Investors are pouring billions into the bioplastics industry, foreseeing a massive business opportunity in a sector at a time when plastic pollution has become a major global concern. Bioplastics are plastics made from natural resources such as oils and starches. According to data from market intelligence provider i3 Connect, $500 million was invested in bioplastic…
Bioplastics Investment Soars as Market Expands
August 10, 2022
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Australia Finds 139 New Species
Australian scientists have named and described more than 100 new species, including an ant that protects butterfly larvae, a millipede with more than 1,000 legs, and a fish that lives 100 meters below the surface in the past year. In a statement on Aug. 9, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) announced that…
Australia Names 139 New Species
Australian scientists have named and described more than 100 new species, including an ant that protects butterfly larvae, a millipede with more than 1,000 legs, and a fish that lives 100 meters below the surface in the past year. In a statement on Aug. 9, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) announced that…
Electric Vehicles May Present Major Problem During Natural Disaster Evacuations: Experts
August 9, 2022
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The push to transition the national road fleet to electric vehicles (EVs) is on and while increasingly popular with buyers, experts in the transportation space are examining potential problems with mass EV adoption. One such issue involves EVs and evacuations during natural disasters. A report from Transportation Research published in ScienceDirect headlined “Can we evacuate from…
Space Regulation Needs to Keep Up with Ever Increasing Traffic
Experts from Australia’s Flinders University are calling for a step up in the regulation of space activities amidst the rapidly evolving commercial use of space and growing reports of space debris found in several places around the globe. In a recent report—titled Low Earth Orbit, Satellite Constellations and Regulation—governments are asked to pay closer attention…
UK Environment Secretary ‘Strongly Urges’ Water Companies to Ban Hosepipes Amid Dry Weather
Environment Secretary George Eustice on Saturday urged water companies across the UK to ban hosepipes amid a dry August. It comes as the Met Office’s forecast said the UK will mostly be dry and turning hotter this week. Writing in The Telegraph, Eustice said some companies have “rightly taken action to mitigate the effects of this prolonged dry…
Most of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Seeing Record High Coral Coverage Despite Bleaching Events
August 4, 2022
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The Great Barrier Reef is seeing record high levels of coral cover across two-thirds of the world’s largest coral reef system since monitoring began 36 years ago, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). Between August 2021 and May 2022, the 87 representative reefs surveyed revealed average hard coral…
Will Mass Electric Vehicle Adoption Impact the Power Grid?
July 28, 2022
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In January 2021, the Biden administration announced its plans to transition the United States to 100 percent “clean” electricity by 2035 and to have half of all vehicles sold be zero-emissions vehicles by 2030. One hundred percent clean energy by 2035 is an ambitious goal, and adding a considerable amount of electric vehicles (EV) to…
How Mass Electric Vehicle Adoption Will Impact the Power Grid
July 28, 2022
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In January 2021, the Biden administration announced its plans to transition the United States to 100 percent “clean” electricity by 2035 and to have half of all vehicles sold be zero-emissions vehicles by 2030. One hundred percent clean energy by 2035 is an ambitious goal, and adding a considerable amount of electric vehicles (EV) to…
Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project
July 27, 2022
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Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…
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