Milan has terrible air quality. Some of the worst in all of Italy. So architect and developer Stefano Boeli dreamed up away to combat that issue in a practical manner: He’s turning two residential towers into vertical forests.
In 1943, the US government needed a reliable centre for processing the Manhattan Project’s nuclear material. Officials chose the 568-acre Hanford site in the deserts of Washington State to house nine nuclear reactors and 143 single-walled, underground waste tanks.
Biofuels are making inroads into the aviation industry. Both Alaska and United Airlines have announced today that some flights will be cut with non-petroleum alternatives.
The Energy Supply Association is concerned that a small part of the carbon tax laws may cost them more money upfront — and as a result, add nearly 20 per cent to electricity bills.
While most of us get cosier by the minute with the latest iGadgets, perfected work and play stations, and 1500 thread count sheets, nomads of many stripes are out in the world, roaming.
Recovering from an oil disaster isn’t just horrific to endure — it’s massively difficult and massively expensive to soak it all up. But what if we didn’t need an army of oil-wiping humans? What about cleaning boats that sail themselves?
