In a Monday report, the United Nations Environment Programme said that countries can reduce plastic pollution in their country by 80% using current technologies and by making significant policy changes. Two weeks before the second round of talks in Paris to draft a global treaty to eliminate plastic
The LYCRA Company The LYCRA company has partnered up with Qore & Cargill in order to produce bio-derived stretch using QIRA. This is driving the next wave of innovative & sustainability fashion. The revolutionary LYCRA fiber was developed in 1958 by Dr. Joseph Shivers, a DuPont Chemist. It w
The Biden Administration’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity industry could force some coal- and gas-fired power plants to install CCS technology, which has had a rough past. Petra Nova was the only CCS plant in the U.S. on a power plant that captured carbon to a large
Oceans can offer developing countries a wealth of opportunities to create more resilient and innovative economies. However, climate change, pollution, and overfishing are threatening the livelihoods and food security of three billion people. The UN Trade and Development Body UNCTAD published its Tra
Telecom Italia, (TIM) (TLIT.MI), announced on Tuesday that it had extended a power-purchase agreement (PPA) to include renewable energy group ERG (ERG.MI), as part of Italy’s largest phone company’s efforts to switch to greener energy. The new contract, which will run for nine years, will includ
For the second year running, two major European asset management firms have filed a joint shareholder resolution with Japanese electricity generator Electric Power Development Co Ltd. (9513.T), also known as J-Power. Asset managers have called on J-Power to disclose and set credible short- and mediu
Premier Danielle Smith of the ruling United Conservative Party announced at a news conference that Alberta declared a state of emergency on Saturday after thousands of Albertans were forced to leave their homes due to “unprecedented wildfires” raging in Alberta. On Saturday evening, at 7
Spain’s Donana wetland has been a rich farming area for decades and a wildlife haven for centuries, but climate change is drying it out and has set regional and national authorities on a collision course over how to safeguard its future. Scientists, meanwhile, say the water needs of the farmer
United Airlines told Reuters that it will use lower-carbon aviation jet fuels for flights departing from San Francisco International Airport, and London Heathrow Airport, starting this year. The airline is part of a new effort by the travel industry to reduce climate warming emissions. In some regio
India’s central banking system said that approximately it will spend more then 85.6 trillion rupees (about $1.05 trillion) to follow its industries to comply with climate change standards policies by 2030.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Report on currency and finance stated that central banks
