Our recent investigation of microplastic levels in Canadian municipal biosolids found that a single gram of biosolids contains hundreds of microplastic particles. This is a much greater concentration of microplastics than is typically found in air, water or soil
https://theconversation.com/how-microplastics-are-making-their-way-into-our-farmland-208346
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British Petroleum (BP), in exchange for a generous contribution to make agricultural production increasingly ecological in the Mexican state of Veracruz (40 dollars for each of the 133 farmers of the Coatlila community and for those of 58 other communities) obtained 1.5 million carbon credits on 200,000 hectares, which it can sell, at (worst-case scenario) four times what it pays to communities
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Billionaire and former Conservative donor Guy Hands has slammed Rishi Sunak for “rowing back” on the government’s commitment to fighting climate change
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First, the Canadian Income Tax Act should include tax credits and deductions to support ESG and purpose-driven corporations (for example, those developing climate change technologies)
Canada should also develop a special tax status targeted at organizations that meet ESG-related standards throughout their business practices
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Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U.S. each year because of high temperatures in an ever warming world
Many experts say a standard decades-old method known as counting excess deaths could better show how extreme heat harms people
https://apnews.com/article/counting-extreme-heat-deaths-7125ad9a5289625bd9ca312945996399
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https://www.buzz.ie/news/irish-news/leitrim-climate-camp-mining-conifers-30684013
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The reason for such ambitious targets for biomass crops, is that tackling climate change not only requires a reduction in current greenhouse gas emissions, but historic ones as well. To tackle the climate emergency, we will need multiple approaches and we welcome the strategy’s emphasis on the need for a mix of greenhouse gas removal technologies too
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Gas connections in New Zealand have remained at 14% despite an increase in the number of dwellings, making it crucial to phase out gas in homes due to climate change and health concerns
https://www.claytoncountyregister.com/news2/greens-to-push-for-more-clean-energy-upgrades/88799/
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The United States partnered with the Governments of Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan to form the Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership (PEP) initiative, which supports PNG's goal of connecting 70 percent of the population to electricity by 2030. This new funding will support USAID's contribution, the USAID-PEP activity, which aims to deliver 350,000 new household connections by 2025
https://www.miragenews.com/usaid-boosts-papua-new-guinea-clean-energy-with-1064632/
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A fast-moving wildfire that incinerated much of the compact coastal settlement last week has multiplied concerns that any homes rebuilt there will be targeted at affluent outsiders seeking a tropical haven. That would turbo-charge what is already one of Hawaii's gravest and biggest challenges: the exodus and displacement of Native Hawaiian and local-born residents who can no longer afford to live in their homeland
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The thing about the 2050 goal that I puzzle over is China's goal is 2060. Indonesia's goal is 2060,” he says. “Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa - its goal is 2060. India's goal is 2070. You're talking about over half the world's emissions that are not aimed at a 2050 goal
many of these countries need access to hydrocarbons to raise their standard of living before their emission trajectories change
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But they've become bitter enemies as climate change has seen the water bodies recede.
The immediate trigger was something that seemed banal: a cow owned by a Choa Arab herder had slipped into a pond dug by a Musgum fisherman and drowned.
The incident speaks to the stark reality of climate change in a region where temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average, and where 80 percent of farmland is now degraded
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230813-cameroon-s-climate-refugees-living-in-despair-lake-chad
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La tragédie a fait au moins 93 morts et le bilan pourrait grimper, a souligné le gouverneur de l'archipel
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2002933/hawai-maui-feu-incendie
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Solar paint, also known as photovoltaic paint, is a type of paint that can generate electricity when exposed to sunlight
While solar paint is still in the research and development phase, several prototypes have shown promising results
Another exciting innovation in the solar energy sector is solar glass, which incorporates transparent solar cells into glass panels
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Disasters do discriminate. Indigenous communities are forced to evacuate much more often than other communities. Smaller, remote communities are often at greater risk and more battered by a crisis
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/indigenous-communities-in-canada/
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Iranians held a demonstration in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Saturday to protest mismanagement that has led to the disappearance of Lake Urmia
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202308120197
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Entre juin et juillet, la Ville de Montréal a été forcée de rejeter plus d’un milliard de litres d’eaux usées dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent
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