The amount of emissions dropped in Australia. Good news, right? Well, not really. It wasn’t because of emission reducing measures, showing that the country’s efforts were working, it was because of major droughts that kept people from farming. Which is . . . well not great.
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Getting copied on useless emails is annoying but most people still do it because it costs nothing in time. He’s a trick to help your coworkers stop sending you meeting minutes for meetings that you have nothing to do with: Tell them it’s bad for the environment.
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The worst thing about climate change is we don’t know exactly how it’s going to act. We have some idea but nature is a fickle thing. Some scientists believe that we’re already beginning to pass some tipping points but it’s important to remember that this is speculation and not an excuse not to take action.
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Philadelphia is opening a city wide composting facility to help tackle their garbage problem. The single facility will be compost waste from 30-35 recreation centers with plans to scale up to all of them. In addition to the main site, there will be eleven other sites round the city to serve the community directly.
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Plastic is in almost everything we use. Even in our paper cups and some bags. Sure they don’t FEEL like plastic or even look like it, but the plastic is there and when we go to throw them away, the paper part decomposes but the plastic sticks around for much longer. Enter Pinyapel, the company that makes actual, usable paper products.
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Cows get anxious and when they are anxious, the milk they make isn’t as good. To help cows stay chill, one Russian farm is testing out VR headsets to help to help settle them down and boost their moods. If nothing else, it’s certainly an innovative way to solve the issue.
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Plastic is getting everywhere. Even rocks! A new kind of stone has formed dubbed plastiglomerates and it is made from all the normal things such as minerals, sand, shells, etc all held together with a melted plastic.
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In case you didn’t realize, coal is bad for the environment. Burning it as a fuel source causes a ton of emissions. Mining it isn’t great either as it causes life long health problems for the people who do. There’s a glimmer of good news though, for the first time in decades, there’s been a drop in coal based electricity production. Yay!
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Fresh food is the best food but if you don’t happen to live in or very close to farms chances of you getting something fresh from the earth are slim and expensive. Enter Infarm, the modular, indoor farm for groceries and restaurants.
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It’s getting cold out there so you may be looking for a new winter coat. How about this totally vegan puffer jacket made from recycled materials given to us by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA. Rap music may not be what you think of when you think of saving the planet but here we are.
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Plants are really good at cleaning the air. Like, they love doing that which is great for us because we are not so great at it. NASA looked into the air cleaning quality of house plants and found the top eighteen for cleaning our air.
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Climate change is a danger not to just the future but also our past as well. The extreme weather and temperature changes can become a danger to various historic sites around the world. In some cases, completely destroy them.
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Everyone has heard that sea levels will rise and that there will be flooding, fires, and drought all due to climate change. But what does that actually mean? What does it look like for the people who will be affected? Climate researchers and planners are using virtual reality to show people what it will really be like to encourage more to act against it.
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Public Interest Registry, the group responsible for the .org domain registry has been bought by a private equity firm. This could be disastrous for nonprofits that rely on the low price (less than $10 a year) that PIR maintained as now new management is sure to raise it.
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Research confirms, making plans to deal with emissions is great and all but if we keep extracting fossil fuels, we’re not going to be able to meet emission goals. In order to reach the goals to keep the planet safe, one thing is clear, we’ve got to move away from fossil fuels but not everyone is on board.
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