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India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia

Eco-Business

As the biggest consumer of palm oil, India can take a lead in demanding ethical production that can stop deforestation in Southeast Asia and reduce air pollution.

Asia 19
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Can ethical businesses bring a breath of fresh air to Asia's polluted cities?

Eco-Business

Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year.

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Southeast Asia is the global laggard in renewables, but for how much longer?

The Angry Clean Energy Guy

continues to import diesel in polluting vessels rather than seek the energy independence, security, and cost savings that are possible with renewable energy. This is true without even taking into account the health, environmental and pollution advantages of renewable energy over coal, oil, and gas. Indonesia?—?a

Asia 40
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TEDTalk: The Wildly Complex Anatomy of a Sneaker

Sustainability Consulting

To meet growing demand, roughly 23 billion shoes are produced every year, mostly in factories across China and Southeast Asia. And processing those raw ingredients into synthetic textiles also uses a lot of energy, further compounding that pollution. Why are sneakers so bad for the environment?

Ethics 66
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Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

The Guardian: Energy

As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste often falls to informal traders who risk injury when dismantling broken panels Under the scorching sun, a sea of solar panels gleams in the semi-arid landscape.

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The Aftermath of Greenhouse Gases

Unsustainable

With all the changes that are happening rapidly to our environment and the very recent fires in Australia and floods in Asia, the so-called deception turned into reality. We may be able to improve our living conditions, but escaping from polluted air is virtually impossible. We, in turn, inhale these particles.

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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

Meanwhile, uncertainty and disruption wrought by the pandemic and Brexit have brought food and farming systems into sharper focus for consumers in 2020, and countless studies have highlighted an uptick in veganism , flexitarianism, and overall demand for sustainable and ethical food.