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Air Pollution can Increase Electricity Consumption

With the rising levels of air pollution, people are forced to stay inside and consume more electricity, which, in turn, creates even bigger environmental issues by increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

25 Sep 2020

Best Buy, McKinstry, Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and Siemens Sign The Climate Pledge

Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that Best Buy, McKinstry, Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and Siemens have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Accord’s goal of 2050.

25 Sep 2020

There's No Stopping Nidec ASI, Now Supplying a Battery Energy Storage System Worth $30.5 Million

Nidec ASI, the Nidec Industrial Solutions platform belonging to the Nidec Group, has supplied battery energy storage systems for a new important US project.

From Nidec Industrial Solutions 24 Sep 2020

Advance of All-Electric Aircraft Technology Gathers Momentum as Companies Race to Prepare for Zero-Emission Market, Says GlobalData

Following the announcement that Rolls-Royce has completed ground-testing of technology set to power the world’s fastest all-electric plane

24 Sep 2020

Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Freshwater Ecosystems

To understand how climate change may affect different ecosystems, 27 researchers from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Puerto Rico, among other countries, conducted experiments in seven different locations involving the aquatic environment in the tank of bromeliads, a habitat for insect larvae and other small organisms.

24 Sep 2020

Amazonia Moving Closer to Catastrophic Ecological Tipping Point

Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 years, and human activity is the cause.

24 Sep 2020

New Device Captures and Stores Wind Energy from Even Light Breezes

A majority of the wind available on land is too mild to drive commercial wind turbine blades, but this issue can be solved by a novel “tiny wind turbine” developed by scientists in China.

24 Sep 2020

Accelerated Ice Melt can have Significant Impact on Global Climate

A group of climate scientists has reported that upcoming ice-sheet melt is anticipated to have a major impact on the global climate.

24 Sep 2020

Study Reveals UK’s Air Pollution Levels During Lockdown

According to a new study, performed by the University of Liverpool relating to the UK’s air pollution during the first 100 days of pandemic lockdown, while nitrogen oxide (NO2) levels had reduced by half, levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) have increased by more than 100%.

24 Sep 2020

World Future Energy Summit to Provide a Business Blueprint for a Green Global Economic Recovery

The World Future Energy Summit returns to the UAE capital’s Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) from 5–7 April 2021, with a broader market focus and expanded business agenda.

24 Sep 2020

Forests Appear to be Resilient to Climate Change Under Low-Severity Fire Regime

A warming climate and more frequent wildfires do not necessarily mean the western United States will see the forest loss that many scientists expect.

23 Sep 2020

Compounding Effect of Severe Weather Events Exacerbates Marine Heatwaves

Several coastal communities are picking up the pieces after being ravaged by hurricanes in the past month.

23 Sep 2020

Flowmeter for Applications Requiring a High Degree of Cleanliness

The Metraflow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises offers an ideal solution for flow monitoring applications requiring a high degree of cleanliness such as are found in the pharmaceutical, medical, semiconductor and ultra-pure water markets.

23 Sep 2020

Cavotec E-truck Charging Wins Major Award

An innovative high-power e-truck charging solution, developed by Cavotec in partnership with the Port of Long Beach (POLB) and International Transportation Service (ITS), has won the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) 2020 Facilities Engineering Award.

From Cavotec SA 23 Sep 2020

Dow and Luhai Announce Partnership to Increase the Circularity of Plastics in China

Dow and Luhai, an integrated waste management company located in Xiamen, China, today announced their collaboration to give plastics waste collected by Luhai a second life, thereby increasing the circularity of plastics in China.

From Xiamen Luhai Pro-environment Inc. 23 Sep 2020