3 days ago3 minEuropean Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eatToday’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived...
5 days ago1 minParis to turn Champs Élysées into 'extraordinary garden' after 2024 summer olympicsThe Champs-Élysées, a 1.9km-long avenue in central Paris, will undergo a major €250m makeover following the 2024 Summer Olympics. The ren...
5 days ago1 minNorway becomes first country to sell more electric cars than petrol vehiclesElectric cars comprised 54% of all new vehicle sales in Norway for 2019. This makes Norway the first country to have sold more electric c...
6 days ago1 minOn Monday 44% of Germany's electricity came from wind powerdata available at https://windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind
Jan 80 minZoox has just unveiled its electric robotaxi, which can drive day and night on one single charge
Jan 50 minMalaysian researchers repurpose pineapple leaves to build drones and support local communities
Jan 52 minNew monkey among 503 new species described by Natural History Museum scientists in 2020Despite an uncertain year, Museum scientists have described 503 species new to science. As the climate crisis continues to unfold, never ...
Jan 50 minElectric tuk tuks in Uganda’s capital Kampala help tackle the region’s growing air pollution
Jan 51 minJapan aims to eliminate gasoline vehicles by 2035Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government announced on the 25th, last week in a plan to reac...
Jan 52 minTesco confirms it removed 1 billion pieces of plastic in 2020Tesco announces that it has removed one billion pieces of plastic from its UK business in just one year. In 2020, by working with its su...
Jan 42 minDogger Bank Wind Farm to power 6 million UK homesDogger Bank Wind Farm and GE Renewable Energy have confirmed GE as preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C, announcing at the same t...
Dec 16, 20201 minRenewable sources met 46.3% of Germany's power consumption in 2020Renewable sources met 46.3% of Germany’s power consumption in 2020, 3.8 percentage points more than in 2019, utility industry association...
Dec 16, 20202 minDrip irrigation system developed to solve rice paddy problemAn Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world wi...
Dec 14, 20201 minCargo bikes are the future of last mile delivery (and more)Cargo bikes are often faced with misconceptions about their potential and use for large scale logistics. In order to clarify Pedal Me hav...
Dec 14, 20202 minVertical Future unveils new vertical farm in Deptford, London with 172% higher yieldUK-based controlled-environment-agriculture (CEA) solutions provider Vertical Future has unveiled its new approach to vertical farming, w...
Dec 11, 20201 minIceland to cut greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030Iceland aims to reduce the country's greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with levels in 1990, the government said on Thursday. ...
Dec 9, 20203 minCoca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a rowThis year, Break Free From Plastic’s brand audit – “BRANDED Vol III: Demanding Corporate Accountability for Plastic Pollution” — an annu...
Dec 9, 20202 minFrance to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkillerFrance will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron sa...
