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Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Her parents were farmworkers, and despite spending …
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up Read More
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Vietnam made a big splash at COP28 by announcing details of a $15.5 billion, G7-backed plan to shutter its coal industry — but British diplomats …
Diplomatic cables reveal UK fears over $15B Vietnam coal deal Read More
For the US, it isn’t a good look in the lead-up to this week’s United Nations conference on climate change (COP28). The country will pull record quantities of oil and gas out …
US oil and gas extraction is at a new high and will likely stay near record levels through 2050 Read More
Nov 22 (Reuters) – Ahead of international climate talks in Dubai this month, economists are updating estimates of the impact of global warming on the world economy, sometimes calculating down …
Economic models buckle under strain of climate reality Read More
Somalia has recently seen the worst flooding it’s had in a century. Dozens of people have been killed, and 1.6 million people have been affected. Moreover, the flooding has cut off communities …
Somalia’s devastating floods have now caused food prices to rocket – leaving countless people in peril Read More
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go …
Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5 billion in funding Read More
Voters in Maine overwhelmingly rejected scuttling the state’s for-profit utilities in favor of a public power company that would have been governed by a board of elected and appointed officials. The referendum was …
Maine voters reject effort to create the first statewide public power company Read More
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Global fossil fuel production in 2030 is set to be more than double the level deemed consistent with meeting climate goals set under the 2015 …
Global fossil fuel production plans far exceed climate targets, UN says Read More
(Thursday 26th October) Today, a group of over 20 NGOs coordinated by ShareAction through the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), has published a manifesto for the EU elections calling on …
NGOs launch 2024 EU elections manifesto calling for bold action on sustainable finance Read More
When calculating our environmental footprint, people usually consider their consumption of things like food, flights, and fuel for heating or run the car. But a major contributor to carbon emissions …
When Recycling Comes to the Construction Industry Read More