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June 24, 2022
Carbon dioxide emitted by cement sector doubled in two decades
Carbon dioxide emissions from cement production have doubled in the last 20 years, according to emissions scientist Robbie Andrew of Norway’s Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO).
June 23, 2022Global food miles responsible for nearly 20% of all food emissions
Eating habits nowadays leads to significant costs to the environment, with a recent report released by Nature Food indicating that ‘food miles’ accounts for 19% of food supply chain emissions, three times more than previously thought.
June 21, 2022Zara presents a party dress made from recycled greenhouse gases
Spanish fast fashion brand Zara last week released a series of limited clothing collection and drew public attention with one pink dress sourcing in part from collected carbon emissions. The launch marks one of the company’s steps toward a more sustainabl
June 09, 2022Finland sets world’s most ambitious climate pledge in law
Finland’s parliament last week passed a new Climate Change Act, promising to reach net-zero emissions by 2035 and negative emissions by 2040. The timeline is much ahead than other countries, and the law makes Finland the world’s first country to create a
May 30, 2022Japan creates world’s fastest system to remove carbon dioxide from air
Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have developed a new way to capture carbon emissions. The technology, using isophorone diamine (IPDA) in a “liquid-solid phase separation” system, can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with 99% efficiency.
May 23, 2022Ocean-going tankers to trial ‘plug and play’ CO2 capture technology
Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping has teamed up with Dutch maritime technology company Value Maritime to install carbon capture technology on two MR tankers, making them the largest ocean-going vessels equipped with the technology.
May 20, 2022Coconut shell-based supercapacitor can capture carbon during charging
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a low-cost gadget which is capable of capturing carbon dioxide gas while charging. When it discharges, the carbon dioxide can be released in a controlled way and be collected to be reused.
May 18, 2022Steel industry emissions to fall 30% by 2050: Woodmac
As more mills switch to less-polluting electric arc furnaces (EAF), carbon dioxide emissions from the world’s steel sector are expected to drop 30% by 2050 compared to last year, according to a study released on Tuesday by consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
May 11, 2022Atmospheric carbon levels hit all-time high in human history
Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reach the highest on record for any calendar month during April, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s data.
May 05, 2022Israeli startup develops cost-effective way to capture carbon with balloon
High Hopes Lab, an Israeli startup, has joined the fight against climate crisis by developing carbon-capture balloons that it said will become the world’s first affordable, scalable technique of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.