In-Extremis EU

WEBWIRE – Tuesday, November 26, 2024 White smoke in Brussels has finally extinguished the wildfireor, more accurately, the firecrackers. Late Wednesday, the EU Parliament reached a deal on the seven remaining EU commissioners, ending weeks of gridlock and uncertainty.The political agreement among the main pro-EU groups (centre-right EPP, socialist S&D, and liberal Renew)has given the

Green Climate Fund to Support Development of Conservation International Initiative to Transform Water Security in Bogot�

WEBWIRE – Tuesday, November 26, 2024 The government of Colombia, Conservation International and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced support for the development ofa project to transform water security in the Bogot region. The project aims to reduce climate risk for half a million people from highly vulnerable rural communities and 250,000 urban residents by

Catalysis Reinvented: New Ultra-Thin Nanosheets To Drive Green Energy

Nagoya University researchers have pioneered a surfactant-based method to create amorphous nanosheets, enabling production from previously inaccessible materials like aluminum and rhodium oxides. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have addressed a significant challenge in nanosheet technology. Their innovative approach employs surfactants to produce amorphous nanosheets from various materials…

Tesla racked up greenhouse emission credits in 2023 as other carmakers lagged

Tesla generated nearly 34-million metric tons of greenhouse gas credits in the 2023 model year by selling electric vehicles while the car industry racked up significant credit deficits in the face of more stringent emissions standards. In a report first seen by Reuters, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Monday new vehicle fuel economy

Why General Motors got the green light that Andretti did not

Formula 1’s statement on Monday that it is moving forward with plans to allow a General Motors entry could be viewed as a complete turnaround in attitude from series bosses. It was only back in January that FOM declared an application by Andretti-Cadillac to enter F1 was rejected because it did not feel that what

First Nation goes to court, accusing B.C. of not consulting over major gold mine

A First Nation says it wasn’t meaningfully consulted before the British Columbia government “effectively greenlit” what has been called the world’s largest undeveloped gold mining project. But Seabridge Gold, the company behind the KSM Mine Project in Northwestern B.C., says the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation declined repeated invitations to participate in the review