Environment
🥦France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
Starting this year, France has banned plastic packaging for a large number of fruits and vegetables.
🌎 A greener Earth mitigates surface warming
Increased vegetation growth during the past few decades, called "Greening Earth," has a strong cooling effect on the planet, according to a study published in Science Advances.
☁️ Cloud services more sustainable than local servers new report shows
European companies can become significantly more sustainable by closing their data centers and moving applications to public cloud services instead. This according to a new report by 451 Research.
🇮🇹 Connected hubs fight food waste in Italy
A project in the city of Milan combat food waste and redistribute excess resources with innovative connected hubs.
🌊 Huge success for Ocean Cleanup Project
The tests of the Ocean Cleanup’s newest and largest system turns out successful and hauls in a massive amount of plastic.
🧬 RNA could replace pesticides
By using RNA to knock out genes in leaf mold, it is possible to get cheaper and more environmentally friendly control of potato leaf mold.
💬 Why we need a new kind of environmental movement
A new movement is needed for all of us who, on a scientific basis, take climate change very seriously but are tired of fear-mongering columns, shame, and doomsday prophecies.
🪑 Danish designer seizes potential in seagrass
These sleek pieces of furniture are, for the most part, made from seagrass.
🏭 76% of all planned coal-fired power plants stopped since 2015
Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, 76 percent of all planned coal-fired power plants have been stopped, a recent report reveals.