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The Importance of Fast Chargers in Supporting Electric Vehicle Adoption
Fast chargers enable quick recharging of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). They are critical in supporting long-distance travel with BEVs and alleviating range anxiety.
EU sees an increase in the adoption of BEVs, the availability...
ABB’s 2030 and 2050 Science-Based Targets Approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
ABB welcomes the approval of its emissions reduction targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). As part of the company’s efforts to enable a low-carbon society ABB submitted updated scope 1,...
First-Ever Global Renewables Summit Announced to Drive Action to Triple Renewable Power by 2030
The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) and Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the governments of Barbados and Kenya, the European Commission, the COP28 and COP29 Presidencies, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International...
Europe’s Air Quality Keeps Improving but Pollution Levels Are Still Insafe in Many Areas
The EEA briefing ‘Europe’s air quality status 2024’ presents data on levels of key air pollutants in Europe in 2022 and 2023 and compares these concentrations to the EU air quality standards...
OMV Serbia – Energy for a Better Life
An integrated energy, fuel, raw material, and chemical company, OMV, based in Vienna, is transforming into a leading company in sustainable fuels while playing a key role in the circular economy. The...
The New Era of Artificial Intelligence – and What it Means for the Data Center Segment
Artificial intelligence is currently the most potent force transforming how we process, analyze, and use data. Predictions say that the artificial intelligence market will reach a whopping $407 billion by 2027. We...
ABB Opens Nnew EUR 20 Million Energy-Efficient Factory in Belgium
ABB has opened a new 20 million euros injection molding manufacturing site at Evergem, near Ghent in Belgium, to meet the growing demand for safe, smart and sustainable electrification solutions in Europe....
Global Warming – Tundras Threatening to Release Stored CO2?
Tundras are cold regions of the world, biomes with short vegetation, lower trees, and extremely low temperatures, which cover large parts of northern Russia, Scandinavia, Canada, Alaska, and the coast of Greenland.
They...
Soil health: Parliament sets out measures to achieve healthy soils by 2050
To improve the health of EU soils, MEPs support efforts to monitor and improve the soil ecological status in the EU.
Parliament on Wednesday adopted its position on the Commission proposal for a...
How Banks Finance the Deforestation of the Amazon
According to the latest research by the non-governmental organization Greenpeace, loans from Brazilian national and international banks and taxpayers’ money finance the illegal clearing of the Amazon rainforest.
The investigation analyzed the granting...
Producing Hydrogen from Iron-Rich Rocks without Emitting Carbon Dioxide?
Hydrogen is often said to be the fuel of the future because its combustion does not emit carbon dioxide. However, for now, most hydrogen gas is still produced from natural gas, which...
ESG In the Oil Industry – Sustainable Business Implies Responsibility
The focus of the last United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development Goals, which took place in mid-September, was precisely on fulfilling these goals. Officials warn that the situation is slowly but surely...
Eight ways to overcome the waste pollution crisis
Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year.
When improperly managed, much of that refuse—from food and plastics to electronics and textiles — emits greenhouse gases...
MUNICIPAL WASTE REDUCTION – FACTORS AND METHODS
In its 2024 report „Global Waste Management Outlook - Beyond an Age of Waste: Turning Rubbish into a Resource“, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has analysed the relationship that humans have...
DEFORESTATION CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED MERCURY POLLUTION – AFFORESTATION REDUCES IT
The danger of possible contact with mercury is something we have been familiar with since childhood when using old-fashioned thermometers. However, mercury is much more present in our living environment and its...
Costs of industrial pollution from largest facilities decline in Europe but remain at two per cent of EU GDP
The 2024 update of the EEA briefing ‘The costs to health and the environment from industrial air pollution in Europe’ presents the latest assessment of the trends in externalities of industrial air...