By Gwendolyn Plummer
Thursday, January 30, 2025 8:30 AM
MILAN, Italy—
Mido, which is scheduled to take place here February 8 through 10, 2025, has released the lineup for The Vision Stage, its area dedicated to workshops, seminars, conferences, events and roundtable. The space was formerly known as The Otticlub, and has been reimagined this year, organizers
said, which “signifies a new phase of evolution and growth, and marks a pivotal shift in positioning, intended to reflect the expansion of its activities and to emphasize the core essence of this space as a place of dialog and discovery.”
By Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025 8:25 AM
PARIS—The Capgemini Research Institute’s report into the sustainability of generative AI, titled
Developing Sustainable Gen AI, shows that generative AI has a significant and growing negative environmental impact. However, many organizations are failing to appropriately track this growing footprint, which is jeopardizing their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. As businesses weigh generative AI’s ability to drive business growth against the technology’s environmental cost, the report outlines measures to design a responsible and sustainable generative AI strategy.
By Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025 8:20 AM
What’s New: Calvin Klein Jeans, from
Marchon Eyewear, presents new sun styles for Fall 2024, both crafted with sustainable materials.
By Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025 8:15 AM
What’s New: Chloé Eyewear, from
Kering Eyewear, debuts its Fall/Winter 2024 eyewear campaign, featuring the first style designed by creative director Chemena Kamali.
By Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025 8:10 AM
Earth had its warmest year on record in 2024, according to a
new report from the National Centers for Environmental Information. In 2024, the global surface temperature was 2.32°F (1.29°C) above the 20th-century average. This ranks as the highest global temperature in the period of 1850–2024, according to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), beating the next warmest year on record in 2023 by 0.18°F (0.10°C).
By Staff
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 8:25 AM
SEATTLE—The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $2.4 million in funding for 24 small businesses to develop technologies that address public health and environmental challenges. Among the winners are two Pacific Northwest businesses using innovative approaches to tackle environmental challenges. These awards are part of EPA's Small Business Innovation Research program, an annual, two-phase competition for small businesses to develop and commercialize environmental technologies that help address the agency’s mission of protecting human health and the environment.
By Staff
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 8:20 AM
What’s New: Esprit, from
Charmant, debuts new Ecollection styles made of plant-based bio-acetate material and natural biodegradable plasticizers.
By Staff
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 8:15 AM
What’s New: Silhouette is debuting its Clear Sky collection, the first-ever eyewear collection using its new bio-circular material made with organic waste.
By Staff
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 8:10 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is helping to connect science with education to inspire the next generation of scientists. Through NOAA’s
Data in the Classroom program, middle and high school students can explore real-world environmental topics using historical and real-time NOAA data from satellites and other systems, NOAA said in a statement. The program offers five modules, each designed to help students ask questions, challenge assumptions, interpret data and think critically about the world around them.
By Staff
Thursday, January 2, 2025 1:26 PM
The U.S. saw its level of wind and solar power production spike in the past decade, according to a new report from the Environment America Research and Policy Center and Frontier Group. The
Renewables on the Rise 2024 report noted that solar, wind and geothermal power usage increased in all 50 states between 2014 and 2023.
According to new data, approximately 18 percent of national retail electricity sales in 2023 came from wind, solar and geothermal, compared to just 6 percent in 2014.
Texas, California, Iowa, Oklahoma and Kansas were the top five states for total renewable energy generation. According to the report, 15 states produced 30 percent or more of the electricity they used from renewables in 2023, up from 2 states in 2014.
Meanwhile, the U.S. had 15.5 gigawatts of battery energy storage at the end of 2023. This is 97 times as much as in 2014 and 72 percent more than at the end of 2022. Experts believe this volume is helping to support the use of more renewable energy and keep the lights on during extreme weather and times of grid stress.
In 2023, the U.S. produced enough solar energy to power 22 million homes, 8 times higher than in 2014. Additionally, the U.S. produced enough wind energy to power nearly 39 million typical homes in 2023, 2.3 times as much as in 2014.
Electric vehicle usage also saw a sharp increase, reaching 3.3 million vehicles by the end of 2023. Furthermore, the number of electric vehicle charging ports rose to more than 176,000.
By Gwendolyn Plummer
Thursday, December 26, 2024 8:30 AM
NEW YORK—As 2024 winds down and we head full force into the new year, many people are using this time to take stock of the days both behind and ahead so that they can craft goals, resolutions and plans for 2025. With a fresh 365 days before us, these last few days of the year provide a wonderful opportunity to really think about what we want to bring with us into the new year—which makes this the perfect time to think about environmental, sustainable resolutions. This week, let’s take a look at some commitments we can make to ourselves and the world around us moving forward.
By Staff
Thursday, December 26, 2024 8:25 AM
PARIS—
EssilorLuxottica has announced that its near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), marking a key milestone in the company’s efforts to reduce the environmental impact across its entire value chain. The new 2030 targets address emissions across the company’s Scope 1, 2 and 3, in line with the climate mitigation efforts outlined in the Paris Agreement adopted by the United Nations in 2015, the announcement said.
By Staff
Thursday, December 26, 2024 8:20 AM
What’s New: Sea2See has launched the Breeze Ultralight collection, a new product range with four unique shapes.
By Staff
Thursday, December 26, 2024 8:15 AM
What’s New: IZIPIZI debuts sun style Horizon. Horizon is equipped with category 3 polarized mirror lenses fully covering the field of vision. The sleek, rounded frame is crafted with bio-based plastic.