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Virgin Atlantic 747 to Test Biofuel in Early 2008
Richard Branson said his Virgin Group hopes to produce clean biofuels for cars and buses by the start of the next decade, and...
Poop-Powered Fuel Cell Could Power the World
Benson Lee has developed a kilowatt-size fuel cell that can run on gases emitted from decomposing animal droppings, human waste and food waste. The...
Amazon.com Now Builds Packaging to Fit Items And Cut Waste—With Weather-Resistant Paper
Retail giant Amazon.com has developed a weather-resistant paper that stretches into the shape of a package, in order to cut waste—and it can be...
NASA May Have Just Cracked the Code for Replacing Lithium in Batteries: ‘Double or even triple the energy’
Along with routinely launching robots across the final frontier, NASA is also involved in sustainable aviation research, and this division may have cracked the...
World’s First Electric Aircraft Flight Powered by New Liquid Hydrogen–Flew for 3 Hours
The world’s first piloted flight of an electric aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen has taken place.
H2FLY, the Stuttgart Germany-based developer of hydrogen-electric powertrain systems...
Aviation Startup ZeroAvia Flies Largest-Ever Hydrogen Electric Aircraft
An aviation start-up just set a new world-first for the largest hydrogen-powered aircraft flight in history—a 19-seat aircraft called the Dornier 228.
Designed by ZeroAvia,...
Breakthrough: Polyethylene Bags and Jugs Can Finally be Upcycled to Solve Several Problems at Once
Notorious plastic bags and containers can finally be upcycled, thanks to a new technique for recycling polyethylene bags and food packaging into valuable starter...
United Airlines Pre-Orders 200 Flying Taxis With Vertical Takeoff for 4 Passengers
Working to revolutionize commuting in cities world-wide, United recently-announced a $15 million investment and a purchase agreement for 200 four-seater electric flying taxis.
These taxis...
A Dozen Airlines Team Up for Half-Million Ton Carbon Capture Technology
Airbus and a partnership of more than a dozen airlines are working together to fund a new carbon capture project.
Their hope is that Carbon...
Common Clay in Kitty Litter Could Be the Friendliest Way to Cut Emissions and Fight Climate Change
MIT researchers have come up with a dirt-cheap solution to curbing methane emissions in the air—a major cause of global warming—using minerals commonly found...
Portable Wind Turbine Fits in Your Backpack to Charge All Your Electronics – And Only Adds 3 Lbs
Meet the portable wind turbine for campers, RVers, backpackers, wilderness researchers, or anyone who needs a bit of USB power in the great outdoors.
Weighing...
Scientists Power a Computer Using Only Algae and Daylight to Make the Electricity
Researchers have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year—and counting—using nothing but ambient light and water.
Their...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
Scientists Invent De-icing Coatings to Cut Airline Delays by Lasting Longer Without Toxic Runoff
Airports delays are common, but especially during winter when jets need to be dowsed with thousands of gallons of deicing fluids to prevent ice...
Top 10 Wins For the Planet in 2021 – These Will Turn Anyone Into an Optimist
In 2021, green innovation continued at a pace that has typified the yet-young century, and goals and projects long pursued came to fruition.
Maintaining the...
This Carbon-Negative Perfume is Made from Captured CO2 – And it Smells Like Figs and Orange Peel
Demonstrating that CO2 isn't only pollution, but can also be a valuable raw material, a company has launched a perfume line smelling of figs...
World’s Biggest Factory to Suck Carbon from the Sky and Store it For Millions of Years Turns on in Iceland
The “world's largest” factory built solely for the purpose of drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it, has just come online in...
100-Year-old Dreams of Airship Travel Through Europe are Revived With This Modern Zero-Emissions Dirigible
"Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars. Grey Lady-giant of the skies you hold them in your arms... " — Bruce Dickinson.
It's not every day...
Branson-backed Company Captures Mega Tons of Carbon Injected Into Concrete–and Amazon is Building Their HQ With It
The second-most abundant manmade material in the world is being employed by a start-up to 'jail' carbon dioxide produced by factories before it's sent...
7 Years Ahead of Schedule, Maersk Will Deploy World’s First Carbon-Neutral Shipping Liner in 2023
The world's largest container shipment carrier has announced that in just two years' time it will be putting a little more green into the...