Pollution
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Environment
Environment United KingdomHistoric Leap for Coal Country Britain: Non-Fossil Power Now the New Normal
The traditional coal country Britain has earned its cleanest year on record for electrical energy: zero-carbon energy became the nation’s largest source of electricity in 2019, surpassing fossil fuel generation for the very first time!
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Environment
Environment KenyaKenyan Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Tiles
Two environmental scientists are stepping up to fight Kenya’s plastic pollution crisis: upon witnessing the mountains of waste in the central town of Gilgil, the scientists decided to turn trash into building blocks for the community.
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Environment
Environment SingaporeSingapore May Become the World’s First Country to Use Only Sustainable Palm Oil
An anti-haze charity in Singapore is working on having the whole nation of six million people use only sustainably-produced palm oil by 2023 – a first-of-its-kind effort aimed at reducing forest fires and air pollution in the region.
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Environment
Environment MexicoYour Next Handbag Might Be Made from Cactus Leather
Although Mexican entrepreneurs Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez are not the first to produce vegan leather, a key factor puts them at the top: their cactus leather is completely plastic-free, making the material both animal and environment-friendly.
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Environment
Environment LondonRace Against Pollution: Who Will Be First to Have No Private Cars, Amsterdam or Oslo?
A groundbreaking green change is expected to happen in the year that’s just around the corner, as two capital cities work towards being the very first to go car-free: Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Norway’s Oslo.
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Society
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Environment
Environment Switzerland187 Countries Agree to Stricter Rules on Plastic Waste Trade
The United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland has announced a new deal, signed by almost all the world’s countries, that restricts shipping lower-quality plastic waste to developing countries – to better protect humans and the environment.
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Environment
Environment The NetherlandsThe Ocean Cleanup is Now Cleaning Rivers to Fight Plastic Pollution at the Source
The Ocean Cleanup has developed a new strategy to stop plastic waste from entering our oceans and harming marine animals, by removing trash directly from the source: rivers, or as CEO Boyan Slat likes to call it, “The arteries that carry waste from land to the…
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Environment
Environment The PhilippinesSuper Typhoons Make Farmer in the Philippines Grow Bamboo for Toothbrushes
After growing up watching his father barely make a living through slash-and-burn agriculture in the Philippines province of Sultan Kudarat, Mark Sultan Gersava became a bamboo “chief executive farmer” to help other farmers earn more – while straying away from plastic pollution.
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Society
