Environment
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Society USACorona: Cash to Save the Economy Could Also Help Fight Climate Change
With countries locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic, analysts and environmental groups highlight that stimulus packages can significantly help tackle two threats at once: the economy, as intended, and the climate.
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Animals DenmarkSlugs, Ants and Panda Dung Hold Clues to Greener Energy, Say Researchers
Researchers in Denmark are looking into how slugs, ants and pandas can help the world shift to climate-smart fuels, believing their unique abilities to break down dry plants hold key clues to boosting plant-based biofuel production.
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Environment ItalyFish Are Happy as Venice’s Dirty Canals Clear up (Because People Stay at Home)
While Italy faces a lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people are starting to notice an environmental silver lining to the social distancing: Venice’s heavily polluted canals are looking a whole lot cleaner and clearer.
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Environment United KingdomGlobal Power Production Had the Biggest Drop in CO2 Emissions Since Thirty Years
With an increasing number of countries opting to use more renewable energy resources and less coal, last year saw a two percent drop in carbon emissions in the global power sector – the lowest decline since 1990.