Best Practices
Renewables won’t be truly sustainable without greener mining practices
Mining will always pose an environmental impact, but some techniques make it less damaging.
Brussels must show solidarity with farmers in drought-hit southern regions
Steeped in a deteriorating drought since January, Spain is taking action to pull its hardest-hit regions back from the brink.
We can drastically cut plastic pollution, the UN says
As much as 80% of plastic waste can be eliminated within less than two decades.
Scientists turn captured CO2 into commercially used acetic acid
"Carbon capture is feasible today from a technical point of view, but not yet from an economic point of view."
Scientists devise a “greener” battery for EVs and portable devices
The goal is to use OEMs in batteries with aqueous electrolytes, which are more sustainable and less expensive.
A new social welfare model could help communities fight climate change
There is fledgling research on new models of a welfare state built on sustainable wellbeing and care.