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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

On the other hand Pakistan has a long history of floods and floods of 1928, 1929, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2010, and recent 2020 share the saddest events with tremendous damages in the country. Glaciers are receding and wasting at a global level, which shows the sign of Global warming.

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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

To combat this issue, international agreements, such as the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, finalized in 2001, have been established to control and phase out the production and use of these hazardous chemicals. These chemicals have had unforeseen adverse effects, largely because of their non-biodegradability.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created.

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Review of ‘A Small Farm Future’ by Chris Smaje

Low Impact

Modern, large-scale agriculture destroys soil and wildlife, and uses vast amounts of fossil fuel energy. Industrial monocultures are destroying ecosystems, poisoning watercourses and removing soil, and don’t produce as much per hectare as small farms anyway. It’s not something that can continue if we want to survive, let alone thrive.

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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

AGreenLiving

Robots rejuvenating reefs As we learned in the classic yet highly disturbing film 2001, not all robots are trustworthy. This cactus plastic begins breaking down in a month when placed in soil and only a few days in water. Way to cut down on plastic packaging! This is amazing, considering less than two percent was recycled in 1995.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.