Faced with a sharp rise in energy consumption, Swedish authorities are calling on the European Union to ban “energy intensive” crypto mining. From a report: Erik Thedeen, director of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, and Bjorn Risinger, director of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, said cryptocurrency’s rising energy usage is Read more…
The U.S. city of Carmel, Indiana (population: 102,000) has 140 roundabouts, “with over a dozen still to come,” reports the New York Times. “No American city has more. The main reason is safety; compared with regular intersections, roundabouts significantly reduce injuries and deaths. “But there’s also a climate benefit.” Because Read more…
Zero emissions and, soon, zero crew: the world’s first fully electric autonomous cargo vessel was unveiled in Norway, a small but promising step toward reducing the maritime industry’s climate footprint. TechXplore reports: By shipping up to 120 containers of fertilizer from a plant in the southeastern town of Porsgrunn to Read more…
“In the past, Apple has taken an opposing stance on letting consumers repair their devices. Some of that is changing with Apple’s new announcement,” writes Slashdot reader wakeboarder. “Apple will sell components like batteries and screens to allow consumers to repair their own devices. This will help reduce e-waste, but Read more…
Chinese authorities are ramping up a crackdown on crypto mining, calling it an “extremely harmful” practice that threatens to jeopardize the country’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. From a report: The National Development and Reform Commission spokesperson Meng Wei blasted bitcoin mining during a press conference Tuesday in Beijing. She Read more…
The BBC is hailing “the first ever climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce coal, the worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases.” But they also report that developing nations “were unhappy about the lack of progress on what’s known as ‘loss and damage’, the idea that richer countries should compensate Read more…
India and China are the world’s two biggest coal polluters, but Australia and South Korea lead the world in emissions from the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel when you adjust for population size, according to energy and climate research organization Ember. Data calculated since the Paris Agreement on climate in 2015 Read more…