Die schottische Regierungschefin Nicola Sturgeon will es Frankreich, Großbritannien, den Niederlanden und Norwegen gleichtun und in Schottland schon ab ...
GBCI unveils new zero waste rating system
Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) revealed TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency), a zero waste rating system that is designed to help ...
Google maps wheelchair accessibility more thoroughly
Google is planning to crowdsource data from 30 million Local Guides globally to make their maps tool more useful to people with mobility challenges. The ...
AI to prevent texting & driving
Engineering researchers from Canada’s University of Waterloo might have found a solution to the problem of texting and driving on streets. They developed ...
Global carbon pricing tool to minimize a company’s investment risks
A carbon pricing tool developed by sustainability research and advisory firm Trucost should help companies decrease their investment risks in changing ...
Lyft to test autonomous vehicles in Bay Area
Ride-sharing company Lyft will soon start a pilot project around San Francisco to evaluate how riders react to self-driving cars. Being the only company ...
Sustainable aquaculture could help meet rising food demand
As most of the world’s wild fisheries are fished at their maximum yield, aquaculture as the fastest growing food sector in the world, will have to step ...
German electric car sales up 137% as confidence in diesel dwindles
Sales number from August show that nearly around 2 percent of new car sales in Germany were plug-in vehicles. That is a higher market share than in the ...
Silicon might be gamechanger for energy storage
In its neverending pursuit for better storage of renewable energy, the industry is currently looking into storing energy as heat. And assumptions are that ...
Chicago finally close to being the City of Learning
When Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched the Chicago City of Learning online platform (CCOL) four years ago, it was to offer extracurricular activities to ...
