Circulate on Fridays: Robin Chase on self-driving cars plus crop and fish farming innovation!
Every Friday, Circulate closes out the week with a selection of some of our favourite circular economy-related news from the week that was. Today, we’re sharing an in-depth take on self-driving and autonomous technologies from Robin Chase that genuinely moves the conversation forward. We’re sharing a couple of potentially exciting innovations including high tech bacteria […]
Elon Musk leads Tesla effort to build house roofs entirely out of solar panels
In latest clean energy plan, Tesla purchases SolarCity to make solar ‘shingles’: ‘It’s not a thing on the roof. It is the roof,’ CEO says A new venture spearheaded by Elon Musk will create house roofs made entirely of solar panels, in a sweeping expansion of Tesla’s clean energy ambitions. Tesla has finalized a $2.6bn […]
As Louisiana floods rage, Republicans are blocking modest climate action | Raul M Grijalva
If a common sense proposal for federal agencies to consider climate change in their decisions on the environment is shot down, what hope is there? If we needed a reminder of the importance of taking climate change seriously, the floods in Louisiana are providing a big one on a daily basis. When it comes to […]
Sea potatoes wash up en masse on Cornish beach
Marine experts say mysterious orbs found at Long Rock, near Penzance, are species of urchin stirred up from sandy burrows With their biomechanical, other-worldly appearance, these orbs look like baseballs reprocessed through the imagination of HR Giger. So their appearance en masse on a beach near Penzance this week left locals uneasy. “I took one […]
Louisiana faces soaring recovery costs and disease concerns after floods recede
Challenges for state after devastating floods include concerns over mosquito-borne diseases and millions a day in costs as residents start to rebuild their lives As southern Louisiana sheds the last of the week’s historic floodwater, the region faces significant challenges: how to handle resulting disease, how to pay for the damage and how to prevent […]
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Burrowing owls at the Olympics, a pygmy elephant with very special tusks, and a rare white mynah bird are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
90% of today’s journeys could be covered by electric vehicles
Concerns about the range of electric vehicles (EVs) may be less relevant in today’s context, EVs are potentially already suitable for up to 90% of the trips undertaken in the United States every year, according to new research conducted by a team of researchers at MIT. Analysis of millions of car trips across the U.S. through survey […]
Authorities investigate source of 30km oil spill in Darwin harbour
Environmentalists says the spill could be devastating for the harbour’s mangrove and marine ecosystems and those responsible needed to be found An oil spill covering about 30km across Darwin Harbour is being investigated by Northern Territory authorities. The oil is believed to be a “heavy, dark fuel oil”, said Dr Bill Freeland, chair of the […]
Owners of stranded oil rig say salvage effort is at mercy of weather
Transocean apologises to Isle of Lewis residents and says salvage experts are not ready to refloat the structure The owners of a 17,000-tonne oil rig that has been stranded on the coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland for 10 days have told locals that salvage experts are not ready to refloat the vast […]
Study identifies key species which act as warning signs of ecosystem collapse
The success or failure of certain species can be used to predict the future health of an entire ecosystem, research says The Earth’s biodiversity is under attack. We would need to travel back over 65 million years to find rates of species loss as high as we are witnessing today. Conservation often focuses on the […]