How human hair can help tackle challenges associated with climate change
The industry consumes a massive amount of water. According to the World Research Institute, it takes 700 gallons to produce just one cotton shirt when compared to the human hair method, which uses no water
Portland’s climate tax could fund energy-efficiency upgrades for 3,100 homes
Portland’s climate action fund is preparing to invest $140 million toward 3,100 home retrofits over the next five years. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease energy usage, lower utility bills and increase housing resilience for qualified homeowners, renters and multifamily homes within Portland city limits
170 Bison Herd Could Offset CO2 Equal To 2 Million Cars, Study Finds
Researchers studying bison in Romania find that a herd of 170 bison could store an amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to taking nearly 2 million cars off the road for a year
Majority of Singaporeans aware of net zero concept, but less clear on national climate targets: study
Research finds that only 15 per cent of respondents know of the city-state’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Singaporeans also lack understanding of the types of action – for example, switching to a plant-based diet – that can bring about larger impact on cutting emissions
“Unprecedented” – CO2 Rising 10 Times Faster Than Any Time in Recorded History
Recent research indicates that the current rate of atmospheric CO2 increase is unprecedented, being ten times faster than any period in the last 50,000 years, highlighting significant implications for global climate dynamics and future CO2 absorption capabilities of the Southern Ocean
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Carbon removal won't save us. We need to eliminate fossil fuels
To the editor: Your article on new scientific interventions to address global climate issues opens with the questionable claim that direct air capture to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide represents perhaps one of “the world’s best hopes for combating climate change.”
Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase "climate" eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warming
Buckle Up For More Dust Storms Thanks To Land Degradation, Climate Change
The extraordinary dust and thunderstorms have come just when concerns have been mounting about the rapid rate of desertification in several Indian states
Disease and climate change slash Brazil's orange output
Brazilian orange farmers are braced for their smallest crop in 36 years in 2024/25, as they grapple with the impact of climate change and citrus greening
According to The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), approximately 16% of vertebrate pollinators, such as birds and bats, and 40% of invertebrate pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, are at risk of extinction
Though they agreed to reduce microplastics in drinking water at the source they handed out water in plastic bottles.🤦
"Canadian and U.S. mayors promise 'blue-green corridor' along Great Lakes and St. Lawrence"
"The declaration constitutes a commitment to "attract blue and green industries" to the basin's communities, such as high-tech companies that have strict standards for water consumption."
L'Île-de-Lamèque dépourvue de moyens pour lutter contre l'érosion
À Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, dans la commune de Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, les résidents assistent impuissant à la dispartution progressive de plusieurs terrains, victimes de l'érosion
Remember all the times Elon Musk said Tesla is so amazing for the environment? The company is being sued for violating the Clean Air Act hundreds of times in recent years by emitting harmful pollutants from its Fremont factory into nearby neighborhoods.
@parismarx Don't forget the #pollution, I & #Spacex are creating by sending those rockets to pollute the stratosphere too & depositing all those junk satellites there just like I talk a lot about #FreeSpeech while @x keep censoring people all the time