Uber Will Let You Rent Out Your Car in Sustainability Push
Uber Technologies Inc. will make it possible to rent out your car on its app, with a peer-to-peer
2023-06-08 22:28
Wildfire Smoke Spreads Haze Across US East, Threatening Flights
The worst Canadian wildfire season in recorded history spread an orange haze from Massachusetts to South Carolina and
2023-06-08 21:52
The War Against Methane Leaks Gets a New Data Tool
Analysts have a more precise measurement of how much US natural gas goes directly into the atmosphere, worsening
2023-06-08 21:22
Canada’s Unstoppable Fires Are Starting Summers of Smoke Across US
This week is just the beginning of what could be a long, smoke-filled summer in North America —
2023-06-08 18:20
Philadelphia Sees Worst Air as Fire Impact Lingers: Smoke Latest
The Philadelphia region faced the worst air quality in the US early Thursday as the impact of Canadian
2023-06-08 18:16
Uber Eats Pledges to Slash Takeout Emissions and Plastic Waste
Uber Technologies Inc. pledged to eliminate carbon emissions and “unnecessary” plastic waste from its growing delivery business by
2023-06-08 16:48
Australia's largest bank blocks payments to some crypto exchanges
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said on Thursday it would block some payments to
2023-06-08 15:59
New York’s Toxic Wildfire Smoke Is All Too Familiar to Asia
As New Yorkers breathe in the most polluted air in decades, experience from places more regularly struck by
2023-06-08 15:50
Soaring EV Sales Could Still Leave World Short on Emissions Goal
Electric-vehicle sales are poised to more than double by 2026 but eliminating emissions from road transportation by the
2023-06-08 15:24
‘Robot taxi’ with smiling face and ‘ghost driver’ interacts with pedestrians in new experiment
The UK’s first-ever “ghost driver” has taken to the roads of Nottingham in a new experiment. A driverless car was been fitted visual displays to communicate with people crossing roads to determine how people respond naturally to self-driving vehicles. The screen shows different images to pedestrians - including a happy face, a giving way face, and a raised eyebrow. A University of Nottingham study found that, in the absence of someone in the driving seat, pedestrians trust certain visual prompts more than others when deciding whether to cross in front of an autonomous car.
2023-06-08 14:54
Temasek Subsidiary May Back $150 Billion Plan to Build 123 New Cities in Africa
The African Union and a unit of Temasek Holdings Pte are considering backing a plan to develop as
2023-06-08 13:51
Affirmative action: Why this student says he was rejected by Harvard
Rutvij failed to get into any of the elite Ivy League universities. Was he a victim of discrimination?
2023-06-08 07:22