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#nuclear #cleanenergy
EU Court Rules Nuclear Energy is Clean Energy
The highest court in the EU just reaffirmed that nuclear energy meets the scientific and environmental standards to be included in sustainable finance, and Greenpeace still refuses to budge.
www.weplanet.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#climatechange
An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How Does the US Use Water?
Water infrastructure often gets less attention and focus than other types of infrastructure.
www.construction-physics.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#recycling
"97% Battery Recycling Breakthrough": Princeton NuEnergy Opens First U.S. Commercial Facility, Cutting Costs 38% and Slashing Environmental Impact
IN A NUTSHELL 🔋 Princeton NuEnergy launched the first U.S. commercial-scale battery recycling facility in Chester, South Carolina, achieving a recycling yield of over 97%. 💡 The facility, fully compli...
www.energy-reporters.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#globalwarming #climatechange
Svalbard winter warming is reaching melting point - Nature Communications
The Arctic winters are changing fast. In February 2025, Svalbard endured rain, thawing tundra, and pooling meltwater. The Comment by Bradley and coauthors describes how winter warming is reshapin...
www.nature.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#climatechange
A change in the Southern Ocean structure can have climate implications | Institut de Ciències del Mar
www.icm.csic.es
July 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#microplastics
Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and drink, study finds | CNN
Microscopic bits of plastic are sloughing off into food and beverages when consumers unwrap the plastic packaging, a new study has shown.
edition.cnn.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#plastics #pollution
Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines
Plastic pollution threatens marine and freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide. Although plastic bag bans and taxes are increasingly implemented worldwide, their effectiveness in reducing ...
www.science.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#green-tech
Japanese Researchers Develop ‘Transparent Paper’ as Alternative to Plastics; New Material Is Biodegradable, Can Be Produced with Low Carbon Emissions
<p>A team of researchers with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and other entities have developed thick sheets of transparent paper using cellulose, a material made fr...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
June 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anyone can be a recycler!
#recycle #DIY
Say hi to the Precious Plastic Universe
The alternative plastic recycling system run by people.
www.preciousplastic.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#plastics #scam #recycling
Did “Big Oil” Sell Us on a Recycling Scam? - JSTOR Daily
Our focus on recycling to save the planet may be missing the mark.
daily.jstor.org
June 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Penn Engineers Discover a New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water from Air - Penn Engineering Blog
A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can … Read More ›
blog.seas.upenn.edu
May 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#health #pollution #plastics
Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more than 365,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone, a new analysis of population surveys shows...
medicalxpress.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#futuretech #CO2capture
Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals
Researchers built a device made of perovskite and copper that mimics a green leaf.
newscenter.lbl.gov
April 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#health #pollution
Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds
Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#pollution #trump
America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era
A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll back.
www.theatlantic.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#solar #renewables #climate
'Unstoppable force' of solar power propels world to 40% clean electricity, report finds
Solar power has doubled in just three years, according to thinktank Ember, but rising electricity demand from air conditioning, AI and electric vehicles means electricity from fossil fuel sources stil...
news.sky.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
#pollution #airpollution
Air pollution kills millions every year — where does it come from?
A breakdown of the sources of many air pollutants that damage our health and ecosystems.
ourworldindata.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#plastics #future #futuretech #tech
New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics
Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s j...
newatlas.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#climatecrisis #climatechange #climate #crisis
Arctic sea ice sets a record low maximum in 2025
Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum on March 22, 2025.
nsidc.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell Ecosia
Because we believe that the world would be a better place if more businesses were driven by a meaningful cause instead of greed.
blog.ecosia.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#carbon #greed
February 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
ANOTHER LOUD ALARM CALL!
#climatecrisis #ourhouseisonfire
Twelve months at 1.5 °C signals earlier than expected breach of Paris Agreement threshold - Nature Climate Change
The 12 months before July 2024 were more than 1.5 °C warmer than the pre-industrial baseline. Using climate models, the author shows that the first year that exceeds 1.5 °C of warming most probably al...
www.nature.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#CO2removal #cleantech #carboncapture #biofuels
Using Solar Energy, Researchers Grow Copper Nano Flowers for Clean Fuel - News
The new method produces clean chemicals and fuels made from CO2, water, and glycerol without any additional carbon emissions.
www.allaboutcircuits.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#nature #wildlife #whales
Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds
Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM