Environment
🐝 Airport support local bees
Airports and beekeepers collaborate to save pollinators. Last year the bee-keeping program won the 2020 Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence.
🐝Walmart push policy to protect pollinators
Walmart requires suppliers to stop using pesticides and to start to facilitate pollinating insects on their lands.
🛢 Drastic reduction in oil spills
Amoco Cadiz, Exxon Valdez, and Deepwater Horizon. Many people remember the great oil disasters, but fewer know that both the number and amount of oil spills have decreased sharply in the world.
🌍 NASA: The Earth is greener now than it was 20 years ago
The Earth has become five percent greener in 20 years. In total, the increase in leaf area over the past two decades corresponds to an area as large as the Amazon rainforests.
🐬 Scientists find coral sanctuary
A newly discovered coral sanctuary with abundant marine life is not affected by the warming oceans.
🌊 Large-scale energy production from tides is getting closer
Renewable energy production is growing strongly in wind and solar. The expansion is taking place at an ever-increasing pace, but alongside them, other technologies are also growing.
🌊 The EU is taking action to strengthen energy production at sea
The EU is now presenting a strategy for increased offshore energy production. The goal is primarily an extensive expansion of offshore wind power, but technologies such as wave power and liquid solar energy will also be promoted.
🍅 3 smart technologies that reduce food waste
10 billion tonnes of food is produced yearly, but one third of it is wasted. This has to stop, and there are several smart technologies that can help us with that.
🐝 Biological control of elephants bearing fruits in Zimbabwe
Elephant beehive fencing protects the crops and provides safety for farmers. The honey from the bees also means an additional income, writes Khumbu Muleya, Warp News reporter in Zimbabwe.