In world first, The Netherlands caps flights at major airport to cut pollution
The new policy, set to take effect at the end of 2023, is the world’s first to limit flights for environmental reasons.
The new policy, set to take effect at the end of 2023, is the world’s first to limit flights for environmental reasons.
Eastern monarch butterflies covered 35% more ground in the mountain forests of central Mexico this past winter than they did the year before, according to a World Wildlife Fund survey.
The measure calls for an international negotiating committee to set the terms of a treaty on plastic pollution by the end of 2024.
GM is spending $7 billion to erect a new battery plant and overhaul an existing assembly plant to produce electric trucks. The move will create more than 4,000 jobs.
Since 2013, levels of particulate pollution in China’s capital have dropped 63 percent, China Daily reported.
Ecuador’s constitutional court has blocked plans to mine copper and gold in Los Cedros, a protected cloud forest, ruling that the plans violate the rights of nature.
Nissan says its solid-state battery will cut charging time by two thirds and help its EVs to achieve cost-parity with gas-powered cars.
The new project, likely built in western China, will generate more renewable energy than all solar and wind installations in India combined.
“Long-duration energy storage, like this iron-flow battery, [is] key to adding more renewables to the grid,” Venkat Viswanathan, a battery expert and associate professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
In its latest climate plan, Sri Lanka is ruling out new coal power and aiming to reach 70 percent clean electricity by 2030.