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Teen Innovator Targets Urban Air Pollution

Teen Innovator Targets Urban Air Pollution

When Angad Daryani was a child in Mumbai, he used to suffer from the air pollution there. “Growing up, I had asthma,” he told CNN in a profile Wednesday. “I used to have a lot of breathing problems growing up in India.” Now, at the ripe old age of 19, he is working on an […]

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    Deep Sea Mining Decisions: Approaching the Point of No Return

    Deep Sea Mining Decisions: Approaching the Point of No Return

    By Sebastian Losada Over the last two weeks, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has been in discussions in Jamaica. Its mission—to work towards the finalization of exploitation regulations, a so-called mining code, that will allow commercial deep sea mining operations to begin all around the world. In the quest for minerals, deep seabed mining means […]

    EU Approves Controversial Bayer-Monsanto Merger

    EU Approves Controversial Bayer-Monsanto Merger

    The European Union approved Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto, a major hurdle in the $66 billion merger that would create the world’s largest integrated seed and pesticide conglomerate. The European Commission said the German chemical-maker’s takeover of the St. Louis-based agribusiness giant is “conditional on an extensive remedy package, which addresses the parties’ overlaps in seeds, […]

    This College Could Become the First 100% Renewable Campus in U.S.

    This College Could Become the First 100% Renewable Campus in U.S.

    As a growing number of U.S. cities make pledges towards 100 percent renewables, it’s easy to forget that the entire state of Hawaii set this important benchmark three years ago when it mandated that all of its electricity must come from renewable sources no later than 2045. To help the Aloha State meet this ambitious […]

    Trump Administration Sells Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah National Monuments

    Trump Administration Sells Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah National Monuments

    The Interior Department on Tuesday is auctioning off 32 parcels of public lands in southeastern Utah for oil and gas development. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) lease sale includes more than 51,000 acres of land near Bears Ears—the national monument significantly scaled back by the Trump administration last year—as well as the Hovenweep and […]

    Early April Fool’s Joke? Statoil Rebrands Itself as Equinor

    Early April Fool’s Joke? Statoil Rebrands Itself as Equinor

    By Andy Rowell First came BP, which went from British Petroleum to Beyond Petroleum. Then Denmark’s Dong Energy changed its name to Orsted, to mark its departure from oil and gas. Then earlier this year Shell announced it was morphing from an oil company into an integrated energy company. And now, the Norwegian company Statoil […]

    World’s First Mass-Market 3D-Printed Electric Car Costs Less Than $10K

    World’s First Mass-Market 3D-Printed Electric Car Costs Less Than $10K

    The world’s first mass-produced 3D-printed electric vehicle could hit the roads by 2019. Italian startup X Electrical Vehicle (XEV) and Shanghai-based Polymaker, a 3D-printing filament manufacturer, are behind the LSEV—a $9,500 two-seater with a top speed of 42 miles per hour and a range of 93 miles. Except for its windows, tires and chassis, just […]

    Coca-Cola Sees Public Health Debate as ‘a Growing War,’ Documents Reveal

    Coca-Cola Sees Public Health Debate as ‘a Growing War,’ Documents Reveal

    Coca-Cola intentionally funded the Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN) as a “weapon” in a “growing war between the public health community and private industry” on the causes of obesity, according to a press release sent to EcoWatch by consumer group U.S. Right to Know. The quotes come from documents obtained in a Freedom of Information […]

    Walmart Files Patent for Robot Bees

    Walmart Files Patent for Robot Bees

    With the mass die-off of bees spelling trouble for agriculture, the world’s largest retailer has filed patents for the use of “unmanned vehicles,” or drones, to aid with pollination and crop production. In U.S. Patent Office documents made public last week, Walmart has applied for six patents on drones designed to identify pest damage, spray […]