By Colleen Howe, Reuters BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) – China’s installed wind and solar capacity will overtake coal for the first time this year, an industry body forecast on Tuesday. The China Electricity Council (CEC) in a yearly report said grid-connected wind and solar would make up around 40% of …
Inside the Amazon’s Tallest Treehouse, Where Peruvians are Taught to Combat Deforestation with Tech
By Euronews Green Education is changing the lives of Indigenous Peruvians in the Amazon. From a classroom in the Amazon’s tallest treehouse, young Peruvians are learning how to defend their rainforest home. Nestled in the crown of a strangler fig tree, the rangers have a bird’s eye view over the …
This State is Quickly Becoming America’s Clean Energy Paradise. Here’s How it’s Happening.
By Elizabeth Weise, USA Today Americans don’t have to imagine what it’s like to live someplace that’s aggressively switching to 100% clean energy, where one in three people has rooftop solar, 15% of new cars are electric and giant batteries store energy for use when the sun goes down. They just have to go to Hawaii. …
MIT Researchers Have Discovered a Remarkable New Way to Clean Up Air Pollution — By Starting With Our Oceans
By Brett Aresco, Yahoo Tech from The Cool Down Carbon capture — commonly thought of as the use of technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air — is a hotly debated topic. Though the U.S. Department of Energy committed $131 million to various carbon capture projects, opponents claim that focus on carbon capture …
Louisiana’s Drought is Fueling the ‘Unprecedented’ Crawfish Prices This Season
By Emilee Speck, Fox Weather Prices over $13 a pound are causing the Louisiana staple to become unaffordable. Crawfish app co-founder Laney King said the Mississippi River saltwater intrusion and overall drought have put crawfish farmers in a bind. NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana’s ongoing exceptional drought is making the Bayou state’s staple of …
Latin Americans Are Embracing Plant-Based Foods — a Growing Opportunity for Investment
By Roerto Guerra, Sustainable Brands Food investors and entrepreneurs would do well to mark the major focus on plant-based protein innovation happening for our neighbors to the South. Just like all disruptive industries, the ever-growing plant-based food industry has been through quite a rollercoaster ride over the last several years. But why are plant-based …
Promising Proteins Could Solve Many Food-Related Issues, If We Let Them
Sustainable Brands 2 new studies examine the potential of edible insects and mycelium to boost both human and planetary health, and the barriers and systemic issues that must be overcome to realize that potential. Novel food regulations remain a barrier for scaling edible insects Edible insects could be a key to …
This National Park Installed ‘Wildlife Crossings’ to Protect Animals from Car Collisions – And the Results were Staggering
By Laurelle Stelle, The Cool Down The project has been so successful that the same model has been adopted in Costa Rica, Argentina, and parts of Asia. The Banff Wildlife Crossings Project in Canada’s Rocky Mountains has dramatically reduced the amount of wildlife being hit by cars on the …
Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders: 10 Measures to Close the Emissions-Reduction Gap
Sustainable Brands New WEF report finds a 600-gigaton gap in national emissions-reduction ambitions and policies that must be closed to keep 1.5°C target alive, and outlines 10 ways for businesses and governments to accelerate decarbonization and close this gap. The Alliance for CEO Climate Leaders, a CEO-led community facilitated by the World …
First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Promising New Method for Tackling Pollution: ‘We Need to Act Immediately’
By Jeremiah Budin, The Cool Down “The technologies are there, and it is a matter [of] whether relevant stakeholders will be aware of the seriousness of this issue.” Landfills are major contributors to the overheating of our planet, releasing massive amounts of methane into the atmosphere. However, a new study suggests that not only can landfills be …