Israel-based startup enVerid, with help from funding through OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, is providing an innovative solution to air ...
UK to catch up on recycling with plastic bottle return scheme
Opposition parties in the UK are urging the government to introduce a money-back return scheme for plastic bottles to deal with the enormous amounts of ...
BMW, Audi, MAN promise to cut diesel emissions
German auto manufacturers BMW and Audi and truck manufacturer MAN have pledged to the Bavarian state government to reduce diesel vehicle pollution. To ...
Duryea Technologies wants to make biogas a competitive energy solution
Duryea Technologies, a motor and engine manufacturer, has developed a system with which they intend to handle the inherent liabilities of biogas, a ...
UK health organizations tackle air pollution with fines for idle cars & more
A number of measures has been proposed by actors of the health care sector in the UK to improve air quality especially in cities. Image source: ...
Report urges banks to disclose lending to companies with carbon-related risks
A new report by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, part of a G20 initiative led by governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney and ...
WRI, Development Seed and OpenAQ collaborate to make air quality data availabale to everybody
The World Resources Institute (WRI) recently announced that a partnership with OpenAQ and Development Seed will work to grant more users access air ...
Startup aims to plant a billion trees per year with drones
To reverse the deforestation trend of past years, startup BioCarbon has designed a platform that first maps a specific area to pinpoint arable locations ...
European energy players unite to cut subsidies for polluting plants
The Make Power Clean campaign, an initiative backed by 13 energy companies such as Shell, Statoil, Siemens and Total, was launched to set an emissions ...
U.S. Conference of Mayors supports 100% renewables
The U.S. Conference of Mayors officially endorsed progress in cities to make the use of 100 percent clean and renewable energy sources a reality. ...
