Solar Desalination Plant Could Solve Californian Water Paradox
During one of the most severe droughts on record in California, the water has been turned off in many houses and for many that’s been the case for months. Meanwhile, only a few miles away, the state’s farmers are still paying to dispose of 300 billion gallons of water every year. It’s a water paradox […]
Voodoo Manufacturing: Making 3D Printing Mainstream
The idea that 3D printing has a lot of potential has been around for a while, but a new company officially launched this week, Voodoo Manufacturing, could be a significant step towards turning the production method’s potential into something tangible at scale. Set up by four former Makerbot employees, Max Freiburg, Oliver Ortlieb, Patrick Deem […]
UN drops plan to help move climate-change affected people
Australia opposed the plan for a group to assist migration, and it has been left off the draft agreement for UN climate talks in Paris Australia’s opposition to the creation of a body to help people escaping the ravages of climate change appears to have paid off, with the idea dropped from the draft agreement […]
VW's CEO: All cars affected by rigging to be fixed by end of 2016
Matthias Mueller tells German newspaper recall of vehicles will begin in January Volkswagen’s chief executive Matthias Mueller said in an interview with a German newspaper that the company would launch a recall for cars affected by its diesel emissions rigging in January and complete the fix by the end of next year. “If all goes […]
Protesters block award ceremony over Exxon's 'climate change denial funding'
Company’s CEO given top industry award as Greenpeace says it has spent £20m funding researchers and thinktanks that promote misinformation A major oil and gas conference in central London was blockaded by a protest against a top industry award given to the head of ExxonMobil, the oil company that is reported to have funded climate […]
Quenda quest: volunteers take stock of Perth's 'lovely' backyard marsupials
For a week each spring about 140 people record every animal they spot to help researchers understand the health of a population threatened by cats and foxes In backyards across the suburban fringe of Perth, people have been excitedly checking for cone-shaped divots in preparation for the annual spring quenda count, which is in its […]
UN climate science panel elects first new leader in 13 years
In a vote Tuesday, Hoesung Lee was chosen to replace Rajendra Pachauri, who was forced to step down after being accused of sexual harassment The United Nations Nobel-winning climate science panel – the ultimate authority tracking the extent of global warming and its consequences for humanity – has a new leader after 13 years. In […]
South Carolina floods: communities left battered as storm passes – video
The sun is back out in South Carolina, but the problems are far from over. Dams have given way and roads have buckled under the weight of historic floods that have devastated parts of the state. The death toll from the severe flooding has now risen to 14 with hundreds of people still living in […]
Poachers poison 14 elephants in Zimbabwe national parks
Parks and wildlife authority says cyanide used to kill three animals in Matusadona, and 11 in Hwange, with tusks cut off in some cases Fourteen elephants have been poisoned by cyanide in Zimbabwe, two years after poachers killed more than 200 elephants by poisoning, the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said. Three elephants were […]
VW scandal: staff told all carmaker's investments are under review
Board member says Volkswagen faces multibillion-euro bill in emissions-rigging scandal and anything not economical will be questioned The new chief executive of Volkswagen has warned the carmaker’s staff that the fallout from the diesel emissions scandal “won’t be painless” and that the company needs to make “massive savings” as it faces the prospect of a […]