Sun 05 December 2021: The Halawa shaft, which supplies 20% of Honolulu’s water, has been shut down following the discovery of the “source of contamination.” The portable water system of a Navy well near Pearl Harbor found what is believed to be petroleum chemicals. People in the region are experiencing nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: A new report showed that the United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world. The report that was submitted to the federal government Wednesday called for a national strategy to tackle the growing crisis. Overall, the U.S. contributed around 42 million metric tons (MMT) […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: National science agency says climate ‘overwhelming factor’ in driving fires, with fire seasons getting longer and affecting more areas. New research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has found climate change has driven a significant increase in forest fires in the country over the past 30 years. The study, published in Nature […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has stresses the need to make agri-food systems more resilient to shocks and stresses, such as the coronavirus pandemic, extreme weather conditions and armed conflicts. The Rome-based UN agency’s ‘State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report for 2021 says that three billion people, almost 40 […]
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Mon 22 November 2021: New details have emerged ahead of Turkey’s planned introduction of a landmark scheme to curb bottle waste. Starting on Jan. 1, 2022, the Deposit Return System will come into force across the country, allowing the public to return empty bottles in exchange for cash. The scheme has been trialed in the […]
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Fri 19 November 2021: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22 percent in one year to the highest level since 2006, according to the government’s annual report, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging. Brazil’s space research agency (INPE) said on Thursday that the country had recorded 13,235sq km (5,110 square miles) […]
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Wed 17 November 2021: According to sources quoted by Japanese news agency Kyodo on Tuesday, Honda has asked auto part suppliers to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Suppliers are required to reduce emissions by 4% annually from 2019 levels under the automaker’s long-term decarbonization plan, which is aimed at the whole supply chain. Each supplier […]
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Mon 15 November 2021: Hours after U.N.-led climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, ended in a compromise on how to battle global warming, Pope Francis urged political and economic leaders to show courage and long-term vision. “Cry of the poor, united to the cry of the Earth, resounded in the last days at the United Nations […]
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Sun 14 November 2021: The COP26 has come to an end, with all participating countries agreeing to a new climate accord. The pact, approved by nearly 200 nations on Saturday, won applause for keeping alive the hope of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), but disappointed many with a last-minute change […]
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Thu 11 November 2021: Greta Thunberg, a teen Swedish climate activist, has urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to designate the climate problem a level three global emergency, the highest level on the UN scale, to match the response to the COVID-19 epidemic. “We are filing a legal petition to the UN secretary-general urging him to declare […]
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