6 days ago1 minSun and wind generated 60% of all electricity in the UK on MondayGreat Britain’s electricity system recorded its greenest ever day over the Easter bank holiday as sunshine and windy weather led to a...
Feb 22 minColgate introduces manual toothbrush with a reusable handle and 80% less plasticOver 495 million adult manual toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. in 2020 and will likely end up in landfill because they cannot be...
Jan 271 minElon Musk to offer $100 million prize for 'best' carbon capture technologyTesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the...
Jan 273 minWaitrose ranked first for efforts to reduce plastics in Greenpeace report as it confirms latest planWaitrose has ranked first in Greenpeace’s annual league table, for the second year in a row, which looks at how supermarkets are reducing...
Jan 273 minThe world’s biggest diesel engine factory switches to electric motorsFrom less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach...
Jan 203 minSeagrass collects up to 900 million plastic items in the Mediterranean Sea each yearThere is strong evidence that the seafloor constitutes a final sink for plastics from land sources. There is also evidence that part of...
Jan 131 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...
Jan 121 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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, 20201 minTesco removes 20m items of plastic from Christmas rangeThe UK’s largest supermarket said its own-label crackers were plastic-free for the first time – cutting more than 14m pieces from the...
Dec 7, 20201 minDenmark agrees deal to have 775,000 electric cars by 2030, 30% of current cars on roadDenmark on Friday agreed on a deal with parliament to put at least 775,000 electric or hybrid cars on Danish roads by 2030 in its latest...
Nov 25, 20202 minAviva launches solar carport at Perth officesAviva, with support from the Scottish Government, has launched one of the UK’s largest combined solar carports and energy storage...
Nov 25, 20202 minBillionaire UK investor aims to force hundreds of companies to act on climateBritish billionaire Chris Hohn is aiming to force hundreds of U.S. and European companies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by...
