Innovation is the key to fighting climate change. But nature has already provided the best innovation imaginable: trees. Here are five ways trees help to fight climate change.
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For FarmWise’s Cofounders, Opportunity Was In The Weeds
"Rented at a per-acre cost, the geo-fenced robots drive along planted rows, capturing images of crops that get uploaded and run through a model trained to classify each image. Weeds get the chop. Vegetables remain. The more time a robot spends at a given farm, the better the AI gets, and so does the weeding. To date, FarmWise’s robots have imaged about 200 million individual crops and partnered with about a dozen of the largest vegetable farms in the U.S."
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Why You Should Celebrate World Bee Day Today
"'Bees really provide for us in many ways — food provisioning, human well-being. They're important for our culture, dating back thousands of years in terms of heritage, inspiration of art,' Ngo says."
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Endangered species recovery requires flexibility, not strict regulations
"The success of conservation policy must be measured by its outcomes — not by the number of, or stringency of, regulations. The focus must instead be on supporting local conservation efforts that use some of the most effective species recovery tools we have: private citizens and American industry."
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Should I Go Solar Now? Here’s What Homeowners Should Consider
"The decision to opt for solar isn’t a simple one. 'Soft costs' such as installation and permitting fees add about $7,000 to a typical installation, and incentives to install solar still vary widely from state to state."
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Tesla To Open Superchargers To Other Electric Vehicles Later This Year
Johana Criter on CleanTechnica reports that Tesla will open up its superchargers to other electric vehicles later this year. “Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the transition to sustainability, and by opening up its Supercharging network to other EVs, it’s doing just that. Of course, I’m sure Tesla will make extra money from the service, but...
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Why Do ‘Fracking’ Opponents Ignore Its Moral Benefits?
"This 'affordable gas from fracking' thing saved American residential, commercial, and industrial gas users a staggering $650 billion in energy costs from 2008-2018 alone."
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In Iceland, CO2 sucked from the air is turned to rock
"By pulling CO2 from ambient air, the plant is different from more traditional types of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects at highly-polluting industrial smokestacks."
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Nuclear Shines Bright at COP26
"To reach our ambitious global climate objectives, we need every tool in the toolbox to reduce emissions, and including nuclear energy needs to be a priority. Of course, COP26 is just a brief moment in time, and momentum will need to be sustained."
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Capitalism is the Cure, not the Disease
It’s clear that expanding economic and political freedom around the world leads to greater technological innovation and greater prosperity for both people and our planet.
