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The eco guide to cargo ships
A seafaring adage goes: “If the winds are shifting, adjust your sails.” But even with the disturbing winds of climate change, the shipping industry, with its combustion of fossil fuels (accounting for 2.4% of global emissions), remains outside binding emissions-reduction agreements. There have Read More...
Coalition will protect reef with $1bn fund, says Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has promised that a re-elected Coalition government will protect the Great Barrier Reef by tackling its two biggest challenges – climate change and water quality. The prime minister will pledge to set up a new $1bn reef fund with $1bn - taken from the Clean Energy Finance Read More...
Farmers have modified our food for at least 10,000 years, why does it matter all of a sudden?
In the past week you’ve probably eaten crops that wouldn’t exist in nature, or that have evolved extra genes to reach freakish sizes. You’ve probably eaten “cloned” food and you may have even eaten plants whose ancestors were once deliberately blasted with radiation. Read More...
Invest in soil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Let’s talk dirt. We need a new conversation on soils, the foundation of our agricultural heritage. This discussion should include their current condition, their historic role and their promise to ensure the survival of humans and the planet. Since the dawn of crop cultivation, we have used Read More...
This startup is turning leftover beer into delicious snacks
When you're looking for dinner ingredients at the supermarket, you probably wince at the bruised pears, skip over those oddly shaped carrots, and reach past ugly red peppers. This preference for pretty produce means the ugly fruits and vegetables are tossed out, filling landfills with otherwise Read More...
Beyond batteries: Launch of the Rasa hydrogen fuel cell car
Electric cars are great and they are an important part of a sustainable future. Yet, their batteries are not very environmentally friendly, and they limit their range. There’s an even better power source for an electric car: The hydrogen fuel cell. Riversimple is a UK company that is launching a Read More...
Heineken opens the world’s first large-scale carbon-neutral brewery in Austria
Dutch beer maker Heineken opened the world’s first large-scale zero-carbon brewery this week in Austria. The factory is powered completely by electricity from solar, and hydropower, as well as biogas and waste heat from a neighboring sawmill. Four different beers will be brewed at the Read More...
Solar power in the UK produced more electricity than coal in May for the first time
Last month, for the first time solar panels generated more electricity in the UK than coal. Coal was once the mainstay of Britain’s power system but the rapid rise of solar panels has seen its use plummet, leading to a series of milestones in recent weeks. Solar surpassed coal over a whole day Read More...
Open Sesame: Copper is key to burning fat naturally
Eating copper-rich food like leafy greens, mushrooms, sesame and sunflower seeds, cashews and walnuts, beans, oysters and other shellfish, not only prevents premature aging and graying of hair, it also boosts fat burning in the body. Researchers have found that copper acts as a regulator in the Read More...
Insurer launches UK's 'first driverless car policy'
Car insurer Adrian Flux has launched what it claims to be the UK’s first personal driverless car insurance policy. The policy is designed for consumers who already have driverless features in their cars, such as self-parking, or are thinking of buying a car with autopilot features. Fully Read More...