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9m deaths a year from pollution, the ‘largest existential threat’ to humans

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Glenn Scherer | 0 Comments
Pollution is currently responsible for at least 9 million premature deaths a year worldwide, accounting for one in six deaths, according to a new report. Published in Lancet Planetary Health, the report is an update to a 2017 finding that…
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In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest

In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest

Posted on May 19, 2022 by nandithachandraprakash | 0 Comments
KAMALCHHORI, Bangladesh — Anupam Chakma, 60, has lived in the hilly village of Kamalchhori in Bangladesh all his life. When his grandfather and his contemporaries arrived in the region many decades ago, they found water holes that didn’t run dry,…
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Slick operator: Indonesian cooking oil probe may spread to biodiesel industry

Slick operator: Indonesian cooking oil probe may spread to biodiesel industry

Posted on May 19, 2022 by hayat | 0 Comments
JAKARTA — Prosecutors in Indonesia have arrested a prominent economist in an ongoing investigation into why the world’s top producer of palm oil is suffering a domestic shortage of cooking oil. This latest development also puts another offshoot of the…
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Podcast: Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for climate, biodiversity and hunger

Podcast: Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for climate, biodiversity and hunger

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Mike Gaworecki | 0 Comments
Today we’re talking about agroecology, which applies ecological principles to agricultural systems and is considered an important strategy for both mitigating and adapting to global climate change as well as a solution to a number of the other ecological crises…
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EU Parliament’s Environment Committee urges scale back of biomass burning

EU Parliament’s Environment Committee urges scale back of biomass burning

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Glenn Scherer | 0 Comments
In a surprising and unprecedented vote this week, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee recommended the scaling back of the EU’s existing subsidies incentivizing the burning of wood pellets, replacing coal for heat and energy. The committee also urged the European…
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EU reveals its plans to stop using Russian gas

EU reveals its plans to stop using Russian gas

Posted on May 18, 2022 by By Jonah Fisher | 0 Comments
From BBC SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images The European Commission has given more details on how it plans to end Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Russia supplies 40% of the EU’s natural gas and 27% of…
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Foresters hope 'assisted migration' will preserve landscapes as the climate changes

Foresters hope 'assisted migration' will preserve landscapes as the climate changes

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Emma Jacobs | 0 Comments
From NPR Foresters responding to climate change are experimenting with planting trees in Vermont that typically are found further south. They hope the trees will survive hotter and drier conditions to come. (Image credit: Emma Jacobs for NPR) Read the…
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Drought and soaring food prices from Ukraine war leave millions in Africa starving

Drought and soaring food prices from Ukraine war leave millions in Africa starving

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Eyder Peralta | 0 Comments
From NPR A report finds 23 million people are experiencing extreme hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, which face their worst drought in 40 years. Food prices hit record highs after Russia attacked Ukraine. (Image credit: Brian Inganga/AP) Read the…
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Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told

Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told

Posted on May 18, 2022 by By Kate McGough | 0 Comments
From BBC SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images Girls do not take physics at A-level because they think the subject is only for white boys, MPs have been told. No mention of female scientists in the national curriculum…
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Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture

Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture

Posted on May 18, 2022 by latoyaabulu | 0 Comments
AGUA BONITA CAMP, Colombia – Walking all day through the jungle to visit the encampments of friends and relatives is what Tumni Abtukaru misses the most about life before his community, the Indigenous Nukak, were evicted from their ancestral homeland.…
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