Greta Thunberg full speech at UN Climate Change COP24 Conference

See this 15-year-old’s powerful presentation to the United Nations December Sustainability Conference in Poland.

23-Year-old Invents Method to Break Down Unrecyclable Plastic Film into Valuable Liquids

23-Year-old Invents Method to Break Down Unrecyclable Plastic Film into Valuable Liquids

Ice Stupa provides water to arid Himalayan region

 

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A new all-electric aircraft with a range up to 600 miles unveiled at Paris Air Show

Portland Now Generates Electricity From Turbines Installed In City Water Pipes

See Magazine.good.is article

A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source

Read ExtremeTech.com article.

Algae-powered Building

See Inhabitat article about algae-powered Building in Hamburg.

Misgivings About How a Weed Killer Affects the Soil

While regulators and many scientists say biotech crops are no different from their conventional cousins, others worry that they are damaging the environment and human health. The battle is being waged at the polls, with ballot initiatives to require labeling of genetically modified foods; in courtrooms, where lawyers want to undo patents on biotech seeds; and on supermarket shelves containing products promoting conventionally grown ingredients.

Dirt in two fields where biotech corn was being grown was hard and compact. Prying corn stalks from the soil with a shovel was difficult, and when the plants finally came up, their roots were trapped in a chunk of dirt. Once freed, the roots spread out flat like a fan and were studded with only a few nodules, which are critical to the exchange of nutrients.

Read full New York Times article.

Larry Ellison’s Fantasy Island

“Imagine these hale, these grass huts on the beach,” Mr. Ellison said excitedly of his plans for the new resort. “They are individual hale, built on poles in the sand. We will retain the unspoiled primitive nature of the beach.” He says the hotel will be a model of sustainability—generating electricity from the sun, making its own fresh water, reusing “gray water for irrigation, and all the buildings will be made from light, renewable materials, like bamboo.”

Read full Wall Street Journal article

European Investment Bank Cuts Lending to Fossil Plants, Supports Renewables

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest public financial institution, has announced that, effective immediately, it will no longer finance most coal-, lignite- and oil-fired power stations in an effort to help Europe meet its climate targets.

Read full Renewable Energy World article.