Avatarkim kilpatrick6 hours agoNew Biden Rule Boosts Conservation On Public LandsHuffPost - The Huffington PostThe changes are a marked shift for a federal agency that environmentalists have long derided as the “Bureau of Livestock and Mining.” Conservation and ecosystem restoration will now get the same consideration as oil drilling, logging and grazing from America’s largest land manager, according to a …
Avatarkim kilpatrick16 hours ago3 policy changes that need to happen to make fashion more sustainableverified_publisherFast Company - James ReinhartLast week, Max debuted an original documentary uncovering the global ramifications of mass-produced fast fashion called Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion. Directed by an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, the documentary captures the consequences of disposable clothing and exploitation …
Avatarkim kilpatrick15 hours agoThese street lights double as EV chargersverified_publisherFast Company - Adele PetersA few years ago, when Jeff Prosserman decided to buy an electric car in Brooklyn, he quickly realized how challenging it was to charge an EV while living in an apartment. He often had to drive long distances to find a place to plug in, sometimes ending up in a shopping mall parking lot in New …
Avatarkim kilpatrick14 hours agoWhy an ex-Googler just opened a chestnut farm in rural Pennsylvaniaverified_publisherFast Company - Elizabeth SegranIn the 1800s, the United States was full of chestnuts. Then, in 1904, someone accidentally introduced a fungus from Asia that wiped out the entire population of chestnut trees on the East Coast. More than a century later, chestnuts still aren’t a big part of the American diet. Sam Nana-Sinkam wants …
Avatarkim kilpatrick14 hours agoFlorida researchers just discovered a way to turn CO2 into plasticverified_publisherFast Company - Jessica HullingerResearchers in Florida have transformed the climate culprit of our age—carbon dioxide—into a new kind of plastic that’s biodegradable, infinitely recyclable, and cheap and easy to produce. Could it be the plastic alternative we’ve long been looking for? Carbon dioxide, or CO2, has been harnessed to …
Avatarkim kilpatrick9 hours agoMexico, strong-armed by the U.S., will stop incentivizing Chinese EV productionverified_publisherFast Company - ReutersMexico’s federal government, under pressure from the U.S., is keeping Chinese automakers at arm’s length by refusing to offer such incentives as low-cost public land or tax cuts for investment in EV production, three Mexican officials familiar with the matter said. The last meeting between top …
