The American warns the world not to use war as an excuse to return to fossil fuels. 06 June 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News 06 June 2022 | Matt McGrath |...
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7 Minutes
Tropical forests can recover surprisingly quickly when allowed to regrow naturally
Studies indicate regrowth can be achieved in 10 to 20 years. Unfortunately, leaders at the recent COP26 leaders have only pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Photo: A 32-year-old forest on former pastureland in northeastern...
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4 Minutes
Electric cars won’t save us. Or the planet
Suzuki: Resolving the climate crisis isn’t just about shifting from one technology to another Photo: Scharfsinn86 / iStock / Getty Images Plus (cropped) 17 November 2021 | DAVID SUZUKI | Now Toronto Resolving the...
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In 2017, the US military purchased 269,230 barrels of oil a day
None of these totals, in the US or most other countries, are included in COP, past or future. But maybe they will all go solar real soon. 12 November 2021 | JANGIRA LEWIS |...
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The consumerism that destroys life is also the cause of the environmental emergency
Decades ago, corporations and governments invented the traits we now call ‘human nature.’ COP26 has shown ‘consumers’ that buying something ‘different’ is not working. 13 November 2021 | Graham Peebles | Euroasia Review The...
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A car is a car is a car. It is time to move on
How long will we continue trying to ‘buy’ our way out of the global mess? It is lazy and foolish. We need to rethink everything. Photo: In Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, centre, is putting...
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Want to Go Green? Stop Flying Your F-35 on Family Vacations
Did you know that we can personally save the world if we stop eating meat and cutting down trees? Did you know that the fighter jet you fly on your daily commute can burn...
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9 Minutes
Big Media: the move to ‘nudge’ viewers to ‘decarbonise’ our lifestyle
If you thought media had stopped reporting ‘news’ and will now instead ‘nudge’ viewers to change their lifestyles, you were not wrong. Photo: screenshot: The Power of TV: Nudging Viewers to Decarbonise their Lifestyles...
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How Clean is Green? Not Very
A single Tesla Model S contains as much lithium as around 10,000 mobile phones. An electric car requires six times as many critical raw materials as a combustion engine. And further to this… our...
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Dear COP26: On the road with methane hunters in Texas
Most of the politicians have returned home, many on their private jets, but today we join Mark Stone from Sky News who goes to Texas to talk to people who are monitoring the impact...
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Exxon might contribute to its $100 billion Houston carbon capture plan
Welcome to The Green Economy. Exxon is pushing for a carbon capture scheme without even a rough estimate as to how much they might be ‘willing’ to contribute. Photo: An oil refinery outside of...
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Dear COP26: The children of Madagascar are on the brink of famine caused by climate change
Politicians love invoking ‘plausible denial.’ They are too busy, wheeling and dealing and kissing babies to know what is happening ‘in the world.’ Share this item with your ‘leaders’ before they head home on...
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