9 Results for: coal

The Global Coal Exit List: The Digital Database Encouraging Impact Divestment

A German NGO is tackling the fossil fuels problem at the source - with the "Global Coal Exit List", an invaluable digital database that encourages influential investors to stop supporting the coal industry.

A New Form of Carbon Capture: Turning CO2 Back Into Coal at Room Temperature

Returning to a pre-industrial era before we started burning coal to try and avert climate change might sound like the stuff of dreams for some environmentalists. Now researchers in Australia have come up with a method of "undoing" emissions by turning them back into coal.

RecyCoal: an All-In-One Solution For the Health, Environmental and Financial Burden of Solid Fuel Burning

A quarter of the world’s population uses coal or wood for cooking and heating inside their homes - with dire consequences for their health. RecyCoal has a solution.

Ecoalf: Transforming Fishing Nets, Coffee Grounds and Plastic Bottles Into Sustainable Fashion

A Spanish fashion company is using discarded plastic bottles, fishing nets, tyres and even coffee to produce a range of upmarket upcycled clothing.

The German Town Planning to Store Clean Energy in a Disused Coal Mine

What do coal mines and renewable energy have in common? More than you think, if you fill a disused coal mine with water to store energy from a renewable source - as one German mining town is planning to do.

Solarmoves: Solar Panels on Cars Could Meet 55-80 Percent of Energy Needs

According to a new study by SolarMoves, vehicle-integrated photovoltaics offer great potential for decarbonising our transport.

The Alliance Quietly Protecting the World’s Last Mountain Gorillas

Conservationists are behind mountain gorillas' numbers rising to a still precarious 1,063. However, a new digital alliance could boost them even further.

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Why Do Our Clouds Look So Gloomy, and How Can We Make the Switch to a Green Cloud?

Why does living and working in the cloud generate high CO2 emissions? And how exactly do we get to the green cloud? We provide an overview and some tips.

Extremely Speedy and Ultra-Precise: How USP Lasers Can Improve Efficiency and Cut Waste in Manufacturing

Could USP lasers be an efficient alternative to micro-machining manufacturing? The METAMORPHA project is investigating their potential.