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No New Oil, Gas Or Coal Development If World Is To Reach Net-Zero By 2050, Says World Energy Body
In a landmark special report released this week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that there is a visible pathway for the global energy sector to reach net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is extremely narrow and will urgently need!-->…
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Marine Plastic Waste & How You Can Help: Ocean Legacy Foundation Unveils Online Educational Platform
Recently, the non-profit organization Ocean Legacy Foundation unveiled EPIC Academy, an online free educational platform that will provide individuals and communities with important knowledge on ocean plastic pollution, the various cleanup!-->…
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There Aren’t Enough Trees In The World To Offset Society’s Carbon Emissions, & There Never Will Be
By: Bonnie Waring
One morning in 2009, I sat on a creaky bus winding its way up a mountainside in central Costa Rica, light-headed from diesel fumes as I clutched my many suitcases. They contained thousands of test tubes and sample!-->!-->!-->…
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Scientists To EU: Grow More Legumes For Sustainable & Nutritious Food System
Producing more beans, peas and lentils offers a far more sustainable and nutritious approach to European agriculture, scientists say in a new study. According to the research, adding legumes to traditional crop rotations can significantly!-->…
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Engineers Develop ‘Whitest Paint Yet’ To Cool Buildings That Could Replace Air Conditioning
Engineers have developed a new paint formulation that could literally cool buildings down, reducing the need to use air conditioning and lowering our carbon footprint. Coating rooftops with the ultra-white paint could even be “more!-->…
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Regeneration Works: Forests The Size Of France Regrown Over Past Two Decades, New Study Finds
Almost 59 million hectares of forests, an area that is larger than France, has been regrown over the past twenty years, scientists find in a new analysis. This area of forest bears the potential to store as much as 5.9 gigatons of carbon!-->…
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Johnnie Walker Makes Forest Protection, Eco Packaging & Renewable Energy Commitments With New 2030 Plan
Popular Scotch whisky maker Johnnie Walker recently unveiled its 'Next Steps Initiative', a series of sustainability commitments that will see the company attempt to reduce its environmental footprint through various packaging!-->…
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Slashing Methane Emissions ‘Strongest Lever’ Against Climate Crisis, U.N. Experts Say
Reducing human-caused methane emissions by 45% by this decade could put the Paris agreement goal of keeping temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach, finds a new U.N. report. Representing the first comprehensive examination!-->…
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British Catering Giant Compass Group To Replace 40% Animal Proteins By 2030
Compass Group is planning to replace 40% of the animal-based foods throughout its supply chain with alternative proteins as part of its net-zero emissions campaign. The British multinational foodservice conglomerate also pledged to halve!-->…
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China Adopts Food Waste Law & Bans Binge Eating Videos To Foster ‘Resource-Conserving’ Society
China has enacted new legislation to combat food waste, banning online binge-eating videos and fines for diners who leave behind excessive uneaten food at restaurants. According to Chinese state media, the new policy is aimed at fostering!-->…
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Forbes Launches Sustainability Channel Amid Media’s Climate Crisis Wake-Up Call
Forbes has launched a new channel dedicated to covering sustainability, as the mainstream media landscape begins to sound the alarm on the climate crisis. The channel, Forbes Sustainability, comes in response to “rising global interest in!-->…
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Hawaii Becomes First U.S. State To Declare Climate Emergency
After its legislature's recent adoption of State Senate Concurrent Resolution 44, the state of Hawaii becomes the first U.S. state to declare a climate emergency, and the bill "acknowledges that an existential climate emergency threatens!-->…
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Germany Raises Bar With Net-Zero By 2045 Target After Court Ruling Underlines ‘Huge Burden On Young People’
Germany has proposed a more ambitious climate goal, cutting the original deadline five years short to reach net-zero emissions by 2045. It comes after the country’s top court decided the existing plan continues to place huge burdens on!-->…
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Solar & Wind Power Can Supply Global Energy Demand 100-Times Over, New Report Finds
Renewable energy sources have the potential to supply the entire world’s energy demand 100-times over, according to a new report. As the cost of wind and solar power continues to fall, Carbon Tracker analysts say that we are now “entering!-->…
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‘Chevron Is Not An Evil Company’: Warren Buffett Rejects Climate & Diversity Shareholder Resolution At Berkshire Annual Meeting
Warren Buffett helped to reject a shareholder resolution that would push his multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway to inform investors about climate risks. In addition to defending the dirty oil and gas industry, the billionaire!-->…
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Humanity Must Act Now To ‘Reinvent Relationship With Planet’, Urge Nobel Laureates
Humanity must act now on climate change and “reinvent our relationship with planet Earth”, say Nobel laureates and experts in a statement. The letter, co-signed by dozens of leading international scientists, summarises the conclusions made!-->…
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‘Worse Than We Realise’: Amazon Rainforest Now Heating Up The Climate Because Of Human Activities
The Amazon rainforest is now having a net warming effect on climate change, after years of humanity’s destruction of our planet’s crucial carbon absorption resource. In what is the first-ever study of all the human and natural causes!-->…
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Indigo: Joaquin Phoenix Film Rescues Animals From Slaughterhouses & Calls On Us To Rethink Our Food Choices
Puerto Rican-American actor, producer, animal rights activist, and environmentalist Joaquin Phoenix has released a short documentary titled 'Indigo', which showcases his experience rescuing animals from slaughterhouses along with the!-->…
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Q&A: Makers Behind Student-Led Climate Inequality Film ‘OUR 4°C-ABLE WORLD’ – ‘The Problem Lies In The Communication Of…
OUR 4°C-ABLE WORLD is a new student-led theatrical production that has premiered on YouTube on May 1, centred on the disproportionate impact of the climate emergency on marginalised communities. Following the fictional story of teenage!-->…
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Dangerous Air Pollutants Continue To Rise In Indian & U.K. Cities, New Study Finds
In a new study led by the University of Birmingham and UCL, along with an international team of contributors from Belgium, India, Jamaica, and the U.K., researchers found that the levels of hazardous!-->…
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Illegal Fishing Whistleblower Jóhannes Stefánsson Receives WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award For Exposing Bribery Scandal
Icelandic whistleblower Jóhannes Stefánsson, who risked his life while uncovering the deep corruption connected to fishing quotas in Namibia and bringing to light several business and political leaders who were found to have links to a!-->…
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