UnsecurityRecycling Robot can sort soft plastics for recycling cosmosmagazine.com - Ellen Phiddian A new system could identify and sort soft plastics.Engineers at the University of Sydney are developing a robot that can sort soft plastics out of …
UnsecurityEnergy Senate sinks Angus Taylor’s plan to allow renewables agency to invest in fossil fuel technologiesverified_publisher Australia News - Paul Karp and Adam MortonThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency will not be able to invest in carbon capture and storage after the Senate voted to disallow a government instrument expanding its investment remit. Labor, the Greens...
UnsecurityElectric Vehicles Politicians and automakers tout the rise of electric vehicles. But gas station owners aren't rushing to install chargers.verified_publisher CBS News Gas stations, truck stops and convenience stores are the essential infrastructure that allow Americans to leave their homes, drive to work, the store …
Unsecurity Scientists’ warning on affluence nature.com - Thomas Wiedmann For over half a century, worldwide growth in affluence has continuously increased resource use and pollutant emissions far more rapidly than these …
UnsecurityClimate The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth scientificamerican.com - Chirag Dhara,Vandana Singh The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols of a world awakened to the profound challenges of unsustainability and climate …
UnsecuritySolar Panels How Rainbows Could Boost Your Roof’s Solar Power The Daily Beast - Dave Levitan It’s a way to make solar panels even more efficient, and all it takes is a little hologram. The solar panels on your roof are not perfect …
UnsecurityNorway Why Norway Leads In EVs—And The Role Played By Cheap Renewable Electricity. Forbes - Ian PalmerIn the Superbowl ad with Will Ferrell, the comedian punches his fist through Norway’s location in a globe of the world. The ad took potshots at Norway because its number of electric vehicles (EVs) per...
UnsecurityCities Drought-stricken communities push back against data centers NBC News - By Olivia SolonAs cash-strapped cities welcome Big Tech to build hundreds of million-dollar data centers in their backyards, critics question the environmental cost. On May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved...
UnsecurityNew Zealand Politics Penalising farmers for needing work utes is neither fair nor green stuff.co.nz - MIKE O'DONNELL OPINION: If you write columns long enough, some things you predict will come true. Last year, after having my own “OK boomer” moment with an electric …
UnsecurityNew Zealand Utes in the city 'hazardous and damaging the environment' - public health expert stuff.co.nz - RNZ This week the government announced a levy on new utes to help pay for subsidies for electric vehicles. Four of the top ten best-selling new vehicles …
UnsecurityEnergy Your house could be a geothermal power station Wired UK - Grace Browne The way we heat and cool buildings is broken. In the US, temperature control accounts for more than half the average home’s annual energy …
