How to Make Your Coffee Shop More Sustainable (Infographic)
How can you make your coffee shop more sustainable? Take a look at this helpful infographic to find out!
Lightsource BP Finishes Its First Solar Project in India
Lightsource BP has successfully finished its first utility-scale solar project in Maharashtra, India. The UK Solar Projects and Smart Energy Solutions Company was awarded the contract through a highly competitive (450MW) tender process that ended in September 2016.
Uganda Receives 1.9bn Funding For Their Solar Energy Sector from the American Government
The money (equivalent to 500,000 U.S dollars) was offered through Power Africa Uganda Accelerator and will be channeled through Uganda Solar Energy Association (USEA) to facilitate the increase of clean energy generation and access to electricity among Uganda's rural and urban citizens.
Rise of the Flexitarian: Major UK Supermarket to Introduce Vegan Burger Which ‘drips blood.’
Sainsburys, a UK supermarket, recently made plans to put fake meats in chilled sections alongside the real thing in 400 of their stores, due to the rising numbers of UK vegans (3.5 million), and ‘flexitarians’ (22 million) that want to buy more plant based foods.
Market Imbalance as China Announces Solar Subsidy Cuts
A drastic drop is expected in the global solar energy demand after China announced solar subsidy cuts. This sudden contraction will affect the solar panel producers who've already been struggling to remain in business.Â
Cross-Laminated Timber’s Demand to Grow By 15%
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2017 – 2025 forecasts remarkable growth for the timber which is used from residential units to government buildings.
Tesla Teases with Model Y Image
Tesla has revealed glimpses of what its all-electric compact SUV could look like in years to come.
Ikea Pledges to Ditch Single-Use Plastic Products
Swedish furniture chain Ikea is to phase out single-use plastic products within two years. It announced that it was acting to promote a more sustainable life for consumers amid growing concerns about the effects of plastic on the environment.
Canadian Pipeline to be Bought Out by Canadian Government
The Kinder Morgan aka Trans-Mountain pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific coast is controversial due to resistance from environmentalists and indigenous groups.
Startup Aims to Change ‘burger planet’ Choices
Burgers could be set for an overhaul if a Californian startup has anything to do with it. It wants to bring fake meat to the masses and its Impossible Burger is made of ingredients including wheat, potatoes and coconut oil.
