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Ecology
More Than 300 Companies Have Set Ambitious Science-Based Climate Targets
More than 300 companies worldwide have now committed to setting ambitious Science Based Targets to reduce emissions, with more than 90 new companies joining this year alone, which also now includes 50 US businesses. The Science Based Targets initiative is…
Ambitious 1.5C Paris Climate Target is Still Possible, New Analysis Shows
The highly ambitious aim of limiting global warming to less than 1.5C remains in reach, a new scientific analysis shows. The 1.5C target was set as an aspiration by the global Paris climate change deal in 2015 to limit the…
British Airways Tries Again on Waste Based Biofuels
UK carrier British Airways (BA) has partnered with renewable fuels company Velocys, after an earlier waste-to-fuel initiative named GreenSky with Washington-based Solena Fuels fell through. This latest venture uses fuel derived from waste biomass, similar to the GreenSky project that…
Plastic-Degrading Fungus Found in Pakistan Trash Dump
We’re filling up the world with plastic, and the material takes up to a millennium to break down in landfills. A group of scientists sought a solution to our plastic problem in nature – and they actually found one: a…
New York Skyline Targeted with Energy Efficiency Upgrade Rules
Measures that would force owners of New York City’s 14,500 least efficient large buildings to install upgrades to boilers, water heaters, roofs, and windows in order to cut emissions have been outlined by the city’s Mayor, Bill de Blasio. The…
Asia’s Glaciers to Shrink by a Third by 2100, Threatening Water Supply of Millions
Asia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers have said. This is a best-case…
Delphis Unveils World’s First Packaging Made Entirely from Recycled Plastic
A British cleaning products firm, Delphis Eco, has this week revealed what it claims to be the world’s first plastic packaging made entirely from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic. The new recycled bottle, which the company is touting as a “long-awaited…