to electricity. It took more than two decades before 95% of all farms were electrified. Kenya is working on doing that in just seven years. Kenya added 1.3 million households to its electricity grid last year, raising Read More...