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A long and growing list of lawsuits have been filed against fossil fuel companies that seek to hold them accountable for the consequences of climate change. Puerto Rico became the latest plaintiff recently when it sued the oil and gas giants for $1 billion, claiming they have misled the public about climate change and delayed…
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Heat pumps cost about $17,000 each, but if every home in America had one emissions from residential buildings would fall by 36 to 64 percent, and the savings from lower bills and cleaner air would pay for them. The country is heading in that direction faster than you might think. Heat pumps are expensive. What…
Corn stalks can grow to become twice as tall as a person, which makes them vulnerable to wind and difficult for farmers to tend. But short corn stalks can stand up to windstorms, boost yields and benefit the environment. Recognizing this, leading seed companies have engineered seeds that result in short stalks, and they are…
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Upside Foods, which produces “delicious meat” grown in labs, was planning to sell its products in Miami starting in December, but then Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a ban on the meats, telling Upside to “take your fake lab-grown meat elsewhere.” Now it’s up to the courts to decide. Upside Foods files lawsuit against Florida…
Cement production injects a significant amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so a California company has invented a solution: cement-free concrete that exceeds trade standards for strength and durability, emits close to zero CO₂ during its manufacture, and over time can even absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere. It could be a game-changer for construction…
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Recycling plastic is not working. It helps a little, but not nearly enough. Plastic permeates the oceans, the clouds, our food, or water, our bodies – everything. So a strong new movement is developing that seeks either to ban plastic production outright or regulate it out of existence. The Movement to Ban Plastic Production https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2024/07/22/texas-plastic-production-pollution…
It was a long time coming, but thanks to years of construction and solid political leadership, California is suddenly producing more energy from clean sources than the state uses. By depending on solar panels, wind, geothermal sources and hydropower, the state is proving that it is possible to run a large modern economy on clean…
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Climate change is reducing areas where coffee can grow, and the change is happening so rapidly that experts say that by 2050 the price of coffee will be so high that only the very richest among us will be able to afford a cup. But not to worry. Startups are betting that substitutes made of…
Even though Virgin Atlantic garnered headlines last year by staging the first transatlantic flight using corn-based fuels that are far cleaner than traditional kerosene-based jet fuel, a new report warns that developing those fuels would cause more problems than they would solve. The effort to find a solution continues, but success may be years away. ‘Magical thinking’:…
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Singapore has approved 16 species of insects for human consumption. Among them are honeybees, mealworms, grasshoppers and crickets, and restaurants are devising recipes for their menus. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization promotes insects as alternative protein sources, and notes that farming them is much better for the environment than raising cattle. Locusts in your…