Canada to ban most single-use plastic forms
Jun 23, 2022 23:08 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business Law
Canada will ban most single-use plastic forms from customer-facing businesses in phased restrictions beginning this year. Single-use plastic bags, takeout containers, straws, stirrers, and cutlery will all be...
Hyundai Oilbank to sell micro EV Cevo C at gas stations
Jun 22, 2022 23:35 pm UTC| Business Economy Nature
For the first time, Hyundai Oilbank Co. will launch a sales brokerage service partnership with local micro EV manufacturer Cevo Mobility for micro-electric vehicles among South Korean oil refiners. The company will...
McLaren Racing to develop fully sustainable F1 car as part of green goals
Jun 22, 2022 23:28 pm UTC| Sports Nature Economy Business
McLaren Racing has detailed plans in its report to develop a fully circular sustainable Formula One car as part of efforts to halve its greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint by 2030 and achieve carbon next zero by 2040. The...
Germany to fire up coal stations as Russia reduces gas supply
Jun 21, 2022 23:53 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Germany must increase the burning of coal to help fill gas storage facilities for next winter, as the country moves away from reduced Russian gas supplies, says Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Habeck said Germany is...
Boeing unveils jet for testing new technologies
Jun 21, 2022 23:50 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
US aircraft maker Boeing unveiled its 2022 ecoDemonstrator plane that will be tasked with testing new technologies aimed at making air travel more sustainable and safer. The ecoDemonstrator, a converted, 20-year-old...
South Korean startup DECANT turns wine-making by-products into beauty products
Jun 21, 2022 23:36 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
South Korean startup DECANT has succeeded in bio-recycling tens of millions of tons of wine-making by-products that were being wasted annually into high-value-added beauty products. Using green decanting technology, the...
BrewDog to cut carbon emissions with £12 million bio-energy plant
Jun 18, 2022 23:35 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
BrewDog has commissioned a 12 million green gas plant that will power the production of over 176 million pints of beer each year, which would result in 7,500 fewer tons of carbon emissions annually when the facility in...
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