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    World’s Airlines Agree on Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 20, 2021

    World’s Airlines Agree on Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

    At its annual general meeting in Boston, the global air transport industry decided that it will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
    By 2500 earth could be alien to humans
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 15, 2021

    By 2500 earth could be alien to humans

    To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark.
    Captured water, carbon dioxide from car exhaust could help grow food
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 16, 2021

    Captured water, carbon dioxide from car exhaust could help grow food

    Texas A&M researchers have a novel idea to capture waste from passenger vehicle exhaust for use in urban greenhouses for food production.
    Researchers working on recycling carbon from CO2 to produce car fuel
    Joshua Shavit
    • Aug 4, 2021

    Researchers working on recycling carbon from CO2 to produce car fuel

    Project's overall goal is to recycle carbon from CO2 to produce low-cost hydrocarbon fuels for use in automotive and transportation.
    Could residential heat pumps be part of the climate solution?
    Joshua Shavit
    • Aug 1, 2021

    Could residential heat pumps be part of the climate solution?

    Deploying residential heat pumps more widely across the US has the potential to help reduce carbon pollution while also saving money
    Canadian high school grad hopes to use seawater to slow climate crisis
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 25, 2021

    Canadian high school grad hopes to use seawater to slow climate crisis

    What’s special about this project is that it takes CO2 out of the ocean, as well as the atmosphere.
    Africa is set to get its first vertical forest
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 10, 2021

    Africa is set to get its first vertical forest

    Stefano Boeri has unveiled designs for three buildings covered with pollution-absorbing trees and plants in Egypt
    Can whale poo help save the planet?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 9, 2021

    Can whale poo help save the planet?

    Whales were hunted nearly to extinction. A new report shows how important they are for healthy oceans.
    Electricity-eating bacteria could help oceans absorb more carbon
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 15, 2021

    Electricity-eating bacteria could help oceans absorb more carbon

    Global oceans absorb about 25% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned
    A startup using minerals to draw down CO2 has scored funding and its first buyer
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 10, 2021

    A startup using minerals to draw down CO2 has scored funding and its first buyer

    A new startup is relying on minerals to pull carbon dioxide out of the air through the process of enhanced weathering.
    Out of thick air: Transforming CO2 into light-emitting carbon
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 20, 2021

    Out of thick air: Transforming CO2 into light-emitting carbon

    Breakthrough by uOttawa researchers sees creation of light-emitting solid carbon from CO2 gas
    Simple chemistry will enhance the sustainability of concrete production
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 14, 2021

    Simple chemistry will enhance the sustainability of concrete production

    Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a part of The University of Tokyo, have developed a new method of producing concrete
    Firms are experimenting with sucking CO2 from the air and turning it into rock below ground
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 5, 2021

    Firms are experimenting with sucking CO2 from the air and turning it into rock below ground

    On a barren hillside in southwest Iceland, workers are installing huge fans to suck carbon dioxide from the air and turn it to stone
    The Brighter 5:  Five important new technology advancements towards carbon neutrality
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 27, 2021

    The Brighter 5: Five important new technology advancements towards carbon neutrality

    Today The Brighter 5 brings you a list of the five most disruptive and promising new technology advancements towards carbon neutrality.
    Here's a 10-step plan to save our oceans by 2050
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 26, 2021

    Here's a 10-step plan to save our oceans by 2050

    The year 2050 has been predicted by some to be a bleak year for the ocean. Experts say that by 2050 there may be more plastic than fish...
    The Brighter 5:  Top 5 new electric SUVs available by 2022
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 25, 2021

    The Brighter 5: Top 5 new electric SUVs available by 2022

    The Brighter 5: The Brighter Side of News' Top 5 new electric SUVs available by 2022.
    An eco-route for heavy-duty vehicles could reduce fuel consumption
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 19, 2021

    An eco-route for heavy-duty vehicles could reduce fuel consumption

    Semi-trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles are responsible for nearly half of road transportation carbon dioxide emissions in Europe
    Ditching the car for walking or biking just one day a week cuts carbon footprint
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 8, 2021

    Ditching the car for walking or biking just one day a week cuts carbon footprint

    Swapping the car for walking, cycling and e-biking even just one day a week makes a significant impact on personal carbon emissions...
    Novel technology effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 2, 2021

    Novel technology effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light

    Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If carbon dioxide could be converted into energy...
    Global CO2 emissions show biggest ever drop in first half of 2020
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 14, 2020

    Global CO2 emissions show biggest ever drop in first half of 2020

    Research published in the journal Nature Communications by a group of scientists from China, France, Japan and the United States, said

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