International

JPMorgan Chase signed a pledge to join the United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance climate initiative, the bank announced Fiday [October 12], according to Reuters and Bloomberg. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is composed of 61 banks across the globe that have committed …

Vertical forest architecture is realized in the eco-designed, energy-conserving and carbon-absorbing 21-story green apartment tower in Taipei that is nearing completion. Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (Agora Garden Tower), designed by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, uses the …

Living algae facades cover buildings, sucking in CO2 and sun to produce renewable energy. See footage on Mashable

Ford pledged that it would sell only electric cars in Europe by 2030. It will spend $1 billion to convert its manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany to it first electric passenger vehicle facility in Europe …

A Teslarati article from January entitled “Tesla to produce $25K car as early as 2022 in Gigafactory Shanghai”  is reported as game changing where their entry-level compact EV in China will be affordable and sold …

Using green chemistry, researchers at the Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology at Graz University of Technology in Austria, successfully made flow batteries more sustainable by replacing the heavy metals or rare earths in the …

Article originally published by Smart Energy International Across the world, countries are facing increasing pressure to reduce the ecological imprint they leave on the planet, slow down climate change, and protect the environment for future …

Volkswagen will produce the I.D. Buzz, an electric version and seventh generation of their iconic hippy van of the 50’s and 60’s. Compared to the first VW Microbus with 30 hp in 1950, the I.D. Buzz is a 369 hp all wheel drive …