We talk a lot about the companies that are contributing to the climate crisis but who are they? The Guardian has published a list of the top 20 companies that have contributed the most to the climate crisis. All put together they account for 20 percent of total emissions. Yikes!
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Bees Need Heather – there’s a special medicine for them in the nectar
Bees are good for world. We need them so it’s best to protect the things that help them and it turns out that heather, a pretty purple flower, is stuffed full of a “medicine” that helps our winged friends fight off parasites. But heather is having a rough time of it due to disappearing habitat.
Read MoreChernobyl Control Room – you can now go inside the infamous site
So if you watched HBO’s Chernobyl, you might be interested in seeing the place where it all went wrong and good news for new tourists, you can now visit the control room. The area was previously considered too dangerous but now you can have a five minute look inside.
Read MoreWhat Does the Future Look Like? – short story about climate change shares some visions
With climate change a reality, what will the future look like on an urban level? This short story gives one hopeful vision of that future. Although the world wasn’t able to stop the changes our choices and practices have caused, there is some hope.
Read MoreMore Veggies For Less Meat – increase vegetables with meals
It turns out that lowering the amount of meat eaten isn’t about lowering the amount of meat offered. You can encourage a change by offering more plant based options. Which now that we’ve said that, seems pretty obvious?
Read MoreWater Scarcity Footprint – how much water goes into your food?
It takes a lot of water to produce many of the foods we enjoy in our everyday life and this is something that we really should be paying more attention to, especially as climate change will cause more droughts and greater water scarcity in the future to some areas.
Read MoreBio Plant – the plate made from banana leaves
There are going to come times in our lives that disposable dishes just make more sense. After all you’re not going to want to bring real plates to the park BBQ. Or hand one over as someone’s plate to take home. The Bio Plant can be the futures answer to single use plates.
Read MoreOcean Cleanup Garbage Collector Works – after many failed starts, the device finally cleans
Good news! A machine designed to pick up plastic in the ocean is now actually doing that job. The device from the Ocean Cleanup has launched a prototype that is successfully picking up ocean trash of a variety of sizes in the ocean.
Read MoreHole Still In the Ozone – small size likely a fluke
Recently it was pretty widely reported that the hole in the ozone was the smallest that it had been in three decades but as we said in our coverage of it, this doesn’t mean that it’s not still a problem and science agrees. The hole is smaller this year, but we still have to remain vigilant about it.
Read MoreEarth Now – keep on eye on the climate with this app
We talk about climate change a lot but it’s hard to see in our day to day lives. After all, we’re just out here, living. Although you may think it seems hotter than it was last year, it’s probably not something you dwell on. If you want to see how the planet is doing with your own eyes, download the Earth Now app.
Read MoreUK Animals are in Danger – one in seven species faced with extinction
Animals in the UK are in trouble. Current numbers show that one in seven species are in danger of extinction and 41% are in decline. This is not great. The changes we make to our world, particularly in agriculture and climate change, is causing harm to the creatures we share the planet with.
Read MoreAOC U2790PQU Review
My biggest issue with the AOC monitors is the name. This one’s called the AOC U2790PQU monitor. A very difficult name to remember and also difficult to market I think, but hey that’s my biggest issue on this monitor, so that means a lot I think.
Read MoreClimate Change is Hurting Us – health outcomes are already effected by the crisis
Climate change isn’t just about drought and rising sea levels. Food shortages and unbearable heat. The crisis has a real cost on our physical health and we’re already starting to see the effects of it. Many common conditions are being exasperated by the effects of climate change.
Read MoreHeavier Taxes for Emissions – economists agree that more needs to be done to corporations
Economists have a new view on climate change: We need to be charging bad actors more, now, to push them into making changes for our planet. New theories on the matter indicate that we should taxing companies who are causing emissions $100 or more per ton to push them to stop.
Read MoreBreeding Sheep for Less Emissions – new initiative is called Grass to Gas
Livestock has come under fire for emissions. Cows are the most famous but sheep are feeling the heat too. The gas they emit when they. . . emit gas contributes heavily to global emissions so scientists are beginning to breed sheep that emit less called the Grass to Gas initiative.
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