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We INFORM. We INSPIRE. We EMPOWER. Founded by serial entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras in 2011, Green Queen is an award-winning sustainability & impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change in Asia. Our mission is to shift consumer behaviour through our authentic, original and ground-breaking content.

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Al Gore’s Uphill Battle Against Climate Change Outlines the Challenge

Green Queen Team Nov 30, 2024

Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget". By Kate Yoder At a congressional hearing on the greenhouse effect in 1981, Al Gore, then a member of the House of Representatives…
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Paw-netary Health: How to Protect Your Pets from the Climate Crisis

Green Queen Team Nov 8, 2024

Five climate risks veterinarians want you to know about. By Daisy Simmons When Colorado veterinarian Colleen Duncan stepped outside recently, the air smelled like a bonfire. Smoke from Wyoming wildfires had drifted south, leaving…
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Is Climate Change to Blame for the Rise of Authoritarianism?

Green Queen Team Nov 2, 2024

There's evidence that global warming creates fertile ground for political strongmen to come to power. By LV Anderson In November 2013, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in history made landfall in the Philippines. Known locally…
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Forest Fires Are Shifting North & Getting Worse – Here’s Why That Matters

Green Queen Team Oct 26, 2024

By Matthew William Jones research fellow, University of East Anglia; Crystal A Kolden, assistant professor, University of Idaho; and Stefan H Doerr, director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University Fires have long been a…
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Biden Asked to Weigh In On Attempts to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

Green Queen Team Oct 12, 2024

Republican attorneys general are engaged in what one critic called "an obvious attempt to shield fossil fuel companies from facing accountability for their climate lies". By Jessica Corbett In yet another recent display of…
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With COP29 On the Horizon, A Landmark Climate Mitigation Fund Is Drying Up

Green Queen Team Oct 5, 2024

Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up. By Naveena Sadasivam At the annual United Nations climate conference in Dubai last year, the world’s countries…
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Jane Fonda on US Election: ‘Do We Vote For the Future or For Burning Up the Planet?’

Green Queen Team Sep 28, 2024

Republican nominee Donald Trump "wants to do away with all regulations and open up the floodgates for the fossil fuel industry and the nuclear industry," she said. "So the choice is very clear." By Jessica Corbett Actor and activist…
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The Blue Plate: How Mark Easter Uses Individual Dishes to Explore Food’s Climate Impact in New Book

Green Queen Team Sep 21, 2024

Curbing the carbon footprint of what we eat won’t require an agricultural revolution. It's already happening in farms and ranches across the country. By Ayurella Horn-Muller Early into his new book The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s…
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In 2023, Almost 200 Climate Activists and Defenders Died Protecting the Planet

Green Queen Team Sep 18, 2024

Last year, 196 people were killed trying to protect the environment. Most of them were Black or Indigenous. By Taylar Dawn Stagner Jonila Castro is an activist working with AKAP Ka Manila Bay, a group helping displaced communities…
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Ecoacoustics: How Listening to Soil Can Help Us Monitor Its Health

Green Queen Team Sep 14, 2024

First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts. By Ayurella Horn-Muller Think back to the last concert you went to. Now replace the music that…
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Imperialism & Colonialism: When Did Climate Change Really Begin?

Green Queen Team Sep 13, 2024

By Jack Marley, environment and energy editor, The Conversation UK How old is the climate crisis? I was born in 1994, when the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere was measured at 360 parts per million; today it is close to 420.…
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Inflation Reduction Act: US States Aren’t Using Enough of the Available Funds for Climate Action

Green Queen Team Sep 7, 2024

Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available. By Syris Valentine When President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, into law two…
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Can ‘Climate Mainstreaming’ Tackle Our Environmental Goals?

Green Queen Team Aug 31, 2024

By Steven Lam, visiting researcher, University of Guelph; and Gloria Novović, LSE Fellow, University of Guelph Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy urges Canadians to consider climate change impacts in their everyday…
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US Governments Could Crack Down on Greenwashing – Here’s How

Green Queen Team Aug 24, 2024

An anti-greenwashing law in Canada compelled polluters to scrub misleading content. Could a new bill in Pennsylvania set an example for the United States? By Emily Sanders “Experts agree: is one of the most important low-carbon…
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Politicians Are Failing to Capitalise On A Highly Popular Issue: Climate Change

Green Queen Team Aug 17, 2024

The misperception gap widens when officials get more money from fossil fuel interests. By Kate Yoder When the New Orleans City Council debated a proposal for a $210 million gas-fired power plant in 2017, something felt off about the…
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With Extreme Rainfall, Climate Change is Worsening Sewer Systems & Illness

Green Queen Team Aug 10, 2024

In hundreds of US cities and towns, extreme rainfalls are overwhelming outdated sewer systems, flooding waterways with untreated sewage. By Kait Parker Although raw sewage and gastrointestinal illnesses are rarely topics broached in…
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The Climate is Changing So Quickly, We Haven’t Seen How Bad Extreme Weather Can Get

Green Queen Team Aug 3, 2024

By Simon H Lee, lecturer in atmospheric science, University of St Andrews; Hayley J Fowler, professor of climate change impacts, Newcastle University; and Paul Davies, chief meteorologist, Met Office Extreme weather is by definition…
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Overfishing is Bad for Marine Life – and the Planet

Green Queen Team Aug 1, 2024

Just by ending the practice of overfishing, we could store the same amount of carbon as 6.5 million acres of forest each year. By Sophie Kevany In the search for winning climate solutions, the world’s oceans are an undisputed…
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The Sporting World is Feeling the Effects of Climate Change – Here’s How It’s Adapting

Green Queen Team Jul 31, 2024

By Mark Charlton, net-zero research theme director, De Montfort University In the unlikely event I ever run another marathon, I wouldn’t want to do it at night. But some famous global running events, including the world…
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In the Philippines, A Human Rights Report Delivers Hope for Climate Justice

Green Queen Team Jul 27, 2024

A 2022 Philippine Commission on Human Rights report links fossil fuel companies to climate change and human rights impacts, boosting climate justice efforts. It calls for stricter regulations, corporate accountability, and reparations for…
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Climate Change is Shutting Down Hospitals – Adaptation is Critical Now

Green Queen Team Jul 13, 2024

Thousands of hospitals are at risk of shutting down due to an extreme weather event. Experts say it’s time to adapt. By Kaitlin Sullivan In August 2023, time was running out for healthcare workers along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Hospital…
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