Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles and more. Happy Summer. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. Wyoming’s landfill holds 1,124 wind turbine blades, but a Missouri cement plant has already found a second life for 7,000 more – ECOticias.com A fish elevator on a Maine dam could reopen 600 miles of river to a small fish, and the whales people keep mentioning are not part of the story yet – ECOticias.com A graduate student in Maine turned wood into a foam that keeps a cooler almost as cold as plastic does, and the part that still fails is not the temperature – ECOticias.com Mushroom gatherers walked into a Nepalese forest and found a nest built by the only snake known to make one, and officials have now restricted access to the site – ECOticias.com E-quipment highlight: LiuGong 924FE 30-ton electric excavator 350-ton Longking ZL230E is the biggest, baddest battery mining rig you can buy | Electrek PACCAR brand DAF partners with Einride on Level 4 autonomy Every 2027 GM EV will plug directly into Tesla Superchargers | Electrek 7 Must-Have Back-to-School Tech Gadgets for 2026 Best Noise-Canceling Earbuds for Studying, Travel, and Cafes Lightfoot Solar Cargo Scooter You’re being lazy with passwords the wrong way | PCWorld
Part 2 Ethiopia put 805 million seedlings in the ground in twelve hours with 26 million people helping, and the number that will actually decide whether it worked is still years away – ECOticias.com A 13-year-old in Oregon built a chamber that pulls drinking water out of the air for dry farms, and the amount it produced in two hours explains the real problem – ECOticias.com Four snow leopards wearing GPS collars in Nepal sent back 4,707 signals, and three of them crossed into China and India so often that the conservation map no longer fits – ECOticias.com Newfoundland introduced moose in 1878 and released four more in 1904, and today about 110,000 descendants are reshaping the island’s forests – ECOticias.com Chevy Equinox EV vs Kia EV3: Which is America's most affordable 315+ mile range EV? Hyundai starts building the IONIQ 3, its affordable electric hatch This DIY heat pump plugs into a wall outlet and has no outdoor unit | Electrek Kia announces EV3 prices for the US and Canada Think Your VPN Protects You From Data Breaches? Think Again | PCMag The Best Small Business Hosting Services We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag The Best Video Conferencing Software We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag The Best Business VPNs We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag
Part 3 A Queensland couple keeps the plastic matting and drip tape that grew their tomatoes, because Australia recycles only 7 percent of farm plastic and no truck will take the rest – ECOticias.com Leonardo DiCaprio and others fund a USD 200 million project to recover 100 species on the brink of extinction, a genetic rescue plan – ECOticias.com A wildlife photographer captured a humpback whale giving birth, a moment so rare and raw that no aerial footage existed before – ECOticias.com A New Zealand farm offers free housing and rescued animals in exchange for four morning hours, a work-exchange life experiment – ECOticias.com Lucid launches America's most powerful 3-row SUV with 1,000+ hp This electric aircraft fire truck hits 50 mph in under 20 seconds | Electrek Kia sold over 8,000 EV2s in just 3 months IONNA just beat every major EV fast-charging network | Electrek https://www.extremetech.com/defense/german-firefighting-robots-are-now-battling-blazes-in-ukraine https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/the-perseverance-rovers-autonomous-driving-has-gone-fantastically-well What Happens When A Hybrid Battery Dies And What To Do About It Kia's EV3 Will Start Under $31,000 In The US
Part 4 A Florida homeowner turned lawn into pollinator sanctuary using cardboard and patience, proving that even boxes can start an ecosystem – ECOticias.com Honeycomb stone covers a Martian valley, with polygons no bigger than a fingernail, yet vast enough to puzzle geologists – ECOticias.com Eight hominins crossed the same muddy shore 1.43 million years ago, their footprints a rare window into ancient company and movement – ECOticias.com NASA’s New Horizons flew past Pluto just once in 2015, but more than a decade later scientists returned to its old images and found evidence that liquid nitrogen may have flowed across the frozen surface – ECOticias.com Tesla Electric launches $35/month Powerwall whole-home backup lease | Electrek Genesis unveils the GV80 HEV as its first hybrid Volkswagen is turning the ID. Buzz into an electric camper van Rivian's 2027 R1S adds captain's chairs, its most-requested feature | Electrek Mars Meteorite Found in Algeria Dates Back to a Previously Hidden Time Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star Archaeologists Think a 2,400-Year-Old Grave Belongs to an Ancient Greek Wrestler Crocodiles Evolved Backwards From Warm-Blooded Species to Cold-Blooded Killers
Part 5 A Byzantine ship that had been sunk at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea for more than 1,300 years was discovered, and after recovering its 600 grams of gold, archaeologists realized that it was likely not carrying just any passengers – ECOticias.com Chicago’s mature trees cut peak temperatures by up to eight degrees on hot days, a cooling effect that prevents heat deaths across neighborhoods with canopy coverage – ECOticias.com Ford's EV pickup arrives in 2027 with more than an affordable price Global EV sales rose in July – except in North America | Electrek Hyundai launches the range-topping IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Black Ink Tesla plans massive new V4 Supercharger in San Francisco | Electrek Volkswagen launches ID.3 Neo in the UK with 390 miles of range EVgo + GM open 350 kW flagship charging for EVs with trailers | Electrek Black Hole Stars Are Apparently Real and Help Explain a Long-Standing Mystery - CNET Life on Mars? It Remains a Tantalizing Topic for Scientific Study - CNET Rivian R1S, R1T See 2027 Updates, Including Second-Row Captain’s Chairs - CNET Ninja Just Launched Its First Water Filter. Here's What It Does That Others Don't - CNET
Part 6 China sales numbers are in: EVs up while everything with an engine collapses Cadillac will hand-build a custom Escalade IQ for an extra $55,000 Kia EV3 prices and range revealed, starting at $30,000 The 2027 Audi Q6 e-tron delivers more driving range than expected Lexus undercuts rivals with 2027 ES prices starting under $50,000 GM exits $3.5B Indiana battery plant as Samsung SDI takes full control | Electrek The Best Workout Apps We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag The Best Web Hosting Services We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag Physicists Made 10,000 Particles Defy Newton's Third Law for an Hour. Here's How Turns Out Ancient Rome Took Tax Fraud Very Seriously Free Divers Thought They Found a Weird Rock. It Was a 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck The Largest Battery-Electric Plane Ever Made Has Flown For The First Time
Part 7 The Pros And Cons Of Using A Digital Wallet NASA Updates Voyager 2 To Extend The 1977 Probe's Lifespan Yet Again Before You Throw Out Your Old USB Drives, Do This First How To Set Up Your Emergency Contacts And Medical ID On Your iPhone