Category: Save Our Planet

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO WASTE: OUR UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PRACTICES ARE DESTROYING THE PLANET

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Sat 30 March 2024: ‘International Day of Zero Waste is celebrated every year on 30 March. On this occasion, emphasis is laid on increasing awareness and motivating action towards ‘zero-waste’. Humanity’s unsustainable production and consumption practices are driving the planet towards destruction. Households, small businesses and public service providers generate between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tons of municipal solid […]

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INDONESIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY HUNTS FOR ‘EXTINCT’ JAVAN TIGER

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Thu 28 March 2024: Indonesia is looking for proof that the supposedly extinct Javan tiger may not be completely extinct. An official from the country’s environment ministry revealed the search for evidence of the big cat’s survival on Tuesday. The search will involve the use of camera traps and comprehensive DNA sweeps. It is thought […]

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MELTING OF POLAR GLACIERS INDIRECTLY TRIGGERING FOREST FIRES

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Sun 24 March 2024: Climate change causes a significant rise in glacial melting, and this indirectly triggers wildfires, said a Turkish academic, Anadolu Agency reports. The increasing melting of the polar glaciers, which prevent the world from overheating by reflecting about 80 per cent of the sunrays, is increasing the number and frequency of extreme weather events […]

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E-WASTE IS PILING UP WORLDWIDE AS RECYCLING RATES REMAIN LOW, UN SAYS

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Fri 22 March 2024: UN agencies have warned in a new report that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including mobile phones, electronic toys, TVs, […]

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THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS WILDFIRE RAGES IN CHINA’S SICHUAN PROVINCE

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Tue 19 March 2024: More than 3,300 people have been evacuated as a wildfire spreads through a Tibetan-populated county in China’s Sichuan province, Chinese state media and three people with knowledge of the situation said Monday. The fire that started on Friday in the rural area of Yajiang County in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture […]

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HARSH MONGOLIAN WINTER LEAVES 4.7M ANIMALS DEAD; RED CROSS ISSUES APPEAL

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  The crisis disproportionately affects Mongolian families with smaller herds, the Red Cross said [Courtesy of Mongolian Red Cross Society] Tue 19 March 2024: Mongolian herders have endured months of extreme cold, known as the “dzud”, that have already claimed the lives of about 4.7 million livestock animals, according to Mongolia’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), […]

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ICELANDIC VOLCANO ERUPTED FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THREE MONTHS

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Sun 17 March 2024: Local media in the seaside town of Grindavik, Iceland, reported on Sunday that residents had witnessed their fourth volcanic explosion in the previous three months. The Grindavikurvegur, which connects the southwest town to the rest of the Reykjanes Peninsula, has seen lava flow over it, as reported by state radio RUV. […]

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GLOBAL GAS DEMAND IN 2050 IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 5,360 BILLION CUBIC METERS

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Fri 15 March 2024: The demand for natural gas is expected to rise by 34% globally in 2050 compared to 2022, to a volume of about 5,360 billion cubic meters. The 2050 Outlook report from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) estimates that natural gas consumption would be approximately 4,015 billion cubic meters worldwide in […]

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CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS EU WITH MASS DEATHS AND HUGE COSTS: REPORT

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Wed 13 March 2024:  Europe urgently needs stronger measures to respond to climate change risks, a new report has warned. The 32-paged assessment, published on Monday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), asserted that the bloc is not prepared to respond to the increasingly severe risks that climate change poses. The policy adviser’s first-ever report on the […]

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