Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

U.K. and China to Collaborate on Offshore Wind Development

September 21, 2017

Researchers from the University of Exeter in the U.K. will collaborate with counterparts in China on the development of offshore renewable energy technologies.

This Startup Aims to Make Crops Produce Their Own Nitrogen Fertilizer

September 20, 2017

Forbes

German conglomerate Bayer, together with Boston biotech startup Ginkgo Bioworks, announced last week that they're creating a new company that could make it possible for crops like corn, wheat and rice to produce nitrogen fertilizer.

Plants Get Reprieve: EPA Adds Two Years to Reduce Toxic Metals in Wastewater

September 20, 2017

Environmental Leader

The EPA has finalized a rule postponing the dates for certain rules that would limit runoff from two waste streams at power plants: bottom ash transport water and flue gas desulfurization. Compliance dates for the rules, which were issued in Nov. 2015, have been pushed back by two years, the EPA says.

To Hire Star Millennials, Plug Successful Sustainability Efforts

September 18, 2017

Environmental Leader

As organizations look toward finding their next generation of executives, they can hardly avoid seeking out millennials, the generation defined in part by their increased use and familiarity with communications, media and digital technologies - and the largest population group on the planet.

China's Electric Car Push Lures Global Auto Giants, Despite Risks

September 18, 2017

The New York Times

Volkswagen, the German auto giant, is preparing for a swift expansion in its output of electric cars next year - and the biggest jump in production will be in China. General Motors is making China the hub of its electric car research and development. Renault-Nissan, the French and Japanese carmaker, and Ford Motor have hustled to set up joint electric-car ventures in China.

Hovering on the Edge: Will Airships Go Mainstream?

September 15, 2017

Air Cargo World

A light breeze blew against the enormous hangars that dominate the pastoral skyline of Bedfordshire, like Brobdingnagian relics in Gulliver's Travels. "The weather was fine," the post-accident report stated - perfect conditions for the Airlander 10's second test flight, scheduled for Aug. 24, 2016.

European Carmakers Scramble to Address the Reality of Electric Cars

September 15, 2017

Fortune

European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine.

Uber's London Drivers Must Use Hybrid or Fully Electric Cars by 2020

September 14, 2017

The Guardian

Uber drivers will be banned from using vehicles that are not a hybrid or fully electric in London from 2020, as part of a plan to help tackle illegal levels of air pollution in the capital.

Ship Emissions Make Thunderstorms More Intense, Study Says

September 13, 2017

Maritime Executive

A new study mapping lightning around the globe finds lightning strokes occur nearly twice as often directly above heavily-trafficked shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea than they do in areas of the ocean adjacent to shipping lanes that have similar climates.

The Adoption of Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Lift Trucks

September 12, 2017

Hyster

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