A Canadian startup produces cheap, clean, and green hydrogen in an abandoned oil well. The innovation could disrupt the energy industry and accelerate efforts to reverse global warming.

In the past century, disease patterns in the world have changed dramatically. Our ancestors dealt mostly with infectious diseases—illnesses cause by germs. Better hygiene, vaccinations, and antibiotics have pushed back infectious diseases.

Our health depends on drinking water. But new research shows that not all water is the same. The search for healthy water and a major solution to better health begins in Austria and leads to the state of Washington.

Anthropologist Gina Bria discovered a major solution to dehydration while researching desert dwellers. Bria found that indigenous tribes in Mexico have used chia seeds to gain energy and strength for thousands of years. It is not a coincidence that ‘chia’ means ‘strength’ in the Mayan language!

Aspirin has been one of the most popular pharmaceutical drugs of the past one hundred years. It is a synthetic derivative of the natural substance salicylic acid. It was first isolated from the bark of willow trees (Salix) from which it got its name.

The biggest challenge battery innovators face is to design a reliable mass production process. Perfection is a tricky thing in the battery industry. Many mass-produced goods tolerate a reasonable flaw level. Batteries are very vulnerable: they either work or they do not.

The clean energy revolution hinges on dirty and dangerous batteries. That is the paradox which innovation and industry must overcome as automobile makers are racing to completely shift their production to electric cars.

Europe needs clean and green hydrogen fast. Hydrogen Europe is the leading organization representing companies and stakeholders that are committed to accelerating the European hydrogen industry.

The Ukraine invasion has added a new geopolitical dimension to the challenge of global warming. Europe needs to discontinue the import of gas from Russia as soon as possible.

In a new factory at the outskirts of Venlo, The Netherlands, close to the border with Germany, an elevator dumps a large bag of hay into a giant mixer. The dried grass is absorbed in a slowly turning brown slurry containing urban waste—mostly recycled paper and packaging.

Paolo Lugari has a plan for humanity. And he’s convinced it’s the only plan that will ensure human survival on Planet Earth: We need to plant trees. Many trees!