Local initiatives can help tackle plastic pollution at its sources
The Pune Pickers in India are a perfect example of amplifying a community’s existing sustainability efforts.
The calendar is studded with environmental awareness days that...
Children in the driving seat of EV future, ABB E-Mobility global...
Children are playing a key role in accelerating the switch to electric cars, an ABB E-Mobility study for World EV Day has found
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Restore linked habitat to protect tropical amphibians from disease: Study
Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role...
How Canada’s growing presence in Latin America is hurting the environment
Canada is up for a periodic U.N. review of its environmental and human rights record in Latin America, and activist groups want to make...
Indonesia pursues agreements to protect its fishers on foreign vessels
The Indonesian government says it hopes to sign agreements with other governments to improve protection of its citizens working in those countries’ fishing industries.Indonesia...
A Nobel-winning discovery can make solar power a lot greener
A Nobel Prize-winning invention in chemistry that can minimize the environmental impacts of solar panels.
The solar industry experienced its most profitable year in 2020....
PMI Launches “Our World Is Not an Ashtray” Initiative and Aims...
LAUSANNE,Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) today launched “Our World Is Not an Ashtray,” a new global initiative to raise awareness and...
Fruit farmer lights up Ceres Valley
Cape Town, 13 January 2021: It is no secret that South Africa’s farmers face many challenges on a daily basis. In the Ceres valley,...
Turning hard-to-recycle polyethylene into drug treatments
USC scientists say their new method breaks down polyethylene plastic into agents used to develop antibiotics, cholesterol drugs and more.
Lab-engineered strains of the fungus...
Indonesian coal giant Adaro’s ‘sustainable’ smelter slammed as ‘greenwashing’
Indonesia’s largest coal miner, Adaro, has been criticized for plans to build coal-fired power plants for a new aluminum smelter, contradicting the company’s claim...
Natural Gas Can Play an Important Role in the Energy Transition...
The switch from coal to natural gas for baseload power generation could result in the needed quick emissions reductions, Crescent Petroleum CEO Majid Jafar...
they must be protected (commentary)
Access to ancient cedar trees for cultural purposes is key to Southeast Alaska Native peoples, both for their heritage and community resilience.Carving and weaving...
