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ABB Chargers Power IONITY’s Opening of Europe’s Highway of the Future
ABB has been selected by IONITY as the main technology partner and supplier. ABB’s Terra High Power electric-vehicle chargers enable launch of IONITY service station on the A2 motorway in Switzerland. IONITY, which plans to build a network of electric-vehicle…
Mumbai Bans Plastic Bags and Bottles
Mumbai has the become the largest Indian city to ban single-use plastics, with residents caught using plastic bags, cups or bottles to face penalties of up to 25,000 rupees (£276) and three months in jail from Monday. Council inspectors in…
Plans for ‘Green Corridor’ along HS2 Railway Line
Plans to deliver a “green corridor” with seven million new trees and shrubs alongside the High Speed Two (HS2) railway line have been set out. The Phase One route, which covers 216km from London to the West Midlands, will incorporate…
Coral Reefs ‘Will Be Overwhelmed by Rising Oceans’
Scientists have uncovered a new threat to the world’s endangered coral reefs. They have found that most are incapable of growing quickly enough to compensate for rising sea levels triggered by global warming. The study suggests that reefs – which…
New York Announces ‘Energy Storage Roadmap’ to Hit Low Carbon Goals
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced an ‘Energy Storage Roadmap’ to guide the state toward its energy storage target of 1.5GW by 2025. This figure is equivalent to the electricity demand of a fifth of the state’s homes…
Pizza Hut Commits to Antibiotic-free Chicken Wings by 2022
The use of antibiotics in chicken farming has by now been widely repudiated by US fast-food joints, including the likes of Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, KFC, and Subway. Pizza Hut is already among their number, with the fulfilled promise of eliminating chicken…
Cocaine in Rivers Harming Endangered Eels
Tiny amounts of cocaine flushed into rivers cause eels to become not only hyperactive but to suffer from muscle wastage, impaired gills and hormonal changes, a study has found. The impact of traces of cocaine on the physiology of European…