BNEF: Electric cars greener ‘even when powered by coal’
Electric vehicles are already better for environment than fossil fuel cars, but EV emissions will fall further as world shifts away from coal, research finds…
Source: www.businessgreen.com
Electric vehicles are already better for environment than fossil fuel cars, but EV emissions will fall further as world shifts away from coal, research finds…
Source: www.businessgreen.com
Negotiators of the European Parliament, Council and Commission struck a provisional agreement early Wednesday morning (19 December) on banning single-use plastic products like cutlery and food containers, in what is one of the most quickly finalised proposals in recent EU memory.
The second day of the show included the SWANA Technical Division Awards as well as keynote and education sessions.
US-based cosmetics giant Estée Lauder has vowed to develop reusable and refillable packaging by 2025, as part of a sweeping new set of resource efficiency commitments.
Today sustainability, good corporate citizenship and ethical practices are differentiating companies in all sectors, especially manufacturing. As manufacturers respond, reset and renew their way through the global COVID-19 pandemic, they’re focused on ensuring their workforce is safe, secure and collaborating in new ways. They’re also focused on ensuring operations are as cost effective and efficient as possible, and there’s a growing appetite to adopt new, innovative business models.
Iowa Learning Farms is “looking back to look ahead” through a webinar June 23 at noon that focuses on the history and progress of sustainability titled “Lessons Learned from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.” Mark Rasmussen, director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, will review the history of the Leopold Center. This history illustrates that many of the issues and challenges in agriculture that were points of contention when the Leopold Center was created are still with us today. “Progress at times has been slow and demonstrates that sustainability is a continual journey rather than a set endpoint,” said Rasmussen. “New approaches to old problems are needed to keep Iowa agriculture vibrant.”
A deaf man in New York is accusing five art and design colleges of failing to provide closed captioning in videos on their websites.