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EPA Limits Carcinogenic Emissions at 218 US Plants–Including Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that will require 218 chemical plants to reduce toxic and carcinogenic airborne pollutants, aiming to...
Dubai Company Buys Used Cooking Oil to Turn Into Biofuel for Cars Citywide to Reduce CO2 Emissions
A Dubai-based company Lootah Biofuels is producing biodiesel from used cooking oil bringing sustainable transportation options to a major oil-producing country.
The result is a...
Concrete Made 30% Stronger by Adding Waste Coffee Grounds–Cutting Emissions and Mining in the Process
Engineers in Australia have found a way of making stronger concrete by utilizing coffee grounds, giving the roast a “double shot” at life and...
India Succeeds in Reducing Emissions Rate by 33% Over 14 Years, on Track to Meet all Targets
According to officials speaking with Reuters, India has reduced her greenhouse gas emissions by one-third since 2009.
The climate triumph was achieved by increased renewable...
Fungi Could Be the Answer to Global Warming as They Store a Third of All Carbon Emissions
GNN is pro-fungus. We report on their value as medicines, building materials, and food, as well as the constantly evolving portrait of their interconnectedness...
Watch This Cargo Ship Fly a Giant Kite to Save Fuel and Cut Emissions
Using an ancient solution for a modern problem, a firm successfully tested how a giant kite can be used to tug shipping vessels across...
Growth in Carbon Capture Projects This Year is Dramatic, Showing Global Determination to Cut Emissions
The number of carbon capture and storage projects in the pipeline is exploding, thanks to worldwide efforts to cut emissions.
A new report from the...
Aquatic ‘Superplants’ Are Local Food for Cows That Lead to Lower Emissions
Using a water-born crop that grows at breakneck speed, an innovative cattle feed startup could reduce livestock emissions in a variety of ways.
By reducing...
EU Smashes 2020 Climate Target, Records 34% Drop in Emissions to Lowest Level Since 1990
Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union reached their lowest level since 1990, according to official EU data reported this week by the...
Common Clay in Kitty Litter Could Be the Friendliest Way to Cut Emissions and Fight Climate Change
MIT researchers have come up with a dirt-cheap solution to curbing methane emissions in the air—a major cause of global warming—using minerals commonly found...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...
Munich’s First Solar Bus Technology Will Hit the Road to Reduce Emissions and Pollution
Saving fuel, slashing emissions, and cutting pollution are just some of the benefits of installing solar panels on public transportation buses—and the city of...
Major Turning Point in 2021 Saw Global Shipping Take Massive Steps to Reduce Emissions
2021 was, among other things good and bad, the year in which the global marine shipping industry took concrete steps towards reducing its global...
Hundreds of Roundabouts in Two U.S. States are Saving Lives, Reducing Injuries, and Lowering Carbon Emissions
Why do Americans still construct traffic intersections that make cars sit idle for minutes at a time, while spewing emissions, at red lights? Well,...
Students Build Solar-Powered Pop-Up Van For Touring in a Brilliant Mobile Home That Has Zero Emissions
22 Dutch university students have completed an 1,800 mile road trip powered only by the sun, on a quest to show that sustainable vehicles...
This Plant-Based Jet Fuel Can Reduce Emissions by 68% – Without Displacing Crops
Replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with a sustainable alternative derived from a type of mustard plant can reduce carbon emissions by up to 68%, according...
World’s First Totally-Green Tractor Set to Plow Down European Farming Emissions
An enormous amount of the world's emissions are generated by our food systems, so an agricultural technology firm in Lithuania moved to tackle the...
Madrid is Planting a Huge Forest Ring Around the City to Lower Heat Levels and Cut CO2 Emissions
Whether you're from the U.S. and call it a "Beltway" or Europe and call it a "Ring road," Madrid will be calling it the...
100-Year-old Dreams of Airship Travel Through Europe are Revived With This Modern Zero-Emissions Dirigible
"Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars. Grey Lady-giant of the skies you hold them in your arms... " — Bruce Dickinson.
It's not every day...
The Area of Forests Regrown Since 2000 Covers the Size of France, Potentially Absorbing a Full Year of U.S. Emissions
The naturalist John Muir once said, in regards to the passage of the law that protected Yosemite Valley, that as a result "every pine...