banner hangs in a venue at the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference. Getty Images At COP28, high on the agenda for the fashion sector is the phase-out of fossil fuels and the funding and deployment of alternatives. One such alternative is biomass. Biomass is organic matter from things grown continuously on Earth (rather than finite fossil … Read more
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. AFP via Getty Images Electric vehicles are fun and fast to drive and have the added benefit of no tailpipe exhaust or carbon pollution. But driving them cross … Read more
How did the fossil-fuel era begin? With Europeans heating their houses in winter. The Industrial Revolution would likely never have started if medieval Britain hadn’t turned to coal swept from the beaches of Northumbria to replace firewood from its dwindling forests. One of the world’s first air pollution laws was a 1306 proclamation prohibiting the … Read more