Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Environment
06/14/2021
Indonesia aims to sell only electric-powered cars, motorbikes by 2050
Indonesia aims to sell only electric cars and motorcycles by 2050 to replace vehicles powered by combustion engines, the country's energy minister said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to reduce its carbon emissions.
06/08/2021
Asia’s fake pork titan sets its sights on the next ‘big’ thing
OmniFoods, the Hong Kong startup best known for its fake pork product "OmniPork," is jumping on what it sees as the next phenomenon: plant-based seafood.
06/11/2021
Sea eagles at Loch Lomond for first time in 100 years
White-tailed eagles have appeared on Loch Lomond for the first time in more than 100 years.
06/03/2021
Petrifying Climate Change
Researchers want to combat climate change by chemically converting carbon dioxide into rock on a grand scale.
06/10/2021
What Could Go Right? Beating AIDS by 2030
Plus: that time we healed the ozone layer, a hero rat, and more progress news from around the world in our weekly newsletter.
06/09/2021
The powerful new use for cocoa
The world's largest producer of cocoa, Ivory Coast, has found an inventive use for the cocoa plant that could power millions of homes.
06/06/2021
On GPS: “A Moonshot for Meatless Meat”
Ezra Klein joins Fareed to lay out why meat consumption is so harmful to our planet and our health, and what the future of animal protein could be.
05/20/2021
How we fixed the ozone layer
The story behind humanity’s greatest environmental success is too rarely told and too often taken for granted. This is how humanity fixed the ozone layer and why it matters.
06/06/2021
Fiat plans to become an EV-only automaker by 2030
The company will start phasing out combustion engine vehicles in 2025
05/20/2021
Interview: Ted Nordhaus on ecomodernism
Are technology and the environment friends or foes? In this wide-ranging conversation, Nick Whitaker and Saloni Dattani discuss climate policy, activism and ecomodernism with Ted Nordhaus, director of the Breakthrough Institute.
06/04/2021
The road to sustainability: the superhighway built from paper waste instead of cement
06/05/2021