Startup’s new coconut wood technology to save 200 million trees a year
As rainforests are destroyed across the world and deforestation rapidly contributes to global warming, a startup business has found an ingenious solution to part of a growing problem. The Asian pallet industry allows businesses to export a huge range of goods around the world. 1.7 billion pallets are manufactured annually for Asian exporters, resulting in …
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Thailand, one of the world’s worst ocean polluters, is ditching plastic
As the ocean becomes more cluttered with plastic, dead whales wash up with their stomachs crammed full of plastic bags and animals at the ocean’s deepest point are found to contain microplastics, countries around the world are gradually starting to wake up to its dangers. Thailand is one of the world’s worst polluters of the …
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Tongan Prime Minister breaks down in tears at climate summit over rising sea level fears
Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pōhiva broke down in tears at an international climate summit amid fears that rising sea levels could wipe out his country. Small pacific islands face a genuine risk of being swallowed by the ocean as world leaders fail to take necessary action over global warming. Leaders met at the Pacific Islands …
Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio form alliance to save the rainforest
Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio have formed an alliance between their environmental companies in an effort to raise funds to save the Amazon rainforest. Smith’s sustainable water company JUST Water and eco-friendly footwear company Allbirds, for which DiCaprio is an investor, have collaborated on two pairs of shoes named Tree Runners and Tree Toppers. The …
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Antibiotic resistance could wipe out humans before climate change, but veganism can prevent both
England’s chief medical officer has warned that antibiotic resistance has the potential to wipe out humans ‘before climate change does’, but veganism can go a long way towards preventing two of the biggest threats to humanity. Professor Dame Sally Davies has warned that resistance built up by bacteria due to overuse of antibiotics could kill …
77% of meat and dairy companies refuse to discuss greenhouse gas emissions
The meat and dairy industry is increasingly feeling the heat of climate change, but major companies are avoiding admitting to their role in the crisis. According to a study released by Fairr, a Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return network, the meat sector is responsible for about 13 per cent to 18 per cent of …
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EU told to ban Brazilian beef to save the rainforests
The European Union has been urged to ban beef imports from Brazil to build pressure for action over the Amazon fires. After witnessing unprecedented fires in the Amazon, Finland, which holds the European Union’s rotating chairmanship, released a statement urging the EU to act. “Finance Minister Mika Lintila condemns the destruction of the Amazon rainforests …
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World’s largest hotel chain Marriott bans single-use plastic toiletries
After phasing out plastic straws and stirrers last year, the world’s largest hotel chain will stop the use of single use plastic bottles to reduce its environmental impact. Marriott, which owns 7,000 properties worldwide including brands Sheraton, Westin and Ritz-Carlton, plans to replace all of its single-use plastic toiletry bottles with larger pump bottles by …
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Tesco to ditch products which use ‘excessive’ plastic
Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, has announced it will stop stocking products which use excessive plastic in a bit to cut down on its environmental impact. After eliminating 4,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle materials from its own-brand products, Tesco is now on to the second phase of its Remove, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle initiative. It …
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Outlook for Great Barrier Reef now ‘very poor’, but veganism can save it
Exposing the depressing reality of the damage inflicted by man upon the ocean, The Great Barrier Reef’s outlook has been officially downgraded from ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’ by Australian authorities. The reef has been a World Heritage site since 1981 due to the huge importance it plays to the ocean scientifically and environmentally. The reef …
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G7’s $20m Amazon aid refused by Brazil until France retracts insults
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s President, is miffed with Emmanuel Macron, France’s President, and refuses to accept the $20m (£16.3m) aid pledged by G7 countries for the wildfires in the Amazon till Macron takes back his words. The two statesmen are having quite a public showdown with Bolsonaro jeering Macron’s wife on Facebook and condemning the French …
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85% Britons fear climate change effects
Global warming is scaring the Brits and poll results from the Ipsos MORI, an exclusive poll for the Evening Standard, confirms it. This is the highest figure the poll has reached since the pollster first asked the question in 2005. Britons are literally feeling the heat with the country experiencing its hottest day of 38.7C …