Volvo Is Done Propping Up Struggling Polestar
Happy February! It’s Thursday, February 1, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
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‘License to hide’: Western plastic waste dumped in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar – In a working-class neighborhood of Myanmar’s Yangon, plastic waste is piled a meter high, the toxic product of what a recent investigation said is rampant dumping of …
Cow waste to be transformed into rocket fuel for space startup
Osaka – A Japanese chemical manufacturing company has been working on creating liquid biomethane from cow waste to be used as rocket fuel, potentially providing a solution for dairy farmers …
Humanity deep in the danger zone of planetary boundaries: study
Paris – Human activity and appetites have weakened Earth’s resilience, pushing it far beyond the “safe operating space” that keeps the world liveable for most species, including our own, scientists …
Trash to treasure: Indonesian firm turns plastic into bricks
JAKARTA – Ovy Sabrina fights plastic waste in Indonesia by spreading noodle packets, coffee sachets, straws and other trash around the sprawling archipelago — entombed in eco-friendly bricks. Her family …