Vice/Motherboard: “Nitrogen is one of the most important elements for life on Earth: It’s the main component of the air we breathe, a key building block for proteins, and the magic ingredient in agricultural fertilizers that are essential to feeding the global human population. But in recent decades, experts across a range of different disciplines… Continue Reading
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The U.S. Power Sector and Climate Policy
An InfluenceMap Report April 2022: “This report analyzes the climate policy engagement of the 25 largest investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S., covering over 80% of the total market cap of publicly listed utilities. The results show a wide spectrum of engagement with climate policy, indicating a highly fractured sector in terms of climate policy… Continue Reading
Can switching banks cut your carbon footprint?
Quartz: “Most major US and European banks have set long-term goals to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their lending portfolios, yet remain tied to fossil fuel companies, which make up a big share of their business. As an average customer of one of these banks, a portion of your deposit is destined to make its… Continue Reading
Big electric trucks and SUVs are the new gas guzzlers
Quartz: “New lines of electric trucks and SUVs are hitting the roads. Automakers are marketing vehicles like Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ford’s F-150 Lightning, Rivian’s R1T pickup truck, and GMC’s Hummer EV to customers who prefer driving big vehicles, no matter their fuel efficiency. These new EVs promise drivers the same heavy-duty performance as a combustion engine… Continue Reading
Blockchain: Novel Provenance Applications
CRS Report – Blockchain: Novel Provenance Applications, April 8, 2022: “Blockchain, generally, is a database technology that records and stores information in blocks of data that are linked, or “chained,” together. Data stored on a blockchain are continually shared, replicated, and synchronized across the nodes in a network—individual computer systems or specialized hardware that communicate… Continue Reading
How to use the Civil Society Foresight report
“Who makes the future? The futures in this report offer glimpses of three alternative worlds in 2036: worlds where the most important things are belonging, care, and repair. They are neither utopian nor dystopian but somewhere in between; a little like real life, but fifteen years ahead. Each future, or imaginary, is an invitation to… Continue Reading
How to Tell If a Product is Actually Eco-Friendly and Sustainable
Clean Eating – Don’t let greenwashing fool you. “Look for these key certifications, labels and identifiers to make sure you’re choosing items that are truly green. Sustainable, environmentally-conscious products are easier to find than ever before. As shoppers demand greener alternatives and seek out brands that offer reusable, plant-based or simply eco-friendly options, increasingly more… Continue Reading
Takoma Park Native Tree Selection Guide
Takoma Park Native Tree Selection Guide – Friends of Native Trees in Takoma – “This guide has been prepared by the Friends of Native Trees in Takoma, a group of Takoma Park residents who advocate planting native trees and plants to protect biodiversity in Takoma Park and the surrounding areas.We have two goals in writing this… Continue Reading
Cowen’s ESG Best Ideas For 2022
“ESG and sustainability have indisputably moved to the forefront of institutional stock selection. In Cowen’s ESG Best Ideas For 2022 we share stock selections across multiple industries that reflect recommended fundamental picks with strong performance on key ESG metrics. Our report includes analyst commentary on company fundamentals and an outline of potential catalysts. In addition,… Continue Reading
Increase in atmospheric methane set another record during 2021
NASA: “For the second year in a row, NOAA scientists observed a record annual increase in atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful, heat-trapping greenhouse gas that’s the second biggest contributor to human-caused global warming after carbon dioxide. NOAA’s preliminary analysis showed the annual increase in atmospheric methane during 2021 was 17 parts per billion (ppb), the… Continue Reading
Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time
The Guardian: “Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed. The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to… Continue Reading
Climate Visuals
“Welcome to the new, expanded and improved Climate Visuals website and image library – a unique and trusted source of evidence and images for over 350 climate change and environmental groups, journalists, educators and businesses. Climate Visuals, a project of Climate Outreach, has generated significant impact in catalysing a new visual language for climate change.… Continue Reading
