Beijing to shut its last major coal plant down next year
Beijing, the capital of China is leading the country in a fight against pollution. Next year Beijing is going to close the last of...
Costa Rica Used Only Renewable Energy in 2015
Costa Rica is enriching our climate by getting all its electricity from renewable energy sources this year. Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica's...
ProtCycler – Homemade Recycled 3D Printer Rocks on Indiegogo
3D printers are getting cheaper by the minute, you can even take one home for as low as US$500.
However, as with their paper counterparts,...
EVs Emit Less Heat Than Gas Counterparts, Scientists Find
It is official. Scientists just proved that EVs are much cooler that their fossil fuel-powered ancestors.
OK, yes, having a Tesla definitely makes you stand...
Nestlé Keeps Bottling California’s Water Despite Drought
The drought in California has gradually become worse over the past few years, yet companies bottling drinking water continue to unprecedently pump out and make...
Extinction Measures – Drones Protect Elephants and Rhinos in South Africa
A new project, Air Shepherd, is using drones to protect declining numbers of African elephants and rhinoceros from poachers, the pilot program an amazing...
Beijing Coal Power’s Last Breath will be in 2016
We've been covering Beijing's growing air pollution problem for some time now, as the city fights to decide between coal power and its growing...
Global Forest Watch Monitors Deforestation Almost in Real Time
Global Forest Watch is a new interactive online tool, which helps monitoring and management of world's forest cover. Backed by Google, UNEP and USAid among...
Lithium-Ion Battery Enhanced with Recycled Packing Peanuts – Purdue University
Purdue University researchers stumbled upon an even better electrode material than currently used in the lithium-ion battery, made even better because it involved recycled...
Electric Vehicles Could Reduce Summer City Emissions, say Researchers
We already know that electric vehicles can significantly reduce emissions, merely by virtue of the fact that they can be recharged via renewable energy,...
