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A wave of anti-"greenwashing" litigation is seeking to hold major players in the aviation industry to account for sensational claims of being sustainable, low-carbon or contributing to net zero. While the industry has faced ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Engineering
Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms. But the climate and health benefits of reducing buildings' ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Engineering
Densely packed housing makes urban areas vulnerable to overheating, pollution and dangerous wind gusts. The effects of climate change can aggravate these problems, but we can also work to prevent them. This can be done by ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Engineering
Weather variability and extreme events affect the optimal design and operation of renewable energy systems, particularly for striking a trade off between life cycle cost and carbon dioxide emissions.
Jun 12, 2023
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Engineering
If you are standing on a corner waiting for a ride-share car, would you be willing to wait longer if you knew your driver was piloting an electric vehicle? What if it was powered by 100% green energy? How much longer would ...
May 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Renewable energy is an essential factor in Europe's goal of becoming the first carbon-neutral continent. The climate crisis and the soaring price of natural gas have placed renewed emphasis on the need to transition to a ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Business
Taken as a share of the market price, the environmental costs of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin are more comparable to the climate damages of producing beef than gold mining costs, according to analysis published ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers have considered how flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges will damage the built environment along the coast, but what about climate change's less noticeable impacts below the surface?
Sep 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Commercial aviation has become a cornerstone of our economy and society. It allows us to rapidly transport goods and people across the globe, facilitates over a third of all global trade by value, and supports 87.7 million ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion metric tons of carbon emissions while preserving enough cropland to feed a booming population, research suggested Tuesday.
Aug 30, 2022
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