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UK Health, Climate Policy Ambitions Hampered by Weak Policies and Political Ideologies

Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation's health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the existing evidence when setting policies, according to Dame Theresa Marteau, a public health expert at the University of Cambridge.

20 Jun 2023

New £4 m Camera Contract Helps Manage Flood and Coastal Risk

Following a competitive tendering process, Meteor Communications has been awarded a four-year contract by the Environment Agency to significantly expand their estate of low-power remote image collection cameras.

20 Jun 2023

Neil Kermode Honoured with OBE

Orkney-based Neil Kermode has been awarded an OBE for services to renewable energy and to the community in Orkney.

20 Jun 2023

Kuva Space Awarded €5M Commercial Contract to be Sole Provider of Hyperspectral Data Services for the Copernicus Program

Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has today been awarded a five-year commercial contract worth €5M to be the world’s sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European Commission’s Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM) program.

20 Jun 2023

Researchers: “Sustainable Adaptation” Must Drive Climate Strategy

A special collection of papers in the American Meteorological Society journal Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) discusses the vital need for “sustainable adaptation”: strategies for adapting to climate change that do not worsen greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity degradation, or social and economic inequality.

19 Jun 2023

Fresh Wave of EV Chargers Confirmed in Latest Green Push from Trafford Council

Trafford Borough Council has announced its latest sustainability push - installing a wave of cutting-edge EV chargers in partnership with charging network Be.EV.

19 Jun 2023

CTR Selects Aquatech for its US$ 1 Billion Lithium Hydroxide Facility in California

Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc. (CTR) is pleased to announce it has engaged Aquatech as its technology partner to deliver the engineering and process plants for the conversion of lithium chloride intermediate product to battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate at the company’s Stage 1 Lithium Hydroxide Facility.

From Aquatech International LLC. 19 Jun 2023

Energy America Redefines the Future of Energy by Creating Scalable, Sustainable Solar Solutions

Energy America (EA), a radiant force in the solar industry, is redefining the future of energy with its unwavering commitment to sustainability, unmatched quality, and global presence.

19 Jun 2023

Study Focuses on How Crop Production Shocks are Affected by Variations in Planted and Harvested Areas

As the world faces more climate variability and extremes in the face of global warming, sudden environmental changes add an extra layer of stress to food production in the United States and around the world.

19 Jun 2023

How Urea Impacts Climate Stability and Marine Productivity

On the ecosystems and climate, ocean areas that are rich in marine life are having a greater effect than earlier believed, according to the new study proposal.

16 Jun 2023

Grant Awarded to Verify Effects of Wind Pollution

James Flynn, who is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Houston, has been granted a $1.2 million research award by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

16 Jun 2023

An Analysis of Seaweed’s Efficacy to Help Reduce Climate Change

With the huge ocean regions needing to remove around 2.5 to 13 gigatonnes of atmospheric carbon every year to fulfill climate goals, the likelihood of global seaweed farming to aid in capturing considerable carbon does not seem practical, as per the research published in Communications Earth & Environment.

16 Jun 2023

Carbon Mitigation Payments Could Increase Net Returns and Reduce Income Risk for Bioenergy Crops

Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit risks are barriers for investment by farmers.

16 Jun 2023

Study Reveals How Climate Change Affects Sea Sponges

Sea sponges are essential to marine ecosystems. They play critical roles in the ocean, as they provide shelter and food to a plethora of marine creatures, recycle nutrients by filtering thousands of litres of sea water daily, and are hosts to microbes that may be the key to some of the most pressing medical challenges we face today.

16 Jun 2023

Chula Zero Waste Participates in the Launch of “Act Beautiful to Make a Sustainable Difference” Campaign

As Chula Zero Waste targets behavioral change, the program works to encourage all to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic daily to reduce waste that pollutes the environment.

16 Jun 2023