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Rolls-Royce PLC, which is separate from the automobile brand manufactured by BMW, claims to have created the fastest electric vehicle in the world.

This Plane Could Be the World’s Fastest All-Electric Vehicle

Cheers to that 🍻 — This Australian brewery is using algae to reduce its carbon footprint

Australian Brewery Uses Algae to Reduce Carbon Footprint

For the first time ever, a remote-controlled ocean drone sailed into the eye of a category 4 hurricane to help researchers understand one of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth.

Inside a Category 4 Hurricane

Jaden Smith Honored by UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for Activism

What if we could save the glaciers with a blanket?

These Blankets Could Help Prevent Glaciers from Melting

This aviation company is making zero-emission jet engines powered by hydrogen instead of jet fuel.

Company Works on Creating Hydrogen-Powered Planes

Here’s how one family is making money off its land and restoring it at the same time

How Agroforestry Became a Family Affair for the Soares Family

Hungarian tech company Platio uses recycled plastic to build solar panels into pavements, which can power buildings and charge electronic devices

These Solar Panels Allow You To Generate Renewable Energy From the Sidewalk

Hungarian tech company Platio uses recycled plastic to build solar panels into pavements, which can power buildings and charge electronic devices.

Each panel produces approximately 20 watts of energy, and they can be installed in places where conventiona

These Solar Panels Allow You To Generate Renewable Energy From the Sidewalk


Sky Diamonds makes diamonds with excess carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas

This Company Makes Diamonds From Excess Carbon in the Atmosphere

Sky Diamonds makes diamonds with excess carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas.

The company captures CO2 from the atmosphere and treats it with heat and pressure, while using rainwater and solar and wind energy. The 'zero impact' diamonds it's developed are 

California-based Aclima uses a low emissions vehicle equipped with air quality sensing technology to measure and map air pollutants and greenhouse gas levels in different cities

This Car Maps Air Quality to Call Attention to Pollution 

California-based Aclima uses a low emissions vehicle equipped with air quality sensing technology to measure and map air pollutants and greenhouse gas levels in different cities.

The car tests for fine particulates, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide at various

Paul Freedman founded Rock the Bike in 2005.

These Power-Generating Bikes Helped Californians Through Blackouts 

Paul Freedman founded Rock the Bike in 2005. The company sells power-generating bicycles and runs pedal-powered events and concerts where all stage equipment is powered by people on bikes.

When wildfires hit California, leaving the state facing mass powe

These Power-Generating Bikes Helped Californians Through Blackouts 


Car tires are a major source of microplastic pollution in our oceans, shedding more than 3 million tons per year

Innovation

This Plane Could Be the World’s Fastest All-Electric Vehicle

Rolls-Royce PLC, which is separate from the automobile brand manufactured by BMW, claims to have created the fastest electric vehicle in the world.

Australian Brewery Uses Algae to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Cheers to that 🍻 — This Australian brewery is using algae to reduce its carbon footprint

Inside a Category 4 Hurricane

For the first time ever, a remote-controlled ocean drone sailed into the eye of a category 4 hurricane to help researchers understand one of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth.

Jaden Smith Honored by UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for Activism

Jaden Smith's latest project?

These Blankets Could Help Prevent Glaciers from Melting

What if we could save the glaciers with a blanket?

Company Works on Creating Hydrogen-Powered Planes

This aviation company is making zero-emission jet engines powered by hydrogen instead of jet fuel.

How Agroforestry Became a Family Affair for the Soares Family

Here’s how one family is making money off its land and restoring it at the same time

These Solar Panels Allow You To Generate Renewable Energy From the Sidewalk

Hungarian tech company Platio uses recycled plastic to build solar panels into pavements, which can power buildings and charge electronic devices

This Company Makes Diamonds From Excess Carbon in the Atmosphere

Sky Diamonds makes diamonds with excess carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas

This Car Maps Air Quality to Call Attention to Pollution

California-based Aclima uses a low emissions vehicle equipped with air quality sensing technology to measure and map air pollutants and greenhouse gas levels in different cities

These Power-Generating Bikes Helped Californians Through Blackouts

Paul Freedman founded Rock the Bike in 2005.

This Device Captures Microplastics From Car Tires

Car tires are a major source of microplastic pollution in our oceans, shedding more than 3 million tons per year