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Hydropower Can ‘Drive up CO2 Emissions’
Climate change is driven by CO2 emissions and so non-emitting energy sources such as hydropower are seen as much preferred alternatives to coal-fired power plants. Yet hydropower dams, too, can drive up CO2 emissions significantly during times of drought when…
India Seeks to Save the Last Few Hundred Asiatic Lions
In response to the mounting death toll among critically endangered Asiatic lions, India’s government has launched a project to save Asia’s last free-range population of lions in the state of Gujarat. “The Asiatic Lion Conservation Project will strengthen the ongoing…
UK Clothing Goes Green with a Wardrobe Full of Emissions Savings
WRAP says its Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 has helped generate an 11.9% reduction in the carbon footprint per tonne of garments. UK clothing is going green with a wide range of environmental improvements over the last six years. The Waste &…
Malayan Tigers Are Nearly Extinct, a Biologist Warns
Time is running out for Malayan tigers in the wild. Unless conservation efforts are stepped up these critically endangered striped predators might well go extinct in their habitats in Malaysia. This stark assessment comes from tiger biologist Kae Kawanishi, a member…
World’s First Lab-Grown Steak Revealed – but the Taste Needs Work
Nascent industry aims to reduce environmental impact of beef production. The first steak grown from cells in the lab and not requiring the slaughter of a cow has been produced in Israel. The meat is not the finished article: the prototype…
Could ‘Robotic Ant’ Solar Tech Put Humans out of a Job?
Osoji Solar seems to think so – it says its dust-cleaning devices could significantly boost solar efficiency. Could ‘robotic ant’ solar tech put humans out of a job? Osoji Solar seems to think so – the Chilean startup has created a fleet of…
Legal Plastic Content in Animal Feed Could Harm Human Health, Experts Warn
Small bits of plastic packaging from waste food make their way into animal feed as part of the UK’s permitted recycling process. Plastic traces in animal feed could pose a risk to human health and urgently need to be the…