♻️ Green Tech
Green Tech is an important part of the solution of climate change and other enviromental problems. Here you will find articles covering recycling, water purifying and tech used to conserve and protect natural resources. Also, news about Warp Green Tech Program will be found here.
🔋HUMMER symbolized contempt for CO2 emissions - now it makes a comeback as an electric car
It was big and noisy, drank gasoline like no other and emitted lots of carbon dioxide. After the financial crisis, it came to symbolize much of what went wrong and production was shut down in 2010. Now it comes back as an electric car.
🛬 Carbon emissions per passenger decrease more than 50% since 1990
Much of the improvement has occurred because the industry has achieved an annual fuel efficiency improvement of 2.3% over the period since 2009.
🐢 Animals and plants thrive underneath solar panels
According to new research, both animals and crops in arid climates benefit from the shade produced by solar panels.
⌨️ Microsoft will capture all CO2 it's ever emitted
By 2030 the company will draw more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than it puts in, and be carbon negative. By 2050 all emissions they have caused since 1975 will be captured.
✈️ JetBlue is going carbon-neutral in 2020 — the first major US airline to do so
Earlier this month, JetBlue announced that it will begin offsetting carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) from jet fuel for all domestic flights starting in July 2020, making it the first major U.S. airline to take this step towards reducing its contribution to global warming.
🍲 This smart garbage disposal will compost your food scraps instead of sending them off to the sewer
Rather than shredding up your food waste and sending it to the sewers, this new device collects all of your food scraps for composting.
🌳 This artificial tree sucks up as much pollution as 275 regular trees
Called CityTree it only occupies 1 percent of the space needed for 275 trees. Now you can find them in London, and hopefully soon in many other countries.
💧 Sustainable sand could unlock a new water supply by removing two kinds of contamination
A team of engineers from UC Berkeley have developed a mineral-coated sand that can soak up toxic metals like lead and cadmium from water. Along with its ability to destroy organic pollutants, this material could help cities tap into stormwater, an abundant but underused water source.
🚰 A solar farm is producing clean drinking water to 35,000 people in Kenya
The NGO GivePower created and installed the Solar Water Farm, bringing potable water to Kiunga's residents.