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Brazilian group presents novel method of analyzing microplastic pollution

Envirotec Magazine

The last decade has seen some progress with studying plastic pollution, but there are still significant challenges, such as a lack of comparability of reported results, especially when it comes to microplastic particles. Few studies of pollution by MPs have been published in Brazil, especially regarding inland aquatic areas.

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Millions of household products to become biodegradable within seven years: New roadmap

Envirotec Magazine

These two goals underpin an ambition for industry-wide transition for the $125 billion sector to become sustainable by 2040. Details of how the chemical industry can make these ingredients more sustainable are explored in the RSC’s new report, The PLFs Revolution: Our 2040 roadmap for sustainable polymers in liquid formulations.

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Hal Harvey’s Insights And Updates: Congressional Climate Plan Is A Bet Your Country Moment

Energy Innovation

Despite clean energy’s economic and job opportunities, and scientific warnings that net zero emissions are needed by 2050 to prevent the worst impacts of climate change , Trump’s federal government has worked to implement policies that increase pollution. Clean electricity by 2040. economy, while bringing U.S.

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How Riverford is balancing, risk, resilience, and regenerative farming in drought-hit Devon

Business Green

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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'Common language': New reporting guidelines launched for alternative protein industry

Business Green

Numerous studies have shown that alternative protein products can deliver huge environmental savings in terms of carbon emissions, water and energy use, and air pollution and soil impacts compared to conventional agricultural products. Newton Investment Management, PIMCO, Blue Horizon and the WWF-UK.

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'To be moved is very different from learning': Can art inspire creative thinking to help deliver net zero?

Business Green

The 18 works in the exhibition encompassed visual art, sculpture, film, and sound, taking visitors on a journey through forests, soils, seas, cities, and innovations. Ideal City 2040, SPACE10 with Modem, Barbican 2022 - Credit - Tim Whitby and Getty Images. It's beautifully done and really breath-taking," she tells BusinessGreen.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

Campaigns run by the AAA and Danish Crown are just two examples of the way in which the meat industry is increasingly turning to a playbook long used by other polluting sectors such as Big Oil and pesticide manufacturers , with the campaigns ultimately causing “confusion and delay,” NYU’s Jacquet argues. Meat Industry Playbook.