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How new technology is helping to identify human rights abuses in the seafood industry

25/02/202126/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

Every year, the U.S. imports billions of dollars worth of seafood from countries that may be using forced labor on distant water fishing vessels. A growing cadre of tech companies …

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Why France’s new ‘repairability index’ is a big deal

08/02/202112/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

Our electronic devices take a serious environmental toll, and one of the best ways to mitigate that is to use them for as long as possible before replacing them. But …

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Rainbow Trout Aquaculture in Nepal: Promise Amid Shocks

05/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was a singular natural disaster that has defined Nepal’s economic development in the latter half of the 2010s. Hit particularly hard by the earthquake was the …

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‘Economically feasible’: New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s

15/01/2021 - Leave a Comment

China must electrify as much of its economy as possible and generate almost all its electricity from zero carbon sources to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to joint …

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UK government won’t block first deep coal mine in three decades

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Despite pressure from green groups, the UK Government has said it will not intervene in a county council’s decision to approve a deep coal mine – the first facility of …

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Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle

03/12/202004/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

In recent weeks, dizzying statistics have circulated on social media about Amazon’s pandemic-era boom and the obscene wealth accrued by its CEO, and Earth’s richest man, Jeff Bezos. The company reported …

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Green Flamingo: Portugal hopes to export green hydrogen to EU

20/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

Thanks to Portugal’s high sun exposure, the nation has the potential to produce green hydrogen for Europe. The EU-backed Green Flamingo initiative may enable it to ship the green gas …

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Government funds five ‘state of the art’ circular economy R&D centres

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Innovation centres in London, Loughborough and Exeter secure £22.5m to develop waste-cutting techniques for textiles, metals, electronics, construction and chemicals. Several state-of-the-art circular economy research and innovation centres are to …

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Glaring skills gap risks undermining green recovery, businesses warn

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The UK desperately needs a new low carbon skills strategy that embeds sustainability across the national curriculum, teacher training and, apprenticeships, as the glaring deficit in green skills is threatening…

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We want green energy jobs, say North Sea oil and gas workers – what they need to make the leap

08/10/202009/10/2020 - Leave a Comment

For the first time in history, the price of US oil turned negative in April 2020. While the oil and gas sector has faced downturns before, the collapse of demand during lockdowns …

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