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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

In an undated article by the Department of Health (New York State), it was stated that “Methane and Carbon Dioxide make up 90 to 98% of landfill gas. by paper on the rocks (undated) v Paper comes from Trees… by TheWorldCounts, 13 May 2014 vi Why Recycled Paper? And how can we rebalance our friendship with trees?)

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. It’s an easy way to capitalize on the ethical consumer. Greenwashing is more than a question of ethics.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. It’s an easy way to capitalize on the ethical consumer. Greenwashing is more than a question of ethics.

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

FTI’s presentation highlighted its work, through Energy In Depth, at “debunking” peer-reviewed studies that link fracking to water contamination, as well as providing “facts” to media about how methane emissions from oil and gas were in decline. A screenshot from FTI Consulting’s 2015 presentation.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. The chief impediment is that the gain is private, yet the cost is public.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. The chief impediment is that the gain is private, yet the cost is public.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Ardern is being watched closely : Her administration has been criticized for being lenient on reducing biogenic methane from agricultural production — notably dairy cattle and sheep — which accounts for almost half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 6.6 percent of its GDP.