News & Events

Jan

First-of-its-Kind Sustainably Constructed Starbucks Store to Open in Canada

The B.C. store was constructed by Vancouver-based Nexii in just six days with near-zero construction waste Starbucks Canada today announced it will open a first-of-its-kind, sustainably constructed Starbucks drive-thru store in Canada, assembled in just six days, with near-zero construction waste and...

Dec

The price of electricity has dropped 89% in 10 years

In 2009, building a new solar farm was 223% more expensive than building a new coal plant. Now, it’s flipped. To curb our climate crisis, we need to end our dependence on fossil fuels and power the world with renewables. That may...

Dec

Is Isolation and Stress From COVID-19 Leading To More Deaths By Suicide

Whether the coronavirus pandemic influences suicide rates in older adults is not yet known. However, the pandemic is likely to result in a confluence of the risk factors for suicidal behaviours. In an effort to reduce rates of infection, governments have adopted...

Nov

SpaceX Launches—and Crashes—Its Starship Mars Rocket

The test flight didn’t come close to the edge of space, but the prototype was a big step toward the rocket’s first orbital mission. ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SpaceX successfully launched—and nearly landed—a fully-assembled prototype of its next generation Starship rocket on a suborbital flight from...

Nov

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station in new era for NASA

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station in new era for NASA Lighting up the night sky, four astronauts shot into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sunday for a 27-hour voyage to the International Space Station in the first operational...

Nov

Germany risks ‘missing the boat completely’ on fighting VAT fraud

Germany’s inaction in fighting fraud in online sales has been blasted as “incomprehensible” by the country’s state audit office president – given the amount of money spent over the internet. The government takes in €183bn of sales tax each year, making it...