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EnvironmentHealthWorld News

Global Warming Now Responsible For 37% of Heat-Related Deaths, Imagine What’s To Come!

Andrea D. Steffen
A largest-of-its-kind study, using data from 732 locations across 43 countries worldwide, shows the actual contribution of human-made climate change in increasing heat-related mortality risks. This is the first time that research uncovers detailed information...
SustainabilityInnovation

Scientists Figured Out How To Revert CO2 Into Jet Fuel

Andrea D. Steffen
The aviation industry’s carbon footprint currently makes up 12% of all transportation-related CO2 emissions. Airplanes need to use a lot of fuel to fly, which is why they pump out a ton of climate-warming carbon...
World NewsSustainability

EU Bans Shipping Unrecyclable Plastic Waste To Developing Nations

Andrea D. Steffen
As of January 1, 2021, the European Union’s 27 member states can no longer ship non-recyclable plastic waste to developing nations. The new legislation is part of the European Green Deal and the bloc’s Circular...
SustainabilityWorld News

11 Hydrokinetic Projects Receive $35 Million From The US Department of Energy

Andrea D. Steffen
The US Department of Energy (DOE) dished out a new round of funding for hydrokinetic technology (underwater renewable energy systems) worth $35 million. It’s a technology you don’t hear much about because it’s challenging to...
SustainabilityWorld News

South Korea Plans To Downsize Nuclear & Coal While Quadrupling Renewables By 2034

Andrea D. Steffen
South Korean President Moon Jae-in previously committed to moving away from nuclear power and toward renewable energy. Now, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has released the final draft of the Ninth Basic Plan...
Sustainability

Amazon Funds A Record 26 Renewable Energy Projects In 8 Countries

Andrea D. Steffen
This month, retail and technology company Amazon announced the purchase of 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects, making it the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world. The projects, located in...
Transport

People Can Ride A Zero-Emissions Autonomous Ferry For Free In Norway!

Andrea D. Steffen
The low-rise Norwegian city of Trondheim is a quaint, colorful port with medieval origins. At first glance, the former Viking capital doesn’t look futuristic. But it’s the headquarters of a pioneering transport initiative: a self-driving...
SustainabilityHealth

Impossible Foods Plans To Replace The Use of Animals In Food By 2035

Andrea D. Steffen
At the annual Web Summit conference, the founder and CEO of Impossible Foods, geneticist Pat Brown, said he is confident their mission to “completely replace the use of animals as a food technology by 2035”...
SustainabilityWorld News

This Hybrid Renewable Energy Megapark In India Will Be The Size of Singapore

Andrea D. Steffen
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundations for the world’s largest renewable energy park in his home state, Gujarat. The massive 30 gigawatts (GW) wind and solar project will spread over 72,600 hectares...
EnvironmentSustainability

Carbon Inequality: Wealthiest 1% Emit More Carbon Than Half The World

Andrea D. Steffen
Between 1990 and 2015, humanity more than doubled the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; emissions increased by 60%. During the same period, much of the Earth’s carbon budget – the limit of total...