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A Swiss start-up unveiled on Wednesday its second plant in Iceland sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it underground (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessCarbon ManagementEmissionsIn-DepthInfrastructure

Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture

How a "giant SodaStream" inside a volcano takes CO2 from the air and buries it underground in pioneering Iceland carbon capture project

FILE PHOTO: A worker walks through an aluminium ingots depot in Wuxi, China's Jiangsu province, September 26, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
EfficiencyHydropowerIn-DepthIndustryManufacturingNews

China’s push for greener aluminium hit by erratic rains, power cuts

As rivers and reservoirs dwindle, smelters who flocked to southwest China for green energy find themselves scaling back production.

A Sweetgreen sign is displayed on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in New York. The announcement of Sweetgreen that it’s adding beef to its menu led to strong reactions online, with customers questioning the company’s carbon neutral plans. (AP Photo)
AgricultureAnalysisBiodiversityBusinessClimateIn-Depth

Salad chain says a cleaner farming method will offset steak on the menu

Salad chain Sweetgreen's sustainability credentials have been questioned after adding steak to the menu – but the company has explained the low-carbon rationale...

An employee moves forging red hot steel inside the ArcVac ForgeCast factory, in Hooghly district, in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/Files
AnalysisCarbon ManagementEmissions MarketsGreen SteelOpinion

Opinion: Green steel needs tiered incentives to flourish in Asia

Virtually every player in the market is taking green steel seriously – but achieving net-zero by 2050 is likely a pipedream, unless there's...

EV fast-charger manufacturer Kempower is investing around $40 million in North Carolina, with a facility in Durham (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)In-DepthIndustry

US forges new ‘battery belt’ in hopes of electric future

Surge of investment in green technology builds a US 'battery belt' following Biden's bid to strengthen 'hollowed out' industrial communities.

AnalysisCoalElectric Vehicles (EVs)ElectricityEmissionsHydrogenHydropowerSolarWind

Ember: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued...

AnalysisBuildingsClimateIn-DepthResiliencyWeather

A ‘sponge city’ may be your home in 2050

The Conversation: For people to thrive in a more dangerous world, cities will need to look very different.

Debris is seen from a damaged FedEx facility after a tornado in Portage, Mich., Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Brad Devereaux/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)
AnalysisClimateIn-DepthWeather

What is a tornado emergency and how is it different from a warning or a watch?

A tornado emergency is the U.S. National Weather Service’s highest alert level. For one to be issued, there has to be an imminent...

AnalysisEconomyElectricityInfrastructureOpinionPoliticsRegulationsTransmissionUtilitiesWind

Opinion: Europe needs hybrid interconnectors for offshore wind

Opinion: Hybrid interconnectors for offshore wind projects could help support Europe's transition to renewable energy, but more could be done to support these...

FILE PHOTO: A container ship passes Shell's Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore November 17, 2020.  REUTERS/Edgar Su/ File Photo/File Photo
AnalysisBusinessIn-DepthIndustryNewsOil

Shell’s Singapore refinery sale and its market significance

Oil giant Shell said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Bukom refinery – one of the world's largest oil refining and trading...

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