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 | Benito Cao Pope Francis' recent encyclical on the environment has attracted plenty of attention since it was published last week, and indeed it caused a significant stir even before it was released to the public... read more>> |
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 | James Dyke We are currently witnessing the start of a mass extinction event the likes of which have not been seen on Earth for at least 65 million years. This is the alarming finding of a new study published in the journal Science Advances... read more>> |
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 | Arjun Amar Many people see wind energy as one of the key solutions to meeting Africa's growing energy demand and mitigating climate change. But wind farms can pose real threats to bird species, and they have the potential to jeopardise threatened bird populations... read more>> |
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 | James Suckling We've all seen reports on TV: queues round the block, makeshift camps, furtive checking of watches, and the rapturous applause on the opening of the doors. Such is the clamour for new "must-have" technology... read more>> |
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 | Jonathan Scheffe Solar energy is the world's most plentiful and ubiquitous energy source, and researchers around the world are pursuing ways to convert sunlight into a useful form... read more>> |
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 | Danette Breitenbach In the world today, 1.2 billion people live in poverty, with 70% directly dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods... read more>> |
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 | Clinton Smith According to the Safer Choice Standard, for a green cleaning product to genuinely be eco-friendly, it must meet certain minimum standards... read more>> |
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 | Google on Wednesday, 24 June, announced it will convert a former coal-burning power plant in Alabama into a data centre using renewable energy... read more>> |
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 | A Dutch court on Wednesday, 24 June, ordered the state to slash greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by at least 25% by 2020, in a case that could serve as a blueprint for activists around the world... read more>> |
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 | Taha Selim Ustun Rwanda is located in the poorest region in the world, sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this, it is making advances with off-grid renewable energy solutions for rural areas that could be a model for similar economies... read more>> |
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Martin Yan "People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live." |
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