Chinese company gets airworthiness certificate for groundbreaking bio jet fuel made of cooking oil
Compared to traditional petroleum-based aviation kerosene, bio jet fuel can reduce carbon emissions by up to 50% throughout the entire lifecycle.
Compared to traditional petroleum-based aviation kerosene, bio jet fuel can reduce carbon emissions by up to 50% throughout the entire lifecycle.
By the first half of the 20th century, many of Europe’s mammals had been reduced to just a fraction of historical levels. But many mammal populations have seen a dramatic increase over the last 50 years.
Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts Read more
The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, has developed the country’s first cervical cancer shot that will hit the market within a few months.
Indian company develops country’s first HPV vaccine Read more
HFCs were widely adopted in the 1980s and 1990s to replace CFCs, which damage the Earth’s ozone layer. But then HFCs emerged as some of the most potent greenhouse gases, far more potent than carbon dioxide.
Cubans approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, part of a new family code that’s among the most progressive in Latin America, defying a long tradition of machismo on the island.
Cuba approves same-sex marriage in historic turnabout Read more
A recent national survey of science teachers found that most middle school and high school teachers devote just one to two hours of instruction on climate change during the entire academic year.
Local activists have hailed the revocation of the permit as a victory in a decades-long campaign against the mine.
Local officials remove permit for controversial Philippine gold mine Read more
Longi Green Energy Technology Co., the world’s biggest solar technology manufacturer, will send panels into space as the first step in plans to test the feasibility of harnessing the sun’s power in orbit and transmitting it back to Earth.
Chinese company Longi launching groundbreaking space-based solar panels Read more
The five-year overall survival rate has increased from 49% to 70% since the 1970s. Because of this improved rate of survival, an estimated 3.5 million lives have been saved since 1991.
Cancer death rates fall steadily in the U.S., with more survivors than ever Read more
In 1987, just seven years after ozone depletion from chemicals was made most obvious, every country on Earth ratified a treaty, known as the Montreal Protocol, to regulate the chemicals to protect Earth.
Ozone layer hits a “significant milestone” as concentrations of harmful chemicals drop 50% Read more