American lobster placed on 'Red List' for sustainability issues
Sep 14, 2022 22:55 pm UTC| Life Nature Science Economy Business
The Monterey Bay Aquariums Seafood Watch program added the American red lobster, caught in both US and Canada to its red list. Other species also added to the list are the snow crab, Atlantic rock crab, and others that...
Samsung Electronics poised to announce carbon neutrality road map
Sep 13, 2022 23:43 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to announce its carbon neutrality road map and join the RE100, a global corporate initiative designed to shift energy use to renewable sources, this week. The company hopes to achieve...
Coca-Cola bottler achieves success in returnable bottle program
Sep 08, 2022 23:42 pm UTC| Nature Economy
Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages reported an excellent return rate of 74 percent in its Refillable Glass Bottle Pilot Program., The pilot program in El Paso, Texas, in which customers return used glass soda bottles to be...
4 S. Korean firms collaborate to produce ammonia-based clean hydrogen
Sep 07, 2022 23:42 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
LG Chem Ltd., Samsung CT Corp., Namhae Chemical Corp., and Doosan Enerbility Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in ammonia-based clean hydrogen production and usage. LG Chem intends to use clean...
Pakistan floods: what role did climate change play?
Sep 05, 2022 04:28 am UTC| Nature
Pakistan is experiencing the most devastating and widespread floods in its history, with the countrys climate minister saying waters have reached across a third of the nation. The growing tally of impacts is dire. More...
S. Korean construction firm to develop bioethanol using cassava waste
Aug 31, 2022 23:15 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
South Koreas GS Engineering Construction (GS EC) is collaborating with Finnish bioenergy company St1 to develop next-generation bioethanol using cassava waste in Thailand. if successful, the South Korean construction...
Continental Tire uses blockchain to assure sustainable rubber sourcing
Aug 31, 2022 23:15 pm UTC| Nature Technology Economy Business
Continental Tire Japan will use the Project Tree blockchain initiative to ensure it uses responsibly sourced natural rubber for its s AllSeasonContact tires. Project Tree is a collaboration between ITOCHU, a Japanese...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects