Mainly known as the pollution linked to cattle breeding (and thus to the meat we eat), methane represents the second source of global warming. Photo: AFP Taking action now to scale back our methane emissions could not only be a game-changer in the fight against global warming, but is also something completely within our reach, …
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Mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could leave adverse impacts on the environment, some fear. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, “We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in what can only be called a …
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In caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, ancient peoples marked the walls with red and mulberry hand stencils, and painted images of large native mammals or imaginary human-animal creatures. These are the oldest cave art sites yet known — or at least the oldest attributed to our species. One painting of a Sulawesi warty pig …
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Fast-expanding urban areas are home to more than half the population of the planet Hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves and pollution, according to a report Wednesday that said this could put 400 million people at risk across the world. Fast-expanding urban areas are home …
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First climate-neutral hotel / 30 percent of menu items to be vegetarian / commitment to responsibility Deutsche Hospitality is putting sustainability at the very heart of its global corporate approach. The group has completely redrawn its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy to emphasise that a strong commitment to the environment and to society will now …
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