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New taxes on flights could provide poor countries money to fight climate change
New taxes on flights could provide poor countries money to fight climate change
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Taxes on international transport could provide new flows of finance to developing countries to help them reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of climate breakdown, a group of climate…
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Volunteers brave winter storm to save cold-stunned sea turtles
Volunteers brave winter storm to save cold-stunned sea turtles
While the brutal winter storms across the U.S. are difficult for humans, they also put wildlife at risk, particularly cold-blooded reptiles, like sea turtles. Fortunately, instead of staying home and trying to keep warm during massive power outages, volunteers in coastal Texas are braving stormy waters and cold weather by boat or on foot to haul in cold-stunned sea turtles.
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Solar Battery Charger Market Trends Technology Innovation, Analysis Application 2027
Solar Battery Charger Market Trends Technology Innovation, Analysis Application 2027
Solar Battery Charger Market to Witness Unprecedented Growth in Coming Years
Global Solar Battery Charger Market: Overview
The demand within the global solar battery charger market is propelled by strides being taken by renewable power generation. The use of a solar battery charger has emerged as a tenet to fulfil individual responsibilities toward the environment. Green energy sources are…
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There’s An App For That
There’s An App For That
President Joe Biden has penned an ambitious plan for climate action, but the devil is in the details. One of those details is the sea of red tape that lies between a rooftop and a set of spanking new solar panels, in the form of local zoning and permitting regulations. The wheels of bureaucracy can slow things down to a crawl, and that costs money and jobs. It also wastes precious time when…
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grids, blackouts, and green new deals
grids, blackouts, and green new deals
The failure of the electricity grid in Texas, USA, and the rolling blackouts in the Midwest, are one more consequence of climate breakdown.
The root problem is that the Arctic is growing warmer. As it does so, paradoxically, there is less of a barrier preventing very cold weather in the far north from moving south. This extremely cold weather then blankets cities and downs where people…
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Old military buildings converted into living spaces at The Hinge
Old military buildings converted into living spaces at The Hinge
In the spirit of making what’s old new again, Dutch architect Niels Olivier led a team to transform a disheveled military compound into modern, functional spaces. Located in Arnhem, The Netherlands, the project known as The Hinge, or De Scharnier, included a master plan drawn up by MVRDV and Buro Harro.
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Eso Studio creates modern wallpaper using all-natural dyes
Eso Studio creates modern wallpaper using all-natural dyes
Wallpaper has a history that spans thousands of years. For centuries, paper wall coverings have evolved in design, prints and technology. Taking the craft on a sustainable ride, a studio based in Grand Rapids, Michigan has created a collection of wallpaper using natural dyes and biophilic design principles.
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Highview Power Closes Growth Capital Funding Round with $70 Million
Highview Power Closes Growth Capital Funding Round with $70 Million
Highview Power announced that it has closed its Growth Capital round of funding with over $70 million, bringing the total amount of funding and grants the company has secured to date to over $145 million.
Highview Power, a long duration energy storage solutions developer, announced that it has closed its Growth Capital round of funding with over $70 million, bringing the total amount of funding…
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How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate change
How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate change
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The small Himalayan country of Bhutan, mainly known for measuring national happiness instead of GDP, is the only carbon-negative country on the planet. Believe it or not, it has only had one single death from COVID-19. Is that a coincidence?
Madeline Drexler’s new article in the Atlantic, “The Unlikeliest Pandemic Success…
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Republicans want to plant 1 trillion trees — and then log them
Republicans want to plant 1 trillion trees — and then log them
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About a year ago, Representative Bruce Westerman, a Republican from Arkansas who is also a certified forester and a longtime forest policy advocate, introduced the Trillion Trees Act. It was one of four bills in a climate package that Republicans hoped would rival a Democratic emissions-reduction proposal presented at the…
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National Black Farmers Association and EWG Applaud the Justice for Black Farmers Act
National Black Farmers Association and EWG Applaud the Justice for Black Farmers Act
WASHINGTON – The following is the statement of John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and Scott Faber, EWG’s senior vice president for government affairs, on the reintroduction of the Justice for Black Farmers Act, by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and…
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The fight for an equitable energy economy for the Navajo Nation
The fight for an equitable energy economy for the Navajo Nation
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On a chilly December morning in northern Arizona, near the town of Page, Nicole Horseherder stood beside a barbed-wire fence, waiting for the smokestacks of the Navajo Generating Station to fall. The…
