There’s a lot of discussion about the pollution that we can see, namely plastic in most cases. But lets not forget that it’s not just the bags that are a problem for the environment, we use a lot of chemicals and those chemicals are getting into the ecosystem too. A new study has found very high levels of toxic chemicals in bottle-nose dolphins.
A very real consequence of the climate crisis is going to be refugees. People are going to be displaced because their homes literally will not exist anymore. Hundreds of thousands of people’s homes will be sinking into the rising sea. And there’s not really a plan for that.
There’s a lot of plastic in the world and most of it ends up in landfills and the environment, not in a recycling center. This is a very bad thing. One solution is to just take some of that plastic and make roads out of it.
Gucci, high class brand known for their cutting edge styles and environmental outlook? Well, now they are. The company has announced that it is now a carbon neutral company and is no longer going to be part of the fashion fueled climate crisis problem.
The chemicals that keep food packaging from getting greasy and clothes from getting stained is potentially harmful to humans and animals so Denmark is moving to ban them completely. This move may not be successful but it is a powerful statement for the environment and health.
Social media uses a lot of power. Those servers full of baby pictures and memes aren’t running on sunshine and good will, they need energy. Facebook has signed up to by 200-megawatts worth of power from Aviator Wind.
Summertime is very, very hot in most of the world and expected to get even hotter. A new issue with that, there are more emissions from diesel cars when the temperature soars. Including the ones that have been certified to be cleaner than older models.
I think by now everyone is pretty clear that trees are kind of important in the fight against climate change. So why is deforestation STILL a huge problem? The quick answer is human greed. The bad news is that since 2014, deforestation has gone up instead of down.
