This Is How Future Airports Must Be Built

In Oslo, the world’s greenest air terminal uses a reservoir of snow gathered during the winter to cool the building throughout the summer months

China is set to build this smog-eating 'Forest City' filled with tree-covered skyscrapers

An architect envisions that his futuristic development could contain up to 200 vegetation-covered towers, a train system, and lots of green space.

El Salvador just became the first country to ban metal mining

In a historic move, the country will no longer allow “prospection, exploration, exploitation, extraction or processing of metallic minerals.”

Solar Plant to Launch at Chernobyl Nuclear Site

Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl is about to become a solar farm.

Triggering artificial photosynthesis to clean air

A chemistry professor has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.

Algorithmic tiny houses are 80% more efficient than conventional homes

A US-based tech company is bringing tiny homes to the masses by streamlining the construction process with the help of computer algorithms. Prefabricated houses are 80% more efficient than conventional homes.

World's first mobile recycling plant turns trash into tiles

Taiwan-based architecture studio has come up with an environmentally friendly solution: TRASHPRESSO, a traveling solar-powered recycling plant that turns trash into tiles.

This Caterpillar Could Aid in Ridding the World of Plastic Waste

A chance observation by a researcher in Spain could help humans reduce the ecological damage caused by polyethylene-based packaging.

England Had Its First Day Without Coal Since Industrial Revolution

For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, England went 24 hours without the use of coal for electricity. Britain hasn’t existed a full day without coal power since the 1882.

Apple announces plans to make all products from recycled materials

The electronics giant Apple says that it aims to only use recycled materials in its devices.

New hybrid plant combines batteries with gas turbine to cut pollution 60%

Two energy company in US announced that they had retrofitted a natural gas peaker plant with a 10 MW, 4.3 MWh battery installation to create the world’s first hybrid electric gas turbine.

" Earth Citizens recognize themselves as members of a planetary community, instead of as members of a single nation, religion, or organisation. And, most importantly, they live that awareness. "
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Making batteries from waste glass bottles

Researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and personal electronics .

Global advanced biofuel market to grow 44% by 2021

The global advanced biofuel market is likely to grow close to 44 percent by 2021, according to a latest report.

Albania opens 26 mln euro waste-to-energy plant

Albania has inaugurated its first waste-to-energy plant. The plant will be able to generate 2.85 MW of electricity per hour.