Climate Change Series

Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC

Mar 01, 2022 09:57 am UTC| Nature

Climate change poses serious risks to mental well-being. For the first time, a new climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assessed how climate change is having widespread and cumulative...

Hyundai to export Elec City hydrogen buses to Austria

Feb 28, 2022 23:57 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature

Hyundai Motor Co.s Elec City hydrogen buses have been introduced as public city buses in Vienna, Austria. Hyundai said that Wiener Linien, an Austrian public transportation agency, has launched an electric bus based on...

Coca-Cola Japan tests bottle-filling water dispensers to help reduce plastic waste

Feb 28, 2022 23:57 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business

Coca-Cola Japan is working on a project called the Bon Aqua Water Bar, a self-serve water dispenser that offers users five different kinds of water cold water, room temperature water, hot water, and strong and weak...

Chevron to buy Renewable Energy Group for $3.15 billion

Feb 28, 2022 23:15 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature

Chevron Corp is buying biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group Inc for $3.15 billion, in its biggest bet so far on alternative fuels. Chevron would pay $61.5 in cash per share of Renewable Energy, more than 40 percent...

Japan to allow businesses to trade CO2 emission allocations in 2023

Feb 26, 2022 23:20 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business

Japanese business operators will be able to buy and sell unnecessary emission allocations of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions starting in fiscal 2023 in a quest to reduce the nations carbon footprint. To start on a trial...

Consumers use 10 kilograms of plastic each year in single food deliveries: study

Feb 26, 2022 23:19 pm UTC| Nature Economy

The Korea Consumer Agency warned that a single person generates over 10 kilograms of plastic waste each year using food delivery services. The consumer watchdog studied the plastic packaging used for 10 kinds of...

McDonald's opens net-zero restaurant in the UK

Feb 26, 2022 22:34 pm UTC| Economy Nature

McDonalds has opened what it calls the UKs first net-zero carbon restaurant dubbed The Market Drayton McDonalds, which will serve as a blueprint for future restaurants around the country. The Market Drayton McDonald has...