WORTHWHILE WASTE, REUSING RUBBISH
Plastic cups turned into bus shelter roofs in Italy Credit: Folke Kobberling/Martin Kaltwasser Some 100 billion tons of raw material[…]
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Author: Gail McCormick
Gail McCormick has been a leader in climate change activism for over 40 years. Her relevant award-winning art has been shown in museums, university galleries, and at the landmark UN Rio Conference. As a board member of HealthLink, she helped eradicate antiquated Massachusetts coal power plants and has been chair of Sustainable Arlington, MA. She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Follow her on Twitter @GailMcCormick20.
GREAT GLASS
A new material coated on a glass window panel can effectively self-adapt to heat or cool rooms across different climate[…]
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HIMALAYAN GLACIER HORROR
The Himalayan glaciers have lost ice ten times more quickly over the last few decades than on average since the[…]
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SOLAR SHINGLES
Mitrex Integrated Solar Technology now offers a 350 W solar roof panel. Its modules mimic the look of a shingled[…]
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CLIMATE CHANGE TORNADO CONNECTION
The U.S. logs the greatest number of powerful twisters in the warmer months from March to July. Climate change could[…]
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BENEFICIAL BIOPLASTICS
Using renewable feedstocks–i.e. corn, wheat, and agricultural waste–bioplastics can be turned into fertilizer, tackling the problems of plastic waste and[…]
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MORE ALARMING ANTARCTIC NEWS
Wilder winds are altering currents; the sea is releasing CO2, and ice is melting from below. The Southern ocean’s Antarctic[…]
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PROMISING SOLAR PODS
Image: SolarFi Students prepare for finals in SolarFi Prive pods SolarFi has created Privé, a pod that is a socially-distanced,[…]
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ALARMING ARCTIC RECORDS
Last year unprecedented blazes released 35% more CO2 than in 2019, itself the previous record high for Arctic wildfire emissions.[…]
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VIABLE VERDANT TIDAL POWER
Verdant Power has installed an array of three tidal power turbines at its Roosevelt Island site in New York City’s[…]
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