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COVID-19 and a Path Toward a Greener Future

The Environmental Blog

While Nitrogen Dioxide is primarily produced by cars(EPA USA, 2016), other pollutants like Carbon Dioxide were on the fall too, with reduced global air travel reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions in the US by 17% ( Zogopoulos , 2021). Positive and Negative Impacts of the Pandemic on the Environment. Source:Rume, T.

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

This blog reveals why we are addicted, and provides a possible methadone that is needed to transform the transportation, buildings and industry sector. The world and its oil addiction An overview of global oil consumption The world runs on oil (1). Our usage has jumped 62 per cent over the course of a few decades — up from 61.6

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Sustainable funerals: Part 1 – with Ethical.net

Low Impact

After death, we don’t want our corporeal form to leave a damaging legacy – but, many current practices surrounding both burial and cremation mean people often do leave a negative legacy of environmental pollution behind them for future generations. Globally, cremation emits over 6.8 percent of world carbon dioxide emissions.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

In this blog I aim to figure out how much longer will we still have Arctic sea ice. Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) In the absence of thick multi-year ice, which can be up to five meters deep, any water that refreezes would take the form of much thinner, more navigable seasonable ice.