Global summit for Climate change 2018
The global summit for climate change was held on Sept 13-14th in San Francisco, CA. Greeted by...
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Category: Sustainability
Opening remarks from the CivicLab’s second Civic Harambee
Here are the opening remarks from the CivicLab’s second Civic Harambee which was held on Saturday, August 25, 2018: Remarks by Tom Tresser at the CivicLab Civic Harambee, August 25, 2018 Good morning brothers and sisters!...
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UNESCO gives sustainable development a boost; designates 24 new biosphere reserves
Protecting mangroves, tropical rainforests and other biodiversity hotspots, the United Nations...
Read MorePlastic pollution: How one woman found a new source of warming gases hidden in waste
Young researcher Sarah-Jeanne Royer set out to measure methane gas coming from biological activity in sea water. Instead, in a “happy accident” she found that the plastic bottles holding the samples were a bigger...
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Moves to clean up chocolate industry are racing ahead
Cocoa-producing countries, policymakers and companies are coming together to halt child labour and deforestation
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The climate change feedback loops are starting to kick in and it isn’t even 2c yet.
In the recent months, we are seeing a fire season that is more out of control than Donald Trump....
Read MoreAfter Nearly a Decade, A Step Toward Bipartisan Engagement in Congress on Climate Change
Today Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo introduced the Market Choice Act (co-sponsored by Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), which would charge for carbon emissions from fuel combustion and large industrial sources....
Read MoreNorth metro Denver groundwater contaminated with PFCs is flowing into a drinking-water system that supplies 50,000 residents
Water and Sanitation District tests revealed elevated PFCs, will they have to rely on the charity of telsa instead of the EPA ?
Read MoreIreland becomes world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels
Bill passed by parliament means more than €300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold ‘as soon as practicable’
Read MoreInsurance giant stops covering firms that depend on coal
Fossil fuels are quickly becoming a liability.
Read MoreWhy Climate Change is a Security Matter
On a satellite map of Mali, the Inner Niger Delta looks like a giant green smudge on a beige, sandy background. It is remote, remarkable and a reminder of the complex interplay between some of the biggest issues facing Europe...
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Ozone hole re-opening: China insulating chemical said to be source of rise
Cut-price Chinese home insulation is being blamed for a massive rise in emissions of a gas, highly...
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