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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

After generations of wildly elevated rates of childhood asthma and cancer in the community that many believe were a result of the toxic pollution overhead, a group of Diamond residents living within a few blocks campaigned for Shell to buy their contaminated properties. James, according to a report by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade.

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

Continuing to subsidize polluting fossil fuels defies logic,” said Shannon Laun, a staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation, in a statement. “If Between 2014 and 2018, transportation emissions rose by 3%, the report said. Activists met the news with incredulity. metric tons. rise in emissions from natural gas.

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Laying Down Our Markers

Elemental Excelerator

While a North Star defines the way toward your destination, you need an array of instruments and maps to ever arrive there. Hawaii is acutely aware of pollution in our oceans and waterways, killing wildlife, decimating coral reefs, and entering the human food chain. Not gradually and one at a time — urgently and all at once.

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Petite Lucette: Supporting Sustainable Fashion Through Circular Approach, Local Partnerships and Organic Certified Fabrics

Green Business Bureau

Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. In their quest to develop a fully organic line, it was initially difficult to find organic fabrics that were both affordable and available in an array of unique colors and textures. Organic Is The New Black.

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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Promoting ‘Lower Carbon,’ ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

Both EQT and Chesapeake will seek certification from outside providers, including a business called Project Canary, which touts its ability to collect data on methane emissions and pollutants from oil and gas wells and offers a certification it calls TrustWell. ESG’s influence isn’t just limited to investors or Wall Street.

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Cancer Alley Activist Sharon Lavigne Among Goldman Environmental Prize Winners for 2021

DeSmogBlog

This year’s Goldman honorees have claimed a wide array of environmental victories worldwide. Humanitarian Enterprise of Loving People) and started learning more about the pollution problems in St. They used data from 2014. James Parish Council meeting. Credit: © Julie Dermansky. James Parish. ” RISE St.