"Former yacht designer's ambitious project intends to put huge kites flying over the sea in formation to generate clean, affordable electricity"

"A total of 96m black polythene balls now cover water at reservoir in Sylmar, California, to protect against evaporation"

"Powerwall is a home battery that charges using electricity generated from solar panels, or when utility rates are low, and powers your home in the evening. Automated, compact and simple to install, Powerwall enables you to maximise self-consumption of solar power generation."

"Historic innovations that have been adopted too hastily with grave unforeseen impacts provide cautionary examples for potential side effects of fracking, says report"

"A run-down of green technology's most cutting-edge innovations, including transparent solar cells and microgeneration boilers"

"Fighting global warming by reflecting sunlight back into space risks "terrifying" consequences including droughts and conflicts, according to three major new analyses of the promise and perils of geoengineering. But research into deliberately interfering with the climate system must continue in search of technology to use as a last resort in combating climate change, scientists have concluded."

"Across the world, efforts are underway to improve the way we store and distribute energy, as we move towards more sustainable but intermittent forms of energy generation, such as wind and solar power."

"Thousands of rats will be fed Monsanto maize diets in a $23m, three-year 'Factor GMO' study into long-term health effects of GM food and associated pesticides"

"The resources below provide teachers with Power Point presentations and activities for pupils aged 9-18 years. The materials enables pupils to consider their needs and wants for technology and to learn about Practical Action's view of Technology Justice... a global right to access sustainable technologies now and in the future."

"BJP-led government gives in to demands from nationalist RSS to not surrender country's food security to foreign companies"

"Large businesses lobbying intensely to undermine safety regime in new trade deal, campaigners warn"

"When you think of geoengineering, you may be imagining huge mirrors in space, or iron filings being dumped into the ocean. Geoengineering, though, can occur on a smaller scale. Some researchers are proposing small-scale fixes as in an effort to save some of Chile's 3,100 glaciers."

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"Smartphones are owned by one in five people and have changed how many of the world's most important industries work - from journalism to farming. But their production carries a cost; using more than 40 elements that are mined with untold environmental and social effects on every inhabited continent on earth. "

"Almost a billion people face starvation and that problem will worsen unless we use the most effective technologies"

"Study models impact on global rainfall when artificial volcanic eruptions are created in a bid to reverse climate change"

"Space institute to float internet-transmitting balloons over remote Amazon regions to help rural communities get online"

"UK farming conference hears how 'farmbots' will bring efficiencies and benefits and an end to back-breaking tasks"

"Free parking, incentives and driving in bus lanes push Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf to top of best-seller lists"

"Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can help poor people improve their lives. They have the potential to reduce poverty, deliver basic education, improve agricultural outputs, increase access to healthcare information and improve incomes."