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- Benjamin Fleury creates affordable, modern apartments with a low-energy footprint in Paris Tue, 30 Jul 19, 5:30pmLocal architecture practice Benjamin Fleury has completed a residential complex with 26 affordable apartments in Montreuil, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris...
- Paris Set Their All-Time Hottest Temperature This Week. Is it Climate Change? No. Sun, 28 Jul 19, 7:00amReposted from Awesome Weather Facts By Chris Martz | July 26, 2019 Follow @ChrisMartzWX It’s summer, temperatures are hot － sometimes record hot － and as usual, climate alarmism reaches record highs, and climate...
- Known for its electric scooters, Gogoro moves toward its future as a mobility platform Wed, 24 Jul 19, 2:05amSince the launch of its first electric scooter in 2015, Gogoro co-founder and CEO Horace Luke has frequently been asked when the startup is going to expand beyond Taiwan...
- Paris bans up to 60% of cars amidst record heat wave Sat, 29 Jun 19, 4:30amAs France suffers through a record heat wave, air pollution rates intensify. The solution? A Parisian car ban for less eco-friendly automobiles — as much as 60 percent of total vehicles in the city — until the hot weather...
- Industrial building is reimagined as a zero-carbon paragon for Paris 2024 Olympics Thu, 20 Jun 19, 3:30amIn anticipation of the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, French architectural firm Jakob + MacFarlane has set its sights on reinventing a large, post-industrial facility into an innovative beacon for carbon-neutral design...
- Eiffel Tower site to become a pedestrian-friendly garden Wed, 12 Jun 19, 3:30amParis’ famed Eiffel Tower will get a major garden renovation that is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2024 Olympics. The $80 million USD revamp will convert the area's industrial aesthetic into a large garden,...
- Who knew? The fourth largest nation has threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement Fri, 17 May 19, 2:57amIn Borneo, the Dypterocarp forest, one of the species-richest in the world (F), is being replaced by oil palm plantations (G). These changes are irreversible for all practical purposes (H). Under the radar: In a trade dispute...
- Studio NAB proposes rebuilding Notre Dame with a greenhouse and apiary Fri, 3 May 19, 2:30amAfter a devastating blaze consumed the Cathedral of Notre Dame’s wooden roof and iconic central spire, architects around the world have been putting forth their visionary ideas for rebuilding the Parisian landmark...
- Corporations and private investors are backing new ‘green’ deals as climate worries mount Mon, 22 Apr 19, 11:33pmIn the nine years since private equity and venture capital investments into sustainable technologies last crossed the $6 billion threshold, the problems caused by global carbon emissions have only intensified...
- SeaBubbles shows off its ‘flying’ all-electric boat in Miami Mon, 18 Feb 19, 5:44amWe were promised flying cars but, as it turns out, flying boats were easier to build. SeaBubbles, a “flying” boat startup that uses electric power instead of gas, hit Miami this weekend to show off one of its...
- Gorgeous new Apple store is powered entirely by renewable energy in Paris Fri, 4 Jan 19, 4:30amThe latest Apple store designed by Foster + Partners has opened in a beautifully renovated 19th-century building on Paris’s Champs-Élysées. Powered with 100 percent renewable energy, Apple Champs-Élysées draws energy...
- Cities around the world lay the groundwork for a zero-waste future Wed, 19 Sep 18, 2:30amCities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities...
- Australia needs to sacrifice cows and sheep for Paris too Thu, 5 Jul 18, 3:44pmEveryone is talking about the NEG (National Energy Guarantee) which will supposedly attain the mythical trifecta of cheap, reliable, and planet cooling electricity.In terms of meeting our Paris “commitment” Tom...
- Are scooter startups really worth billions? Sun, 24 Jun 18, 3:05amIt’s been hard to miss the scooter startup wars opening fresh, techno-fueled rifts in Valley society in recent months. Another flavor of ride-sharing steed which sprouted seemingly overnight to clutter up sidewalks...
- Vertical village built almost entirely of wood to rise in Paris Fri, 27 Apr 18, 7:47pmSou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel have won a design competition to design a striking new mixed-use development as a counterpoint to Paris’ urban sprawl...