Top Stories of the Week: October 18-22
A roundup of this week's top stories:
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On the crest of a green wave – Decarbonising the maritime sector
As governments worldwide strive to meet their emissions targets, for those of us on dry land, the road ahead to net-zero is, by now, looking well-paved and somewhat familiar. Countries like Portugal, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ireland have all...
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"Green mining is a myth": EU must be tougher on mining, report suggests
The EU must set hard limits on mining and change the European Green Deal's stance on resource mining if it plans to cut emissions, new analysis from Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau suggests...
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World's first two-seater electric race car to debut at COP26
The world's first all-electric two-seater race car is set to debut at the COP26 summit in Glasgow as part of a collaboration between Formula E team Envision Virgin and British tech company Johnson Matthey...
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INEOS to build large-scale green hydrogen electrolyser in Germany
Chemicals giant INEOS has unveiled plans to construct an industrial-scale 100MW electrolyser to produce green hydrogen at its site in Cologne, Germany, as the country moves towards its legally enshrined goal of net-zero by 2045...
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Italy bids farewell to Alitalia as ITA takes to the skies
75 years of Italian aviation history came to an end on Friday as the country's new national airline took to the skies, drawing to a close the story of its beleaguered and bankrupt predecessor...
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All Tomorrow’s Plastics: Data reveals which firms are innovating in bioplastics
Europe and the US are at the forefront of innovation in plastic recycling and alternative plastics technologies, a new study published by the European Patent Office (EPO) has shown...
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New Trimble tech can provide "on the Spot" site analysis
US tech company Trimble has integrated a laser scanner and FieldLink software to Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot as part of an ongoing collaboration...