Tag Archives: Sustainability

[ad_1] Report Suggests Solutions for Making Coffee More Sustainable by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Kaitlin Cordes |February 14, 2020 Image credit: Pixabay Creative Commons CCO  Coffee is the world’s favorite drink, with more than 400 billion cups enjoyed per year. We do our part to add to that grand total! …

[ad_1] During BP’s net-zero announcement this week, new CEO Bernard Looney announced that BP will “stop corporate reputation advertising” and that the current Possibilities Everywhere ad campaign will end and not be replaced. In December, we made a legal complaint against the campaign, which we believed could mislead people into …

[ad_1] The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services writes that “Once in the water, plastic never fully biodegrades” and includes an estimated decomposition time for plastic bags at 10 to 20 years. However, depending on the bag’s composition, it could take upwards of 1,000 years . Jelly-fish look-alike: Sea turtles …

[ad_1] Get your daily dose of good news from Grist Subscribe to The Beacon This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last week, as January became February, I noticed that green shoots from the daffodils in my front yard …

[ad_1] In the News Friday, February 14, 2020 This week, EWG published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Environmental Health that details the history of the landmark Food Quality Protection Act and shows that the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to add the mandated children’s health safety factor to the …

[ad_1] As one of the most scenic states in the country, Maine is an inspiration for many architects and designers. One architect has managed to use his family’s love of the idyllic state to build a beautiful, solar-powered home on a remote island off its coastline. Architect Noel Fedosh of …

[ad_1] According to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) electrification of the transport, buildings and industrial sectors in Europe could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by 60 per cent between 2020 and 2050. A revolution in the use of energy by these three sectors is possible over the next 30 …

[ad_1] Wildlife conservationists and enthusiasts around the world have been celebrating an apparent silver lining in the latest coronavirus epidemic since the Xinhua News Agency in China reported earlier this month that researchers had found a 99% genetic match between a virus found in pangolins and the new human coronavirus. …

[ad_1] Mark Jaccard has been a professor for the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, Canada since 1986. Jaccard has been involved in the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the China Council for international cooperation on environment and from 1992 to 1997 he was the …

[ad_1] Fieldnotes is WWF-Canada’s newsletter about our science-based work finding solutions in the face of an unprecedented crisis in climate change and wildlife loss. If Fieldnotes was forwarded to you, please click here to subscribe to future issues. Polar bear with cubs in Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Manitoba. © Debra …