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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.

No New Plastic: Scientists Say a Production Cap Is Needed to Save the Planet

Green Queen Team May 3, 2022

A group of scientists says new plastic production needs to stop in order to protect the world's oceans and the environment from plastic pollution. In a letter published in the journal Science, an international group of scientists and…
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Climate Change Will Bring Thousands of New Viruses, Says New Study

Green Queen Team May 2, 2022

Climate change isn't just bringing rising temperatures and rising sea levels. According to new research, it's bringing a rising risk of infectious disease. A new study published last week in the journal Nature points to "thousands" of…
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Big Oil Lied To Us: The Takeaway From An Explosive New Docuseries

Green Queen Team May 2, 2022

By Chris McGreal. There is a moment in the revelatory PBS Frontline docuseries The Power of Big Oil, about the industry’s long campaign to stall action on the climate crisis, in which the former Republican senator Chuck Hagel…
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Scientists Can Now See Cow Burps From Space

Green Queen Team May 2, 2022

Scientists have made a new discovery in outer space. But it's not an alien or new planet—it's livestock methane emissions, now visible from space. On the heels of the recent IPCC report that called for a 30 percent reduction in methane…
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Bioacoustics: Listening To Nature Is Our Only Option To Solve The Climate Crisis

Green Queen Team May 1, 2022

As current climate conversations overwhelmingly lack both heart and accessibility, Joycelyn Longdon, an environmental PhD student at Cambridge, tackles the subject from an education and action-focused perspective – not for aimless…
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Indonesia Locks Down Palm Oil Exports As Global Food Prices Soar

Green Queen Team Apr 29, 2022

In a move to secure food for the domestic market, Indonesia is halting palm oil exports as the war in Ukraine drives global food prices up. Nearly half of packaged products contain palm oil. It's found in food from cookies to pizza…
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The EU Releases Roadmap for Largest-Ever Ban on 12,000 Household and Industrial Chemicals

Green Queen Team Apr 27, 2022

The European Commission is taking steps to ban thousands of chemicals as part of the Green Deal's Zero Pollution goal. Europe has been leading the charge in chemical regulations for decades. But its newest move would be the largest…
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Rich Countries Need to Decrease Meat Consumption 75% to Fight Climate Change, Says New Research

Green Queen Team Apr 26, 2022

New findings published in the Annual Review of Resource Economics suggest a 75 drop in meat consumption is necessary to meet climate targets. According to new research, if the planet is to continue feeding humans, rich countries must…
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It’s a Clean Fuel, But Hydrogen Can Intensify Methane’s Damaging Effects, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 25, 2022

Hydrogen has been touted as a sustainable alternative to carbon-based fossil fuels, but new research shows it may not be the solution it's been built up to be. On the heels of the IPCC's recent report urging for a drop in emissions…
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The History Of Earth Day: From Radical Roots To Elementary School Classrooms

Green Queen Team Apr 22, 2022 0

By: Molly Taft If you ask Adam Rome, Earth Day isn’t as punk as it used to be. “Earth Day is so tame nowadays,” says Rome, the author of The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Meat Maker Upside Foods Lands $400 Million Series C and $1 Billion Valuation

Green Queen Team Apr 22, 2022

California-based cultivated meat company Upside Foods has announced $400 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to more than $600 million and its valuation to more than $1 billion—an industry first. The leading…
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Agriculture and Climate Change Linked to 50% Decline in Key Insect Populations

Green Queen Team Apr 21, 2022

Human-caused climate change and agriculture are wiping out the planet's bug populations, specifically key pollinators. And scientists say there's reason to be concerned. Less than half a century ago, a ride through rural areas would see…
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US Congressman Jamie Raskin: Only Democracy Can Save Our Species

Green Queen Team Apr 21, 2022

By Ankito Rao. Progressive congressman from Maryland believes that no other crisis, even the existential threat of the changing climate, can be solved without first protecting the fabric of American democracy On the one hand there is…
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68% of U.S. CEOs Say Their Companies Are Guilty of Greenwashing, Google Survey Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 20, 2022

CEOs know what greenwashing is, and, according to a new survey, the majority of them say their own companies have been guilty of it. An anonymous Harris Poll for Google Cloud survey asked nearly 1,500 CEOs and C-suite leaders at…
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Antibiotic-Free Meat? Not So Fast. New Study Finds Widespread Labeling Inaccuracies.

Green Queen Team Apr 19, 2022

Public concern over antibiotic use in livestock production has led to a market boom for animals raised without antibiotics (RWA) such as certified organic. But there are loopholes there, too, and new findings published in the journal…
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Shopify, Stripe, Alphabet and Others Pledge Nearly $1 Billion on Carbon Removal

Green Queen Team Apr 18, 2022

Shopify, Alphabet, Meta Platforms Inc., and McKinsey & Co. have all pledged to join Stripe's Frontier fund, a public-benefit corporation, in a $925 million carbon offset buying effort and the largest combined financial commitment in…
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Cultivated Meat And Cow-Free Dairy Deliver On Protein But Don’t Ravage The Planet

Green Queen Team Apr 18, 2022

By: Evan Fraser, University of Guelph, Katherine Alexandra Newman, University of Victoria, Lenore Newman, University of The Fraser Valley, Michael von Massow, University of Guelph, Robert…
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Netflix Launches One World, Infinite Wonder Earth Month Collection

Green Queen Team Apr 17, 2022

Looking for some climate change-themed content to watch during Earth Month? Netflix has a whole collection to choose from. Dubbed One World, Infinite Wonder, Netflix's Earth Month collection features more than 170 films, specials,…
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Circular Economy

Sustainable Wardrobes Depend On A 75% Reduction In New Items

Green Queen Team Apr 15, 2022

By: Samantha Sharpe, Monique Retamal, Taylor Brydges, University of Technology Sydney. If things don’t change fast, the fashion industry could use a quarter of the world’s remaining global carbon budget to keep…
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A Plastic Garbage Patch Is Likely Forming in the Arctic, Researchers Say

Green Queen Team Apr 15, 2022

Plastic pollution has been found in the Arctic for the first time, and scientists warn it will have devastating impacts on the already fragile polar north. One of the regions of the world most impacted by human-caused climate change,…
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Pop Culture Role Models Could Be Surprising Allies In Fight Against Climate Crisis

Green Queen Team Apr 15, 2022

By: Denise Baden, University of Southampton It is often implied that all we need are technological solutions and more renewable energy to solve our environmental issues. But history teaches us that as technology progresses and we…
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