Current Headlines

  1. LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant With Hydrogen For The First Time 8/11/2026

    LANXESS is making its production at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site more sustainable. The specialty chemicals company will use hydrogen instead of natural gas to dry its iron oxide pigments.

  2. Hitachi Powers Zero Emission Public Transport In The Netherlands 8/10/2026

    Across the globe, cities are accelerating the transition to zero-emission public transport to improve air quality, reduce noise, and meet increasingly ambitious climate targets - all while making the most of the energy resources available to them.

  3. Padilla Introduces COWS Act To Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Support Sustainable Waste Practices 8/7/2026

    U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, reintroduced the Converting Our Waste Sustainably Act (COWS Act) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air and water quality, and implement more sustainable alternative manure management practices.

  4. Lummus Technology Acquires Shell's Environmental Catalysts And Systems Assets In Strategic Portfolio Move 8/6/2026

    Lummus Technology (Lummus), a global leader in value-driven energy technology solutions, today announced it has acquired a number of intellectual property assets and experienced personnel from Shell Catalysts & Technologies.

  5. Carnival Corporation Sets New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity Reduction Target 8/6/2026

    Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), the world's largest cruise company, announced a new sustainability target to achieve a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity by 2029, measured on an available lower berth days basis compared to its 2019 baseline.

  6. Developing World-Leading Technology To Convert Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Into High-Value Industrial Chemicals 8/5/2026

    A research team led by Professor Jung Kyu Kim from the School of Chemical Engineering (first author: Ph.D. candidate Won Tae Hong, co-first author: Professor Jun Young Kim from the Catholic University of Korea), in joint collaboration with Professor Sang Uck Lee’s research team from the Department of Chemical Engineering (co-first author: postdoctoral researcher Seong Chan Cho) and Dr. Jai Hyun Koh’s research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), has developed a highly efficient catalyst that directly converts carbon dioxide—a major contributor to global warming—into industrially high-value 2-propanol.

  7. Kanadevia Inova Signs Concession Agreement For Its First Waste-To-Energy Plant In Africa 8/5/2026

    Kanadevia Inova AG (Switzerland; hereinafter “Inova”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kanadevia Corporation engaged in the development, design, construction, maintenance and operation of waste-to-energy and biogas plants, has signed a concession agreement (long-term project operation agreement) for a 33.5-year waste-to-energy project in Casablanca, Morocco, covering the design, financing, construction and operation of the facility.

  8. DGIST–Caltech Joint Research Team Secures Key Photocatalyst Technology For Converting Greenhouse Gases Into Future Fuels 8/4/2026

    A joint research team led by Professor Su-Il In of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) and Professor William A. Goddard III of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has significantly improved the performance of a sunlight-driven photocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into methane by integrating two distinct cocatalysts and elucidating the underlying mechanism.

  9. Veolia Trials UK First Of Its Kind Carbon Capture Technology 8/4/2026

    This decarbonisation trial supports Veolia’s GreenUp strategic programme which prioritises deploying affordable, replicable technologies that help clients cut carbon emissions as part of a broader portfolio of decarbonisation solutions.

  10. KAIST Develops Marine Carbon Removal Technology That Turns Carbon Dioxide In Seawater Into 'Stone' For Permanent Storage 8/4/2026

    A new pathway has opened to enhance the ocean’s natural ability to clean the planet. KAIST researchers have developed a technology that converts carbon dioxide dissolved in seawater into “stone,” or minerals, preventing it from returning to the atmosphere and enabling permanent storage.