Where's my solar-powered phone?
There are solar-powered streetlights and parking meters, but no smart phones yet. Scientific American investigates why. | Read more
View ArticleSpy keeps an eye on our air
Environmental monitoring website Land, Air, Water Aotearoa is expanding to show air quality information as well as data about water quality.
View ArticleThe trouble with concrete ...
By GUY KEULEMANS | By itself, concrete is a very durable construction material. The magnificent Pantheon in Rome, the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, is in excellent condition after nearly...
View ArticleBuying green doesn't necessarily make you green
COMPANY bosses need to walk-the-walk when it comes to greening their business with technology, with new research finding that just buying green IT, doesn't make you green.
View ArticleTime to start thinking about our digital carbon footprint
THE MEDIA plays a big part in generating awareness over environmental issues. but what is often missing from the discussion is the environmental costs of producing media in the first place.
View ArticleTesla begins production of solar roof tiles
TESLA HAS launched large-scale production of its glass solar roof tiles at its Buffalo plant.
View ArticleCUTTING EDGE: Meet the mean, green (electric) mower
Carbon South director BRUCE SCOTT featured in yesterday's Carbon News calling for carbon credits to be issued for projects that cut New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. He's got other ideas, too,...
View ArticleEngineers taking up the climate mantle
IN THE WAKE of entire countries and professional bodies such as the Institute of Architects declaring a climate emergency, engineers are considering the same move.
View ArticleCan the world afford salvation by technology?
Ouarzazate solar power station in Morocco is the world's largest A COMMON belief is that we can save modern civilisation if we shift to new technologies. But "technology" is not a magic wand.
View ArticleGAME ON: New vid pits players against climate apocalypse
A NEW multiplatform video game aimed at raising awareness of the climate crisis features a group of refugees trying to survive as their world changes.
View ArticleBots produce quarter of climate tweets
THE SOCIAL MEDIA conversation over the climate crisis is being reshaped by an army of automated Twitter bots, with a new analysis finding that a quarter of all tweets about climate on an average day...
View ArticleHow much e-waste do we recycle?
By PETER GRIFFIN | New Zealand's discarded jumble of unwanted electronic devices equates to around 97,000 tonnes of e-waste a year. How much of it is recycled?
View ArticleJohnnie Walker maker creates plastic-free paper-based bottle
The new bottle design by Diageo, shown on a bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky THE MULTINATIONAL drinks company Diageo says it has created the world's first paper-based spirits bottle that is 100 per...
View ArticleFOOTPRINT FANTASY: is it time to forget about carbon footprints?
A NEW APP tracks your carbon footprint in real-time. It's funded by BP.
View ArticleCarbon capture 'moonshot' moves closer, as billions of dollars pour in
A carbon injection site near Reykjavik Photograph: Christian Science Monitor/Getty Images AS THE WORLD dices with the climate emergency, businesses and governments are starting to push funding...
View ArticleThe true cost of the billionaire space race
SCIENTISTS worry that growing numbers of rocket flights and the rise of space tourism could harm Earth's atmosphere and contribute to climate change.
View ArticleDigital twins key to creating net-zero cities
DIGITAL TWINS of buildings and cities could become an essential tool in the battle against climate change, according to technology experts.
View ArticleThis concrete can eat carbon emissions
CONCRETE is responsible for more than four percent of all global CO2 emissions. In the race to find alternatives, some companies are using it to sequester CO2 instead.
View ArticleEvery battery is a treasure box
EACH wooden box is as big as a grand piano. Employees in gray T-shirts open the strong hinges, remove safety foils and loosen the fixings. Now they can lift the heavy battery system out with a crane...
View Article10 YEARS AGO...
Ten years ago, 148 of South Korea's 151 MPs voted for the introduction of an emissions trading scheme.
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