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Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells

Grist

The study is the first that Conrad knows of that identifies nuclear contamination in turtles in the Marshall Islands, but it’s far from the first to find evidence of historical, military-related pollution in wildlife there. In 2019, a U.S.

Seafood 101
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Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

DeSmogBlog

But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution. Ayumi Fukakusa agrees. I don’t believe gas is a climate solution,” she told DeSmog.

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A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil

Grist

Stanley, a founder of the environmental organization Upland Grassroots, recalls telling Silliboy, vice chief of the Aroostook Band of Micmac Nation, “This will be worth it someday.”. Their farm, once part of the Loring Air Force Base, is also a Superfund site — an area so polluted it’s marked high-priority for federal cleanup.

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CBAM Ignites New Era of Equitable Contest in Europe

Hydrogen Fuel News

CBAM is a World Trade Organization (WTO) compatible measure that incentivizes global industries to adopt greener and more sustainable technologies. This significant milestone reflects the escalating costs that factories, power plants and other polluting entities have been seeing due to their emissions.

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EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

DeSmogBlog

Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance. In response, the European Commission asked its Joint Research Centre (JRC) to assess the absence of significant environmental harm from nuclear power.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

There are both private and public service careers that help organizations and businesses create more environmentally friendly products or operate more sustainably. pollution or on managing regulations and compliance. A private business path will often have to balance purpose with profit.

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Cancer Alley Activist Sharon Lavigne Among Goldman Environmental Prize Winners for 2021

DeSmogBlog

Kimiko Hirata, 50, fought coal plant construction in Japan following the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Lavigne got her start in the environmental movement after attending a school board meeting in 2015, where she met members of a local organization called H.E.L.P. Her parents organized in St.