S. Korea’s luxury hotels ditch disposable amenities to the dismay of guests

Oct 31, 2022 23:16 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature Life

South Koreas luxury hotels are replacing disposable amenities with dispensers to the disappointment of guests as the Ministry of Environment begins restricting them at accommodation facilities. Hotel Lotte introduced...

Honda unveils new jet with longer flight range and autolanding

Oct 31, 2022 23:08 pm UTC| Business Economy Life Nature

Honda will launch the HondaJet Elite II, featuring a flight range of 2,865 kilometers, 204 km longer than the existing models, and an automatic landing system. Priced at $6.95 million, the HondaJet Elite II has a bigger...

Renault-backed Beyonca EV venture targets Audi, BMW, Mercedes in China

Oct 31, 2022 22:28 pm UTC| Business Economy Nature

Beyonca plans to unveil its first production car in the first quarter of next year with deliveries from 2024 to take on the likes of Audi and BMW in China from next year with a new premium electric vehicle Founded by a...

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Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame

Oct 31, 2022 08:38 am UTC| Nature

As the Victorian city of Echuca prepared for flooding this week, the council moved rapidly to build a temporary earthen levee as others sandbagged. This kept some homes dry, likely worsened flooding in others, and prompted...

Tesla begins clearing German forest of trees to expand electric car plant

Oct 30, 2022 23:00 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business

Tesla began clearing some 70 hectares of trees in a German forest to expand its electric-car factory near Berlin. The automaker is also working on an application to increase its storage and logistics capacity at its...

Jaguar, Land Rover EV drivers in UK get easy charging access

Oct 30, 2022 22:48 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature

Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Plugsurfing to offer UK owners easy access to a network of over 300,000 charging points reaching across 27 countries and 700 separate charging point providers. More network operators...

Bacardi ditches pourers in bottles to cut 140 tons of plastic waste per year

Oct 27, 2022 22:18 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business

Bacardi is ditching the tiny plastic bit at the top of its bottles necks in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, Spain, and Portugal to cut approximately 140 tons of plastic waste annually. Dubbed pourers and technically called...