S. Korea offers incentives for large firms to help SMEs cut greenhouse gas emissions
Dec 29, 2021 23:04 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature
South Koreas large companies could receive subsidies and will be deemed to have reduced their emissions by helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Ministry of Environment will...
Coca-Cola renews partnership with Plastic Bank in collecting ocean-bound plastic waste
Dec 27, 2021 23:18 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Coca-Cola and Plastic Bank have renewed their partnership that started in September 2020 that has collected 102,604 kilos of ocean-bound plastic. Plastic Bank has diverted the collected plastic to better use through...
US govt grants $1 billion loan to hydrogen project
Dec 26, 2021 23:33 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
The US Department of Energy has guaranteed a Nebraska-based hydrogen project a $1 billion conditional loan, the first of its kind for a non-nuclear project since 2016. The loan reinforces the energy departments drive...
Toyota begins selling environment-friendly 2-seater C+pod to all customers in Japan
Dec 26, 2021 23:33 pm UTC| Economy Business Nature
Toyota Motor Corp has started selling the C+pod, an environmentally-friendly two-seater ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV), to the public after launching it for select corporate and municipal customers last year....
Canada’s climate changes woes result in shortage of McDonald's French fries and mustard
Dec 26, 2021 23:32 pm UTC| Nature Economy Life
Canadas prairie drought and its Pacific coast flooding have resulted in crop production and shipping problems that led to an international shortage of fries and mustard. In Japan, McDonalds has been forced to ration...
Abandoned tires in seabed damaging marine ecosystem by killing hermit crabs
Dec 24, 2021 23:19 pm UTC| Science Nature
Car tires abandoned on the seabed are damaging the marine ecosystem by killing hermit crabs, according to researchers at Hirosaki University in Aomori Prefecture. In a report, the research team said discarded tires trap...
Hyundai Oilbank to build eco-friendly power plant fueled by LNG, blue hydrogen for 400 billion won
Dec 23, 2021 23:55 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. will invest 400 billion won to build an eco-friendly liquid natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen-fueled power plant in Daesan with the capacity of generating 230 tons of steam and...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight