Uber to introduce EVs in India as govt pushes for clean cars
Feb 20, 2023 23:33 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature
Uber Technologies will introduce 25,000 EVs over three years for ride-sharing in India amid an Indian government push for greater electrification of public transport and shared mobility. BluSmart, an electric mobility...
Naturgy, Enagas eye installing up to 280-MW green H2 plant in Spain
Feb 15, 2023 23:10 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Spanish power and gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA will install up to 280 MW of green hydrogen production capacity in La Robla, Spain, through the Robla Hub joint venture, formed with Enagas Renovable. The investment...
Fonterra taps Man Energy's technology to reduce CO2 emissions
Feb 14, 2023 21:02 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Fonterra has strategically partnered with Man Energy Solutions in utilizing heat pump technology for steam generation in dairy production to reduce CO2 emissions. Man Energy Solutions, which provides engines and...
Why have so many earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria?
Feb 14, 2023 13:23 pm UTC| Nature
Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are common, but the magnitude 7.8 that shook the region on 6 February at 4:17am local time is clearly impressive. To find earthquakes this strong on this particular fault, we would have to...
A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth
Feb 14, 2023 13:15 pm UTC| Nature
In a remote archipelago at the southernmost tip of India lies the Great Nicobar Island. This pristine ecosystem is a globally important nesting site of the largest turtles on Earth leatherback turtles. But now, the site...
Feb 14, 2023 13:14 pm UTC| Nature
Flooded roads, our largest international airport underwater, overwhelmed storm water systems and significant sewage discharge into the sea and streams. The recent floods and then cyclone in Auckland are a stark reminder...
Livestock grazing is preventing the return of rainforests to the UK and Ireland
Feb 14, 2023 13:11 pm UTC| Nature
A few years back, the president of the National Farmers Union of England and Wales wrote a defence of the meat industry after a BBC documentary criticised its environmental impact. British farmers do not clear rainforest...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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