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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

Temporary shades placed over particularly vulnerable Caribbean corals can mitigate damage from high sea temperatures driven by global warming, which turns them ghostly white—and eventually kills them. https://iono.fm/e/1724713 Find out more here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/underwater-umbrellas-could-protect-coral-reefs-from-heat-damage/

South African chemical engineer Dyllon Randall, who co-founded a modular urine-to-fertiliser recovery system at the Cape Town Stadium, is among four innovators selected from a shortlist of 16 to compete for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. https://iono.fm/e/1724103 Read more here: https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/cape-town-stadium-urine-recycling-innovator-selected-for-2026-africa-prize-747712a#more

Plastics recycling startup MacroCycle announced a new deal with Meta on Tuesday that will help speed the development of its first commercial plant. https://iono.fm/e/1723134 Find out more here: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/meta-deal-will-help-plastics-recycling-startup-macrocycle-build-its-first-factory/

Cement is responsible for 88 percent of the concrete industry’s total greenhouse gas emissions, which account for a staggering 8 percent of overall emissions worldwide, but researchers from Manipal University Jaipur and Louisiana Tech University have discovered that introducing between 5 to 10 percent of a porous, poop-based biochar creates tiny reservoirs that provided the necessary water to form stable calcium silicates, not only lowers cement’s emissions but also improves […]