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Eco-Business and Community Ethics

The Environmental Blog

The electricity produced by renewable resources is cleaner than the electricity produced by coal-fired power generation because it does not emit carbon into the atmosphere that causes global warming and pollution to Earth. But in that case, good governance and ethical considerations must still be the main focus.

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How to Practice Ethical and Sustainable Fashion

Green Living Guy

As the global warming conversation continues to reverberate throughout society, one of the industries so many people point the finger at is the fashion industry. The post How to Practice Ethical and Sustainable Fashion appeared first on Green Living Guy. Landfills are overflowing with items like apparel.

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Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters

DeSmogBlog

The findings offer new insight into corporate actors’ responsibility for the climate impact of worsening wildfires and strengthen the rapidly growing scientific field known as attribution science , which quantifies the influence of climate change on extreme weather events and connects pollution sources to observed climate impacts.

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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. I love how he calls greenhouse gas emissions from cars “pollution.” Document 1: 1959.

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Webinar - The Post-Covid Sustainability Agenda: Revolution, Retreat or Return to Normal?

Green Market Oracle

Levels of toxic air pollutants have fallen, Venice’s canals are clearer—and mountain goats have even been seen on the streets of north Wales. By showing how the environment improves when business as usual is suspended, the coronavirus pandemic has sharpened awareness of potential for catastrophe if global warming persists at current levels.

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Report: Pensions enable more CO2 emissions than whole of UK

Business Green

The ethical pensions campaign - founded by filmmaker and activist Richard Curtis - said the study, conducted by sustainability research house Route2, showed the nation's retirement savings are driving the climate crisis even more than anticipated and highlight the critical role of pensions in meeting the UK's net zero targets.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

square feet of land and the assuaging of animal species distinction, water pollution and habitat destruction. Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 My biggest concern is running out of time.

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