New jet engine prototype runs on just electricity and air
A radical new jet engine design fueled only by electricity and air actually works—at least as a laboratory prototype. "The motivation of our work is to help solve the global...
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Our Green Sources: Saving Climate, Woods, And A Warbler
At Cloverly, we can help offset or avoid the carbon costs of everyday activities. (You can find details here.) To do that, we invest in a variety of green projects. Here’s a look...
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Working from home may save little or no energy
Working from home may save little or no energy in the long term, especially if the post-pandemic business world evolves toward part-time telecommuting, according to a new review...
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Climate change has pushed heat/humidity to fatal levels
Extreme and potentially hazardous heat and humidity conditions, including some surpassing the theoretical human survivability limit, have begun occurring around the world,...
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Wooden towers can increase wind turbines' sustainability
Wooden towers for today's skyscraping wind turbines might sound like a rickety anachronism, but they're actually a cutting-edge technology that promises to make wind energy...
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Hey, BigCommerce stores, we'll have an app for you soon
If you operate an ecommerce store that uses the BigCommerce platform, you'll soon have an easy way to show your commitment to sustainability—at no cost to you—by giving your...
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New energy scavenger device powers itself by 'eating' metal
An engineering laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a cute little machine that makes its own electrical power from metal and air. Devices that need their...
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Sustainability enthusiasm keeps pace with ecommerce boom
As ecommerce has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, enthusiasm for sustainability has kept pace. At least that's what the customers of ecommerce stores that use Cloverly...
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How climate change helps spread disease
Increased threats from infectious diseases stem directly from climate change, says Dr. Aaron Bernstein, interim director of Harvard University's Center for Climate, Health, and...
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Fighting greenhouse gas emissions with maggots
First, let's get it out of the way: ewwwwww! AgriProtein, a subsidiary of the UK-based Insect Technology Group, uses millions of black soldier fly larvae (maggots) to turn...
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