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What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'

GreenBiz

A global coalition fronted by former Vice President Al Gore promises granular insights and data into those sources — down to individual power plants, ships or factories. What’s more, Gore observes that we’re still emitting 152 million tons of heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours. Where did they originate?

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How oysters and seagrass could help the California coast adapt to rising seas

Grist

Nichols oversees Coastkeeper’s living shorelines program, a project in partnership with California State University, Long Beach, and California State University, Fullerton, that restores ecosystem structures like oyster beds and eelgrass meadows, which protect shorelines from waves, erosion, and sea-level rise.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. French and sustainable cuisine in the spotlight during the Games. And it pledged to halve the amount of single-use plastic in catering, in response to high expectations, particularly from athletes and consumers, to reduce plastic pollution.

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