Pollution
This water treatment startup is already a unicorn, and has $225 million in VC funding
While it might seem like humans and animals consume most of the world’s water, heavy industry uses up to half of it. That’s why business sectors are looking for new ways to recycle water, especially in the face of increased drought. Some of the world’s most essential industries, like pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, textiles, mining, […]
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This startup will sell methane-eating microbes to Whole Foods
Much energy and effort is spent on reducing carbon emissions in the fight against global warming, but methane, while less abundant, is more destructive to the planet. It is far more efficient than carbon at trapping heat. Getting rid of it is essential to reaching global climate goals. Methane is emitted from, among other things, […]
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America’s ingesting drinking water is underneath attack, with backlinks back again to China, Russia and Iran
Houston Chronicle/hearst Newspapers By using Getty Illustrations or photos | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Visuals The City of Wichita just lately had an experience that’s come to be all much too typical — its drinking water procedure was hacked. The cyberattack, which focused h2o metering, billing and payment processing, adopted the targeting of drinking water […]
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In the struggle against pollution, the humble mushroom could prove to be a valuable tool
RistoArnaudov | Getty Images Research into the humble mushroom — an important dietary staple for many of us — suggests that the waste left over from growing fungi could have a surprising sustainable use. A study by researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands found that the residual waste from the cultivation of white button […]
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Want to in shape in whilst in Japan? Abide by these unusually distinct ‘life rules’ issued by the government
Japan lately released a Digital Nomad Visa that lets foreigners from 49 nations to dwell in the nation for six months. But just before they pack their bags, they might want to read through Japan’s “Existence and Perform Guidebook,” which is aimed at encouraging foreigners in shape in. The guidebook, printed by Japan’s Immigration Providers […]
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The world’s happiest nations are targeting net-detrimental emissions — despite a expanding ‘greenlash’
People today sit on an unusually significant bench at the sunset in Copenhagen, on May well 9, 2023. The height of a dozen general public benches throughout Denmark was greater by 85 cm to attract notice to climate alter. In accordance to the Entire world Weather Exploration Programme, the large-stop global indicate sea-amount increase is […]
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New EPA limitations on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking h2o could price tag $1.5 billion to put into practice
Signage is observed at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Safety Company (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., Could 10, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Environmental Security Agency, EPA, introduced very long-awaited laws Wednesday on some toxic “forever chemical compounds” observed in consuming h2o. Known as PFAS, the substances are per- and polyfluorinated alkyl […]
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An amazing run of record warmth could usher in a long, scorching summer — ‘and not in a fantastic way’
An excavator drives earlier a dried-up pond in Vietnam’s southern Ben Tre province on March 19, 2024. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Visuals Experts on Tuesday confirmed that past thirty day period was the best March on file, extending an extraordinary operate of international warmth that has renewed calls for an urgent reduction in […]
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How this United kingdom-dependent company is developing a extra sustainable hashish
Hashish crops improve in the clone space at Aurora Deutschland GmbH, a manufacturer of professional medical Hashish items, in Leuna, Germany September 11, 2023. Lisi Niesner | Reuters Growing hashish indoors uses a great deal of strength, clearly resulting in better emissions. But some providers are attempting to battle that like U.K.-based mostly cultivator Glass […]
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Big oil is racing to scale up carbon capture to slash emissions but the challenges are immense
A standard drilling rig that Chevron will be drilling its first onshore test well for the 14,000-acre Bayou Bend CCUS project is photographed on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Winnie area. It is expected to have the capacity to store more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in underground geologic structures. Yi-Chin Lee […]
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