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Legal Plastic Content in Animal Feed Could Harm Human Health, Experts Warn
Small bits of plastic packaging from waste food make their way into animal feed as part of the UK’s permitted recycling process.Plastic traces in animal feed could pose a risk to human...
‘Finally Some Good News Out of Washington’: Nation’s Capital to Go 100% Renewable by 2032
Washington, DC made history Tuesday when its council voted unanimously to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2032, the Huffington Post reported.The commitment is part of the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018, which...
Beef-Eating ‘Must Fall Drastically’ as World Population Grows
People in rich nations will have to make big cuts to the amount of beef and lamb they eat if the world is to be able to feed 10 billion people, according...
Meat-Heavy Menu at COP24 Isn’t Helping Anything
New analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity, Farm Forward and Brighter Green Sunday finds that the meat-heavy menu at the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change conference COP24 could contribute more than 4,000 metric...
5 Things to Know Before Next Week’s Critical UN Climate Talks
Next week, heads of state and representatives from roughly 200 countries will descend in Katowice, Poland for the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention...
Tropics Could Face Six Climate Disasters at Once by 2100
In a year that saw record-breaking heat waves, record-breaking hurricanes and record-breaking wildfires, it's hard to imagine how the future could look any more like a disaster movie than the present. But that is exactly what...
Dead Fish to Power Cruise Ships
Norwegian company to fuel liners with biogas made from leftovers of fish processing.Waste fish parts will be used to power ships in a new initiative to use green energy for polluting cruise...
Spain Targets 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050
Spain has set out ambitious plans to switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2050.
Under the proposals, the government aims to install at least 3GW of wind and solar power capacity every year...
Forget Flying Reindeer – Lapland’s Airports Are Switching to Renewable Diesel
Finnish airport operator Finavia is now powering its vehicles with fuel made from waste.At airports across Finland’s northernmost region of Lapland, vehicles are switching to oil refining firm Neste’s ‘MY Renewable Diesel’.Finnish airport...
Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes Even More Destructive, Research Finds
Hurricane rainfall could increase by a third and wind speeds boosted by up to 25 knots if global warming continues.
Climate change worsened the most destructive hurricanes of recent years, including Katrina, Irma and...
UN-Backed Fund Pledges $1bn for 19 Climate Action Projects
It was set up to respond to climate change by investing in low-emission and climate-resilient developmentA UN-backed fund has pledged to invest more than $1 billion (£0.77bn) in climate mitigationprojects in developing countries.
The...
New York Awards $3m to Nextgen Clean Energy Leaders
The projects are expected to reduce emissions by more than 2,000 metric tons over the next five years. New York has awarded $3 million (£2.3m) for colleges and universities to invest in clean energyprojects to...
Taxing Carbon May Sound Like a Good Idea But Does It Work?
Exxon Mobil is backing a proposal to tax oil, gas and coal companies for the carbon they emit and redistribute the money raised that way to all Americans. It's also giving a...
6 Things You Can Do to Avoid Climate Catastrophe
We've already warmed the world about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times—with disastrous effects. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying, species are going extinct and extreme weather...
Historic Climate Ruling Upheld by Dutch Appeals Court
A Dutch appeals court upheld a historic climate liability ruling Tuesday, affirming that the Dutch government has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, The Associated...
Climate Change Economists Win Nobel Prize
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics to a duo for their work on how the world can achieve sustainable growth.
The prize was divided equally to...
