Lincolnshire Co-op Fuels up With Flooid
Flooid’s unified commerce platform and fuel integration helps retailer build loyalty and improve customer experience across 93 locations COVENTRY, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flooid, a market leading unified commerce platform, today announc.....»»
The race to produce green steel
The steel industry is testing new technologies that don’t rely on fossil fuels. Enlarge (credit: Monty Rakusen/Getty) In the city of Woburn, Massachusetts, a suburb just north of Boston, a cadre of engineers and scientists i.....»»
Polluted air cuts global life expectancy by two years
Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday......»»
Developing a degradation-triggerable plastic made of vanillin
From inexpensive mass products to tailored high-tech materials, our modern world without plastics is unimaginable. The major downside to this is the use of fossil fuels and the growing quantities of waste. A new approach could be the production of hi.....»»
Researchers develop novel heterostructure catalyst for effective hydrogen generation from water splitting
Concerns about rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and global warming have made it an environmental imperative to replace fossil fuels with cleaner and more sustainable alternatives. In this regard, hydrogen, a clean energy source, has emerged a.....»»
Climate: Africa"s energy future on a knife"s edge
With more than half its population lacking mains electricity and still using charcoal and other damaging sources for cooking, Africa's energy future –- torn between fossil fuels and renewables—is up for grabs......»»
Summer holiday season fuels upswing of travel-themed spam
With Covid-19-related travel restrictions having been dropped by most countries, pleasure-seeking travelers are booking plane tickets, accomodations and tours with a vengeance. Phishers, scammers and malware peddlers are ready to take advantage of th.....»»
How social media fuels antisemitism
According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2021 was a low point in the history of American antisemitism......»»
Scientists: global warming cannot be stopped without CO2 traps
Reducing the consumption of fossil fuels is not enough to prevent the world's average annual temperature from rising by two or more degrees above pre-industrial levels. Russian scientists at NUST MISIS are convinced that global climate change cannot.....»»
Time-reversal asymmetry surpasses conversion efficiency limit for solar cells
Solar energy is a popular candidate for a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. A solar cell, or photovoltaic (PV) cell, converts sunlight directly into electricity. However, the conversion efficiency has not been enough to enable widespread appli.....»»
Research confirms effectiveness of oil dispersants
Marine oil spills are one of the most direct, and harmful, examples of the toll that the extraction of fossil fuels can take on the environment. One of the few tools to mitigate that damage are chemical dispersants that break down oil in the water. H.....»»
Ultrafine atmospheric dust from exhaust gases of fossil fuels might cause weather extremes
Strong precipitation or extreme drought—the frequency of extreme weather events is increasing worldwide. Existing climate models, however, do not adequately show their dynamics. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) assume that ult.....»»
Greece Passes First Climate Law, Vows To Cut Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Greece has passed its first climate law, which sets out specific targets to fight climate change and wean itself off coal in power generation by 2028. From a report: The legislation sets interim targets for Greece to cut greenhouse emissions by at le.....»»
Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let"s do the same for fossil fuels
There is no reasonable disagreement that humanity needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. People might argue over how large a reduction is necessary or about the best ways to achieve it, but almost everyone agrees it has to be done......»»
NGC 541 fuels an irregular galaxy in new Hubble image
This striking pair is an elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and an unusual star-forming, irregular dwarf galaxy known as Minkowski's object (the bluish object to the lower left of NGC 541). Elliptical galaxies are nearly spherical to egg-shaped groups of star.....»»
Trees aren"t a climate change cure-all: Two new studies on the life and death of trees in a warming world show why
When people talk about ways to slow climate change, they often mention trees, and for good reason. Forests take up a large amount of the planet-warming carbon dioxide that people put into the atmosphere when they burn fossil fuels. But will trees kee.....»»
Mercury removal made easy in toxic environments
Mercury pollution is a global problem in water, air and soil near goldmines, cement and some metal production, and other heavy industries burning fossil fuels—with removal too expensive or difficult in some of the poorest countries in the world......»»
Adopting low-carbon energy can reduce racial disparities in air pollution
Switching to low carbon fuels for transportation, cooking, heating, power generation and other needs would help fight climate change and also reduce racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution, according to researchers at the Universit.....»»
Scientists show how to store liquid fuels in polymeric gels to prevent explosions and fires
Liquid fuels with high energy density are essential in many applications where chemical energy is converted into controlled motion, such as in rockets, gas turbines, boilers, and certain vehicle engines. Besides their combustion characteristics and p.....»»
Assessing the impact of loss mechanisms in solar cell candidate antimony sulfide selenide
As climate change continues to present itself as the most pressing threat facing our planet, researchers push to find efficient and clean alternatives to fossil fuels. Foremost among this research is harnessing free energy from the sun. Doing this ef.....»»
Why our continued use of fossil fuels is creating a financial time bomb
We're investing in things that will have little value if we move off fossil fuels. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The numbers are startling. We know roughly how much more carbon dioxide we can put into the atmo.....»»