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Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC

Green Living Guy

9 August 2021 – Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday. Scientists […].

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Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Envirotec Magazine

While biodegradable plastics currently exist, they rely on commercial composting, which uses energy to heat the compost, as well as presenting other logistical challenges. In addition, some bioplastics produce methane gas when they decompose, a compound with a global warming potential 25 times that of CO2.

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‘Global warming is not a problem’ says Net Zero Watch Board Member Lord Lawson During COP26

DeSmogBlog

A board member of a new MP-backed ‘Net Zero Watch’ campaign group has said today that “global warming is not a problem”, defended burning fossil fuels, and said carbon dioxide’s “principal effect” is the growth of plants. Net Zero Watch and the Global Warming Policy Foundation did not respond to a request for comment. .

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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

GreenBiz

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities. The letter, sent to 47 company chairs and chief executives, calls on emissions-intensive firms to align all direct corporate lobbying activity and indirect lobbying activity managed by trade associations with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5

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On the agenda this Earth Day: A global treaty to end plastic pollution

Grist

members are supposed to be finalizing a global treaty to address plastic pollution. This opened the door to discussions around limiting plastic production, which most experts consider to be a nonnegotiable part of an effective mitigation strategy for plastic pollution. To limit global warming to 1.5

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Study analyzes microplastics’ effect on clouds

Envirotec Magazine

A new study sheds light on the quantity and type of microplastics present in clouds. Microplastics in the free troposphere are transported and contribute to global pollution,” said Okochi. As a result, the findings of this study can be used to account for the effects of AMPs in future global warming projections.”

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Effect of COVID-19 on Environment

The Environmental Blog

Due to the lockdown of many countries, the pollution level gets reduced due to the decreasing level of harmful gases like CO2, CFCs, Green House Gases and Particulate Matter etc. Mother earth before Corona virus was like too much polluted because of human activities. Mother earth after Corona virus is like free from pollution.

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