Finding Climate Solutions in Fairy Tales
Can traditional tales help us think productively about contemporary environmental issues? We have been exploring how fairy-tale tropes and archetypal characters offer new ways to…
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Colombia’s offshore wind power plans spark hope and caution
“The wind and the strength of our seas place us in a privileged area for the installation of wind power generation projects, and this will…
Just how fast will clean energy grow in the U.S.?
To slash U.S. emissions of climate-warming carbon pollution, many experts have settled on a plan that can be largely described in two steps: Clean up…
Who decides what ESG is and how to make investments greener – new research
More than 30 US states have proposed or implemented legislation in recent years to stop the government and its pension funds from investing in environmental…
Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think
This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged…
‘How’s the Air?’ Using AI to Track Coal Train Dust
In a sloping backyard in Vallejo, California, Nicholas Spada adjusted a piece of equipment that looked like a cross between a tripod, a briefcase, and…
Fungi can both help, combat and prevent climate change
There are many ways to fight climate change. Using fungi to combat climate change is benign, easy, and less expensive than high-tech solutions. Industrial agriculture…
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was an Australian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, based in Queenstown, Tasmania. In the early 1890s, the…
E-fuels: yes or no
In the coming years, we will witness a transformation in the mobility sector: diesel and gasoline will give way to alternative solutions such as electric…
Down and Out
Words matter. If appropriate, they help understanding. And even if imprecise or absent, they help, as they often reveal the underlying intention or end goal….
Biogasoline with Indirect Air Capture of CO2
Several ferments yield a biofuel using wheat chaff as substrate. The focus here will be on butanoic acid. According to an old British patent [565.773],…
Progressing backwards
“I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong.” Christiana Figueres, the former Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, wrote…
Soil, Fungi, Agriculture and Climate Change
What do ancient Sanskrit texts, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin Roosevelt have in common? They recognized the importance of soil to humanity. Ancient…