Archive for 2019
A ‘loo-minating’ report looks at the climate costs of toilet paper
The average user in the United States consumes 141 rolls of toilet paper each year.
Growing meat in the lab isn’t such a good idea. Yet
For "labriculture" methods to become real low-impact substitutes for farmed beef, they'll have to be more efficient.
SMRs to the rescue: factory-made reactors could help us avert a climate catastrophe
Once they are mass-produced in factories, SMRs could be deployed worldwide to provide low-carbon energy.
Economic growth hasn’t brought real wellbeing in China
With air and water pollution at record levels, has rampant economic growth been really good for the country?
VW unveils ambitious plan to recycle its EV batteries
The company has been researching how it can recuperate raw materials like cobalt, lithium, manganese and nickel.
China’s war on PM 2.5 has had a side-effect: ozone pollution
China must dedicate extra efforts are needed to reduce NOx and VOC emissions so as to rein in ozone pollution.