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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.

Want To Know How Fast The Ocean Is Warming? Follow The Earthquakes

Green Queen Team Oct 23, 2020 0

By: Katherine Kornei By timing sound waves set in motion by earthquakes, scientists have estimated that the Indian Ocean is warming by roughly 0.044 K per decade. As greenhouse gases accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere, the planet holds…
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Top Scientist To World: Second Trump Terms Means ‘Game Over’ For Climate

Green Queen Team Oct 14, 2020 0

By: Mark Hertsgaard Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens’. Michael Mann, one of the most eminent climate scientists in the world, believes averting…
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Thanks To Trump Administration, 1.8 Billion Tons More Greenhouse Gases Will Be Released

Green Queen Team Oct 12, 2020 0

By: Karen Charman When President Donald Trump visited California on September 14 and dismissed the state Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot’s plea to recognize the role of climate change in the midst of the Golden State’s…
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How Does Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Stack Up To The Green New Deal?

Green Queen Team Oct 8, 2020 0

By: Jeff Berardelli At the first presidential debate on Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden said point-blank that he does not support the Green New Deal — a progressive plan which not only aims to aggressively…
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Oxfam Research Shows The Rich Generate Emissions While The Poor Suffer Climate Consequences

Green Queen Team Oct 6, 2020 2

By: Joseph Opoku Gakpo The world’s poor and marginalized people are suffering the most from climate change impacts, though they contribute the least to the carbon emissions that are driving global warming, according to new research by…
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East Africa Nations Are Fighting E-Waste With New Responsible Policies & Plans

Green Queen Team Oct 2, 2020 0

By: Hope Mafaranga As Uganda develops its e-waste policy, neighboring Rwanda establishes a broad-based plan involving incentives and high-tech facilities. As many countries in Africa embrace the latest technology—smartphones,…
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Indian Fracking Companies Are Exploiting A Dearth Of Regulation & Causing Environmental Havoc

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2020 0

By: Shashikant Yadav Corporations in India can explore shale gas reserves without obtaining environmental clearances. Oil and gas corporations have been allowed to begin drilling and other hydrocarbon exploration activities in…
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Vote For The Planet: What The US Elections Could Mean for Climate Progress

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2020 0

By: Mark Hertsgaard The people have marched, and now it’s time to vote. What follows are not candidate endorsements. Rather, this nonpartisan guide aims to inform voters’ choices, help journalists decide what races to…
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Greenwashing In Fashion Is On The Rise, Here’s How To Spot It

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2020 0

By: Durva Simone Bose Greenwashing in fashion is on the rise. Learn more about what it means and how you can tell the difference between a genuinely conscious brand and and one that is just ‘performing’ sustainability. There’s been…
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Climate Crisis: Can We Reverse All The Damage Trump Has Done?

Green Queen Team Sep 28, 2020 0

By: Hannah Murphy, with contribution from Andy Kroll What Joe Biden would need to do starting from Day One to correct the course of U.S. climate policy. When he talks about the Trump administration, David Doniger likes to say:…
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New Surveys Shows U.S. Liberals Feeling More Climate Anxious Than Ever

Green Queen Team Sep 25, 2020 0

By: Mike Ludwig Polling shows that people in the United States are taking climate change more seriously today than they were five years ago, but views on climate change remain sharply divided along partisan lines as the November…
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Majority Of U.S. Voters Want Climate Action & Planet-Forward Policy to Rebuild Post-Covid Economy

Green Queen Team Sep 24, 2020 0

By: Trone Dowd A poll conducted by VICE News, The Guardian and several partners shows that voters want job training for workers who left the fossil fuel industry as well as a carbon tax. A majority of U.S. voters want to see…
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Vote As If The Climate And The Future Of Humanity Depend On It—Because They Do

Green Queen Team Sep 23, 2020 0

By: Bill McKibben Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. This election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe. To understand the planetary importance of this autumn’s presidential…
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Is Joe Biden On Top Of The Climate Agenda When It Comes To Agriculture?

Green Queen Team Sep 22, 2020 1

By: Lisa Held Fires rage in the West as storms, hurricanes, and floods hit the rest of the country. Progressives are pushing Biden to transform the food system and manage and mitigate the effects of the climate crisis. Last…
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Youth Climate Activists Have Your Attention — Now They Want Action

Green Queen Team Sep 21, 2020 0

By: Colleen Hagerty A photo of a girl in a hoodie, skipping school to sit in front of a government building in Sweden with a no-frills sign: “Skolstrejk för Klimatet” or “School Strike for Climate”; a video of dozens of young…
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Extreme Weather & Wildfires: Welcome To Climate Change

Green Queen Team Sep 15, 2020 0

By: Jeff Berardelli Right on the heels of arguably the West Coast's most intense heat wave in modern history comes the most ferocious flare-up of catastrophic wildfires in recent memory. Meanwhile, just a few hundred miles…
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New Jersey Becomes First U.S. State To Require Schools To Teach Climate Change

Green Queen Team Sep 11, 2020 0

By: Kimberly White New Jersey schools will now be required to teach students about climate change. The New Jersey State Board of Education has adopted new guidelines to incorporate climate change education throughout its K-12…
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CCNow: President Donald Trump’s Climate Change Record Has Been a Boon for Oil Companies, and a Threat to the Planet

Green Queen Team Sep 10, 2020 0

By: Vernon Loeb, Marianne Lavelle, Stacy Feldman Pursuing an unrelenting fossil fuel agenda, Trump has scaled back or eliminated over 150 environment measures, expanded Arctic drilling, and denied climate science. In the middle of…
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Indian Government Solar Mandates Clash With Sacred Groves

Green Queen Team Sep 10, 2020 0

By: Rishika Pardikar As India moves toward ambitious climate goals, it is trampling on sacred groves in desert ecosystems. India has an ambitious target to generate 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022. Lands chosen to…
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QAnon Conspiracy: Far Right Group Convince Thousands To Join Climate Denial Campaign

Green Queen Team Sep 7, 2020 0

By: Sharon Kelly Back in December 2019, two conspiratorial worldviews collided as, for the first time, QAnon’s Q suggested his followers should question anew a topic that, by now, has been considered, and reconsidered, for…
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Climate Action Urgency: The Covid-19 Emissions Drop Was A Blip, Say Scientists

Green Queen Team Sep 4, 2020 0

By: Damian Carrington Drop in emissions was a blip, say scientists, and a green recovery is vital to halt global heating. The draconian coronavirus lockdowns across the world have led to sharp drops in carbon emissions, but this will…
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