Eco Geek

A new study by researchers, including those in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering, has found that the fastest-growing plant on Earth may offer a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to petroleum-derived transportation fuels. https://iono.fm/e/1729143 Find out more here: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-bamboo-emerges-potential-source-carbon.html

A European energy developer has switched on a major biomethane plant in southern Italy that will save some 9,000 tons of CO2 annually by producing a natural gas substitute with agricultural waste. https://iono.fm/e/1728707 Read more here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/italian-biomethane-plant-comes-online-providing-renewable-gas-supply-to-over-3000-homes/

A relatively small share of the world’s population may be causing environmental damage on the same financial scale as the global effort needed to repair it. https://iono.fm/e/1728259 Find out more here: https://scitechdaily.com/the-richest-10-cause-up-to-5-7-trillion-in-environmental-damage-each-year/

A solar-plus-storage project, claimed as the first of its kind in Africa to deliver 24/7 renewable electricity, has come online at a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. https://iono.fm/e/1727820 Find more here: https://www.energy-storage.news/africas-first-24-7-solar-baseload-power-plant-enabled-by-batteries-goes-online-at-drc-copper-mine/

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment has officially declared a new National Park in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. https://iono.fm/e/1727099 Find out more here: https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/879124/new-national-park-declared-for-south-africa/

A new report identifies 11 strategies that could abate building emissions by 80% and potentially unlock $1.8 trillion in global market opportunities by 2030. https://iono.fm/e/1726538 Read more and access the WEF report here: https://www.weforum.org/media/green-building-revolution-could-open-1-8-trillion-global-market-opportunity-by-2030/

Winduction (which stands for "wheel-based induction") founders Sonam Bhuka, Sylvain Fricker and Laurin Schwitter have developed a new way of charging buses through induction charging by doing so via their tyres rather than coils on the underside of the bus, making the process much more efficient. https://iono.fm/e/1726089 You can find out more here: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-electric-buses.html

Built and commissioned over 2008-2009, the Ross Island Wind Farm was a daunting and technical engineering challenge that nevertheless mitigated roughly 122,000 gallons of diesel fuel consumption, and all the associated costs of shipping fuel there. https://iono.fm/e/1725671 Find out more here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/antarcticas-wind-farm-saves-122000-gallons-of-diesel-over-15-years-powering-mcmurdo-station/

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a system that could produce hydrogen from seawater while also desalinating it to produce fresh water. https://iono.fm/e/1725210 Find out more here: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-scaled-seawater-hydrogen-fresh-higher.html