By Samuel Gilbert, The Guardian A series of sightings suggests the big cats are, against the odds, growing in numbers in New Mexico and Arizona. But Trump’s border wall could yet halt their progress. A jaguar dubbed ‘the Boss’ in Tucson, Arizona. Rare sightings of the mammals in the Whetstone …
This Ancient Material is Displacing Plastics and Creating a Billion-Dollar Industry
By Marta Vidal, Washington Post CORUCHE, Portugal — The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork capital,” the bang of trees falling to the ground doesn’t follow …
How a Rare Earth Facility in Canada Wants to Clean Up the Dirty Side of Green Energy
By John Lorinc, Corporate Knights The plant in Saskatchewan won’t just showcase less environmentally damaging processes. It also wants to take a bite out of a supply chain dominated by China. At some point this year, in an unprepossessing 120,000-square-foot box on the outskirts of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, technicians will flip …
China’s Wind, Solar Capacity Forecast to Overtake Coal in 2024
By Colleen Howe, Reuters BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) – China’s installed wind and solar capacity will overtake coal for the first time this year, an industry body forecast on Tuesday. The China Electricity Council (CEC) in a yearly report said grid-connected wind and solar would make up around 40% of …
Inside the Amazon’s Tallest Treehouse, Where Peruvians are Taught to Combat Deforestation with Tech
By Euronews Green Education is changing the lives of Indigenous Peruvians in the Amazon. From a classroom in the Amazon’s tallest treehouse, young Peruvians are learning how to defend their rainforest home. Nestled in the crown of a strangler fig tree, the rangers have a bird’s eye view over the …
This State is Quickly Becoming America’s Clean Energy Paradise. Here’s How it’s Happening.
By Elizabeth Weise, USA Today Americans don’t have to imagine what it’s like to live someplace that’s aggressively switching to 100% clean energy, where one in three people has rooftop solar, 15% of new cars are electric and giant batteries store energy for use when the sun goes down. They just have to go to Hawaii. …
MIT Researchers Have Discovered a Remarkable New Way to Clean Up Air Pollution — By Starting With Our Oceans
By Brett Aresco, Yahoo Tech from The Cool Down Carbon capture — commonly thought of as the use of technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air — is a hotly debated topic. Though the U.S. Department of Energy committed $131 million to various carbon capture projects, opponents claim that focus on carbon capture …
Louisiana’s Drought is Fueling the ‘Unprecedented’ Crawfish Prices This Season
By Emilee Speck, Fox Weather Prices over $13 a pound are causing the Louisiana staple to become unaffordable. Crawfish app co-founder Laney King said the Mississippi River saltwater intrusion and overall drought have put crawfish farmers in a bind. NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana’s ongoing exceptional drought is making the Bayou state’s staple of …
Latin Americans Are Embracing Plant-Based Foods — a Growing Opportunity for Investment
By Roerto Guerra, Sustainable Brands Food investors and entrepreneurs would do well to mark the major focus on plant-based protein innovation happening for our neighbors to the South. Just like all disruptive industries, the ever-growing plant-based food industry has been through quite a rollercoaster ride over the last several years. But why are plant-based …
Promising Proteins Could Solve Many Food-Related Issues, If We Let Them
Sustainable Brands 2 new studies examine the potential of edible insects and mycelium to boost both human and planetary health, and the barriers and systemic issues that must be overcome to realize that potential. Novel food regulations remain a barrier for scaling edible insects Edible insects could be a key to …