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Gallup: One in three people globally are unhappy with environmental protection efforts

Business Green

Poll findings released by Gallup on Earth Day show that countries' environmental records have little bearing on citizens' satisfaction rates. Of the eight countries least satisfied with national efforts to protect the environment, six were in Europe - Ukraine, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece.

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Green Party: Green New Deal can deliver coronavirus recovery

Business Green

In a statement timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Greens called on the government to resist falling back on a 'business-as-usual' economic model and instead embrace a recovery strategy that simultaneously boosts the economy while tackling the climate crisis and reducing inequality.

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British Airways owner sets goal to run 10 per cent of flights on sustainable biofuels by 2030

Business Green

International Airlines Group (IAG) has become the first major aviation firm in Europe to commit to powering 10 per cent of its flights with bio-based jet fuels by the end of the decade, in a move that will see the British Airways owner purchase one million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year.

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Sport Industry Sustainability: 5 Simple Steps to Kick-Start Your Sustainability Program

Green Business Bureau

With this in mind, in Europe, the Green Sports Alliance have brought large football organizations together to push for environmentally friendly ways to enjoy these games. You could also get your team involved with Earth Day, where they can help plant trees or support other conservation or carbon offset practices.

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Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'

Business Green

The Prime Minister is scheduled to address the opening session of the Climate Leaders Summit, which is being hosted by the Biden administration to coincide with Earth Day and step up pressure on governments around the world to strengthen their national climate action plans ahead of the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this autumn.

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Good health depends on a stable climate. This fellowship teaches health professionals how to advocate for both.

Grist

Later, as a doctor, he also helped organize a coordinated response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe. This was timed around Earth Day of 2022, and I think within a week we had almost 300 names — doctors, nurse practitioners, medical students, all different health care professionals.

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Is sustainability undergoing a pandemic pause?

GreenBiz

Okay, you say, April coincides with Earth Day, when companies traditionally strut their sustainability stuff. And in Europe, "green recovery" is already a mainstream meme. When the U.S. services sector posted its biggest contraction in more than a decade and the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history.