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The most polluted parts of the U.S. are more at risk for coronavirus deaths By Adele Peters
14 April 2020Views: 115A new study from researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which looked at pollution data from more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. and COVID-19 death counts through April 4, found that even relatively small differences…
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Amazon announces four new projects to make its data centers greener By Daphne Leprince-Ringuet
3 April 2020Views: 97Located in Australia, Sweden, Spain and the US state of Virginia, the new projects are expected to produce a combined additional 840,000 MWh of energy every year – enough to power 76,000 homes in the US. Read more in zdnet…
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What would happen if the world reacted to climate change like it’s reacting to the coronavirus? By Adele Peters
19 March 2020Views: 112What would it look like if the world responded to the climate crisis with a similar sense of urgency? The coronavirus response might not have been as fast as it should have been; if the Chinese government had acted faster,…
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Announcing a new network of leaders changing the system together By Hilde Schwab and François Bonnici
13 March 2020Views: 100Social Entrepreneurs are founders or CEOs who innovatively address a social or environmental problem, with a focus on low-income, marginalized or vulnerable populations. Read more in weforum Announcing a new network of leaders changing the system together By Hilde Schwab…
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Innovation and entrepreneurship can cut waste and deliver the circular economy By Antonia Gawel
11 March 2020Views: 93The trends are clear. We have moved towards an economy of disposability where the valuable resources we extract are going to waste and causing harm to people and planet. The challenges presented by single-use plastics are now well known, with…
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The whole idea is that we can use photons from the sun and transform it into hydrogen. To put it simply, we are saving the energy from sunlight and storing it into chemical bonds so it can be used at…
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There are several “core” technologies available today that are helping to create an efficient, productive and sustainable future for humankind. Solar power and big data are just two of these technologies. Together, they’re changing how energy is bought, sold, delivered…
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Climate change: six positive news stories from 2019 By Heather Alberro,Dénes Csala,Hannah Cloke,Marc Hudson,Mark Maslin,Richard Hodgkins
11 January 2020Views: 138The climate breakdown continues , but climate researchers have not given up hope. We asked a few Conversation authors to highlight some more positive stories from 2019. Read more in The Conversation Climate change: six positive news stories from 2019…
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A Frenchman is credited with being the first to discover the photovoltaic effect that produces electricity from sunlight. The first solar panel was built in the US. But when Abu Dhabi decided to build the world’s largest individual solar power…
