2019

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Supermarket and recycling trade group initiative aims to ‘foil’ landfilling of aluminium packaging

Envirotec Magazine

The supermarket chain said its research has revealed that more than one in five* (22%) UK adults do not recycle household aluminium and it is estimated that over 3,000 tonnes could end up in landfill this Xmas**. The world is experiencing a climate crisis and we need to work together to avoid it.

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How China is Cornering the Lithium-ion Cell Recycling Market

GreenTechMedia

” Even today, about 80 percent of lithium-ion batteries reaching end of life are from portable electronic devices, he said. 'Long The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. It’s just that China has pretty much cornered the market, experts say. based Circular Energy Storage.

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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 2. The Challenge of Climate Change.

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Inside the Koch Industrial Empire and Political Machine

GreenTechMedia

Koch Industries is one of the most influential energy and industrial firms in the world. Learn more about how Uplight is building an end-to-end product for utility customer engagement. And it suddenly got everyone talking about the Koch Brothers again. But very few people know about the company.

Politics 100
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books about a planet in peril

Fairsnape

However since its publication in 2016, the world of sustainability has moved on, we now have recognition of a climate and biodiversity emergency, we are asking how, not why, we have IPCC, UN and UKCC reports, we have extinction rebellion, we have school-strik activists and record breaking protests demanding climate change action.

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China to Eliminate Subsidies for Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars: Report

GreenTechMedia

China will reportedly eliminate hydrogen fuel-cell car subsidies at the end of 2020, raising questions about Beijing's goal to have a million of the vehicles on the road by 2030. China reportedly had less than 2,000 fuel-cell vehicles on the road at the end of 2018, mostly buses. million vehicles in circulation by the same date.

Hydrogen 100
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The Best Option for Airlines to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint

GreenTechMedia

The airline industry has committed to curbing emissions growth to zero by the end of 2020. That’s no small task. Emissions from the sector are rising rapidly. The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005.

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