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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Noteworthy activism and environmental awareness during the early 2000s includes Google’s first Earth Day doodle in 2001, voter registration for Earth Day in 2004, the partnership of Earth Day with the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and the creation of the online action center earthday.org.

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COVID-19 and its effects on the environment

AGreenLiving

Airline ridership has slumped, and airports are as near-empty as they were in the 2001 aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. of global CO2 emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) — have dropped significantly. The decrease in congestion is critical, as idling vehicles emit more pollution.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Noteworthy activism and environmental awareness during the early 2000s includes Google’s first Earth Day doodle in 2001, voter registration for Earth Day in 2004, the partnership of Earth Day with the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and the creation of the online action center earthday.org.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. But its problems go well beyond the farm. percent of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

Photo Credit: REUTERS While some politicians and citizens continue to deny the existence of man-made global warming, the evidence supporting it continues to grow. Note: This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record.

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‘Gathering Storm’: How ‘Rogue’ Companies are Buying up North Sea Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

Steve Brown, Orcadian’s founder, regularly shared posts on social media from his recently-deleted Twitter account that cast doubt on climate policy and modelling, including content from the Global Warming Policy Foundation , the UK’s principal climate science denying group. Labour Violations, Pollution, and Alleged Abuses.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. ranked third globally in forest cover lost to fires. Wildfires now account for nearly half of the fine-particle pollution in the West. The runoff can pollute watersheds with ash and harm water-treatment facilities. The implications extend nationwide.