Fri 22 December 2023: Wrapping paper, books, paintings, maps of the world. All of these items are made using paper. But for all their important use cases comes a footprint as well. A footprint that was a lot more sustainable when there were far fewer human beings on the earth. There are eight billion people […]
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Wed 20 December 2023: The Electric Vehicle Availability Standard (EVAS) has been officially adopted in Canada, requiring automakers to fulfill yearly zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales objectives. The targets will take effect for the 2026 model year and will mandate that 20% of new light-duty vehicles (passenger cars, light trucks, and SUVs) be ZEVs. This figure […]
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Tue 19 December 2023: Global coal use is expected to reach a record high in 2023 as demand in emerging and developing economies remains strong, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The demand for coal is seen rising 1.4 percent in 2023, surpassing 8.5 billion tonnes for the first time as usage in India […]
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Mon 18 December 2023: In northeastern Australia, severe flooding closed off villages and sent people to the rooftops in an attempt to escape the rising waters, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated. Military helicopters were sent to help communities cut off by the floodwaters, and more than 300 people were rescued in the state […]
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Sun 17 December 2023: The hole above the Earth’s ozone layer on the Antarctic “will have adverse impacts on the planet and human life,” an expert told Anadolu as the hole is among the largest recorded, about three times the size of Brazil. The ozone layer acts as a natural shield, efficiently filtering harmful solar […]
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Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of pollution in the megacity of Lahore, says the provincial government. Planes equipped with cloud-seeding equipment flew on Saturday over the eastern city, often ranked one of the worst places globally for air pollution. “It drizzled in at least […]
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Tue 12 December 2023: Natural disasters affected a total of 407.5 million people in Africa between 2000 and 2022 as climate-induced catastrophic events led to severe humanitarian crises across the continent, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has said. Amid the growing impact of climate-induced incidents across the African continent, such events have […]
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Mon 11 December 2023: A strange incident occurred on a beach in Hakodate, on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, triggering conspiracy theories tied to the country’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, which made headlines after treated water from it was dumped into the Pacific Ocean. On Thursday morning, December 7, thousands of tonnes of dead fish, […]
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Mon 04 December 2023: Air pollution is currently the most important environmental health risk factor in Europe, the European Union (EU) environment agency warned in a report published on Friday. “Air pollutant concentrations in 2021 remained well above the levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its air quality guidelines,” said the European […]
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Sun 03 December 2023: According to estimates, nearly 216 million people worldwide will be forced to migrate by 2050 due to drought-related factors such as water scarcity, rising sea levels, crop loss, and excessive population growth. Experts note that the regions most affected will be the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East, where meteorological […]
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