Climate Change

Sustainability targets for companies doing business across Europe will have to widen if the bloc adopts standards proposed by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group. "The EU sustainability reporting standards are set to be the…
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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 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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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 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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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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UMass Amherst will now include carbon footprint information on its menus. The move comes as part of wider commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2032. The Boston college will become the first in the U.S. to measure and highlight the…
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As we've covered before, Just Salad is not your typical fast casual food chain. From introducing a 'Zero Foodprint' menu to boost regenerative farming to launching the first plastic-free anti-food waste meal kit brand, the salad bowl…
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Scandinavian brand Ganni is proving that the circular fashion economy never goes out of style. Having already launched its Ganni Repeat initiative, it has now integrated a peer-to-peer resale platform designed to make secondhand shopping a…
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A new Earth Day study looked at the impact of food choices on the climate crisis and how far consumers are willing to adapt their buying habits and the overarching message is that the vast majority of consumers are still not that aware…
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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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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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A metropolis of skyscrapers, frenetic sidewalks and dazzling nightlife, Hong Kong's thriving economy has always fallen short on one thing - food security. The city is dangerously dependent on food import; a shocking 90 percent of the total…
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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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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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The Netherlands’ Upfield has disclosed its corporate methane footprint. It marks the first large food company in the world to do so. It claims to have released the data in a bid to push methane transparency into the food industry,…
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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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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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New Zealand Government officials allegedly took action to dilute Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report recommendations. Official records demonstrate that representatives made the case for replacing a recommendation of…
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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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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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