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World’s First Road That Recharges Vehicles While Driving Opens in Sweden
Sweden inaugurated on Wednesday the first road of its kind that can recharge commercial and passenger car batteries while driving. The eRoadArlanda project consists of 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of electric rail installed on a public road outside Arlanda Airport.…
Old Electronics Could Be More Profitable Than Literal Gold Mines
Forget panning for gold or extracting copper ore. A new study shows that recovering metals from discarded electronics, a process known as urban mining, is far less expensive than mining them the traditional way. If you’re reading this, you’re part…
Scientists Suggest a Giant Sunshade in the Sky Could Solve Global Warming
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: the creation, using balloons or jets, of a manmade atmospheric sunshade to shield the most vulnerable countries in the global south against the worst effects of global warming. But amid mounting interest…
Microplastics Found in Fertilisers Being Applied to Gardens and Farmland
Many organic fertilisers being applied to gardens and farms contain tiny fragments of plastic, according to a new study. Widely considered a problem affecting the oceans, this work suggests microplastics may actually be far more pervasive. Having entered the soil,…
Victory! ‘InStyle’ Is First Major Fashion Magazine to Ban Fur
In another landmark victory for animals, InStyle has become the first major fashion magazine to ban fur from its pages. In an announcement posted to Instagram, Editor in Chief Laura Brown said that she has avoided photographing or advertising fur…
Air Pollution: UK Government’s Failed Legal Battles Cost Taxpayers £500,000
The UK government has spent more than half a million pounds on failed legal battles against clean air campaigners, according to newly released documents that underline the cost of weak action on pollution. The figures – obtained under a freedom…
ABB Technologies to Enable Expansion of Solar Park in Dubai
ABB has won an order worth more than $90 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build the Shams 400 kV substation that will integrate solar power from upcoming…