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10 Reasons Why Indian Cities Continue To Top the World’s ‘Most Polluted’ Lists
By: Sarath Guttikunda
Delhi has once again topped the chart of the world’s capital cities with the worst PM2.5 annual average levels in 2020. Another 34 Indian cities are in the top 50, according to the report by IQAir. That!-->!-->!-->…
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Solar Impulse Foundation: 1,000 Profitable Climate Innovations Ready To Deploy
Solar Impulse Foundation founder Bertrand Piccard has announced that he and his team have analyzed and readied a one-of-a-kind portfolio of cleantech solutions available to governments, businesses, and individuals to combat climate change.!-->…
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Exclusive: Melati Wijsen Of Bye Bye Plastic Bags & Youthtopia ‘Systemic Change Is Key, We Need To Hold Those In Power Accountable’
In 2013, when she was just twelve years old, Melati Wijsen and her sister Isabel started Bye Bye Plastic Bags, the Bali-based movement that became a global youth-driven sensation to eliminate the use of plastic bags in Bali and elsewhere.!-->…
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Now Is Our Last Best Chance To Confront The Climate Crisis
By: Jeff Goodell
With Joe Biden in office, a serious plan to combat climate change is finally in our sights — but the clock is ticking, and there is no more room for error.
The Earth’s climate has always been a work in progress. In!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Our Oceans Are Heating Up, And Worsening The Climate Crisis…Can We Fix It?
By: Harold R. Wanless
Humans have locked in at least 20 feet of sea level rise—can we still fix it?
The climate emergency is bigger than many experts, elected officials, and activists realize. Humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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A Tale Of Two Climate Migrants: What Global Warming Does To Weather Refugees
By: Jeremy Deaton
The United States has done more to fuel climate migration than any other country on Earth, but it does not always welcome climate migrants.
Climate change is fueling longer dry spells, bigger floods and more violent!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Treeapp: To Offset Your Carbon Footprint, This App Will Plant A Tree Every Day For Free
Greentech mobile application Treeapp aims to help people reduce their carbon footprint by planting a tree for free every day in less than a minute and connecting users to sustainable brands which then leads to the companies directly!-->…
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Regenerative Crackers? Simple Mills’ New Product Supports Sustainable Farming Practices
F&B company, Simple Mills which focuses on developing better-for-you cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes, has unveiled a new line of Organic Seed Flour Crackers that represent the firm's commitment to supporting regenerative farming!-->…
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U.S. Animal Agriculture Subsidies Soared In 2020 Despite Climate & Health Damage
Farm subsidies and bailouts for animal agriculture companies in the U.S. skyrocketed in 2020 to continue to prop up the carbon-intensive and health damaging industry, new data has revealed. Describing the coronavirus-stricken period as a!-->…
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Caffeinated Trees? Scientists Find Coffee Waste Can Speed Up Forest Recovery
Coffee pulp, the byproduct of coffee production that ends up as waste, could be upcycled and used to speed up tropical forest recovery. In a new study, scientists found “dramatic” results, with a small forest emerging in post agricultural!-->…
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Global Deforestation Soared 12% In 2020 Despite Pledges To Tackle Biodiversity Loss, New Data Shows
While 2020 was hailed as a landmark year to fight deforestation, with countries, organisations and corporations committing to do more to protect the world’s forests and biodiversity, the rate of primary forest loss was still 12% higher!-->…
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Every Single Country Is Failing On Climate Education & Child Well-Being, Study Shows
Not a single country in the world is equipping younger generations with the adequate climate education or a healthy environment to flourish in the future, a new analysis revealed. The research, undertaken by environmental curriculum!-->…
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‘I’m Hopeful’: Jerome Foster, The 18-Year-Old Helping To Craft U.S. Climate Policy
By: Oliver Milman
The New York teenager has been included among a group of advisers to the president – a remarkable journey from protesting in front of the White House.
If a week is a long time in politics, the past year has been an!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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‘The Waste-Free World: How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet’ – Exclusive Extract
In an introductory excerpt from the new book “THE WASTE-FREE WORLD: How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet,” author Ron Gonen details how the planet must transition away from the current linear model that!-->…
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Big Meat & Dairy Firms ‘Act Collectively’ To Lobby Against Climate Action, New Study Finds
Big meat and dairy companies have been actively spending millions of dollars to lobby against climate legislation, new research reveals. Examining the influence of meat and dairy firms on political responses to the climate crisis, the!-->…
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Covering Climate Now Statement On The Climate Emergency
Journalism should reflect what the science says: the climate emergency is here.
Signed By: Covering Climate Now, Green Queen Media, Scientific American, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The Guardian, Noticias Telemundo, Al!-->!-->!-->…
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Over Half Of World’s Largest Companies Won’t Make Net-Zero Goal By 2050, Report Finds
More than half of the world’s biggest companies are making their net-zero transition too slowly to meet the 2050 deadline, a new report finds. The analysis, which examines carbon neutral financing, points to inadequate investment into the!-->…
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Starbucks Coffee Korea To Slash 30% Carbon Footprint & Ditch Single-Use Cups By 2025
Starbucks has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint by 30% and eliminate all single-use cups by 2025 in its South Korea operations, as part of the firm’s global “resource positive” push. The coffee giant says that part of the strategy!-->…
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Environmental Graphic Artist Weiyuan Wei: ‘I Want My Work To Educate, Inspire & Excite’
Originally from China and now based in the United Kingdom, graphic designer and illustrator Weiyena Wei is passionate about using art and design to 'encourage new behaviours in a visually engaging way. Over the past few years she has!-->…
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Leading APAC Companies Struggled With 2020 Sustainability Performance Reporting Due To Pandemic, Says New Study
The findings of a recent study conducted by CSRone show that leading firms in several parts of the Asia-Pacific region regressed in terms of reporting their sustainability performances in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic.
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Takeout Documentary Exposes The Devastating Impact Of Our Food Choices On The Amazon Rainforest
Emmy-nominated filmmaker Michal Siewierski has unveiled a new documentary that highlights the disastrous impact our food choices are having on the Amazon rainforest. In addition to raising climate concerns, the film, called Takeout,!-->…
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