Waste batteries recycling targets remain fit for purpose
The European Commission adopted a report today (11 Sep) concluding that the current EU targets for battery recycling…
Wind turbine blades are built to survive storms for decades, but Sweden is testing how to take them apart afterward
A new project in Sweden led by Stena Recycling and Vestas, achieved using chemicals to disassemble the gigantic…
Chris Wright on Energy Abundance
For the better part of a decade, when Americans thought about energy, they thought about climate change: how…
Scientists released a trace gas into the Southern Ocean; years of measurements revealed how slowly deep water mixes across the ocean |
For decades, scientists have known that the Southern Ocean acts as a giant gateway between the surface and…
In 2025, a UK nuclear waste site replaced wooden railway sleepers with recycled plastic to make its railway more sustainable | World News
A railway at a UK nuclear waste site has gained an unusual new feature: sleepers made largely from…
Section of popular Sligo coastline set for erosion works
Strandhill, one of Sligo’s main tourism destinations, is set for coastal erosion works to ensure that defences at…
For Decades Plastic Waste Has Been Nearly Impossible to Reuse, Scientists Just Found a New Way Forward
A team of researchers has found a new way to transform common plastic waste into fuel-like products without…
Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again? | Invasive species
Jojo the rabbit-detecting dog is working eight days on, two days off, running up to 20km a day…
‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon | Bolivia
In the village plazas of Pando, a remote northern Amazonian region of Bolivia, the main talk is no…
Budget unlikely to resolve surging energy prices – The Irish Times
Sir, – Cliff Taylor rightly highlights how the upcoming budget is unlikely to offer any reprieve from the…
Australia switched on a $7.8 million wastewater plant that can process 700 megalitres a year; its inventor says it breaks down stubborn pollutants 16 times more efficiently
An average Australian household generates about 350 litres of wastewater daily. Combined across the country, this leads to…
Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming?
How do they compare on carbon emissions, water pollution, biodiversity, and land use? As someone who has studied…