Kew Gardens reopens world's largest greenhouse after £41 MILLION restoration

Richard Barley, director of horticulture at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, said: “It’s been amazing watching this project unfold, the building emerge gloriously and some of the world’s rarest plants safely reach their home. “The Temperate House is a glistening cathedral where the new glass allows the sun to stream in and the ironwork has been […]

Tesla’s new electric semi truck could work wonders for cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions

Tesla unveiled its electric semi truck on Thursday night to much fanfare. The company claims the truck can go 500 miles on a single electric charge, and utilize a “Megacharger” to charge up to 400 miles in only 30 minutes. These are some pretty impressive statistics, and if Tesla is able to penetrate the market, its […]

Will vertical farming continue to grow, or has it hit the greenhouse ceiling?

Agriculture has come a long way in the past century. We produce more food than ever before — but our current model is unsustainable, and as the world’s population rapidly approaches the 8 billion mark, modern food production methods will need a radical transformation if they’re going to keep up. But luckily, there’s a range […]

EPA allows thousands of fossil fuel companies to withhold data on greenhouse gasses

As his first move as administrator of the EPA, Scott Pruitt has ended an Obama-era request for oil and gas companies to provide the agency with information on greenhouse gas emissions. Last November, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would request and gather information from 15,000 oil and gas companies under the Clean Air Act […]