Pollution

28 Nov 23

U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This is a sponsored article brought to you by LEMO. About a decade ago, during a business trip to China, British engineer Alan Hudd had a shock. At the end of a visit at a major textile dyeing factory, his customer took him behind the buildings to show a horrific…

09 May 23

Securing inactive oil and gas wells could cost the US $30bn, study finds

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The 14,000 inactive oil and gas wells in the US Gulf of Mexico region can still leak and harm marine ecosystems in the process. However, the cost of securing them could reach $30bn (£23.7bn), according to researchers at the University of California. The team collected data from the US Bureau…

14 Apr 23

Canadian bank becomes the world’s top fossil fuel financer

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has surpassed the United States' JP Morgan Chase as the largest global investor in fossil fuel projects for the first time since 2019. The Canadian bank invested $42.1bn (£33.7bn) in fossil fuel projects in 2022, according to the 'Banking on Climate Chaos' report commissioned…

04 Apr 23

Investment giant under fire over Ohio chemical disaster

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Vanguard is the world's second-largest fund firm and asset manager with about $7.2 trillion of assets on its books. It is the largest shareholder in Norfolk Southern, the train company being sued by the State of Ohio after one of its trains derailed in the town of East Palestine in…

23 Jan 23

Designing a Miniaturized Wastewater Treatment Plant for Micropollutant Degradation

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. The 1985 action-adventure TV series MacGyver showcased the life of Angus MacGyver, a secret agent who solved problems using items he had on hand. For example, in one episode, he made a heat shield out of used refrigerator parts. In another,…