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Our goal: climate change mitigation and sustainability. Our way: inform and empower individual action. Our motto: don't wait for miracles. Act now.

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Is this Grant Shapps ‘Cumbrian’ moment? theguardian.com/uk-news/2021… Minister after minister demonstrates their callous disregard for the prospects of future voters. At what point is the current front bench going to come clean about it’s dismissal of climate change as a serious issue?
£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice

£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice

Exclusive: transport secretary dismissed guidance calling for review of environmental impact

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How Sweden is taking back parking spaces to improve urban living theguardian.com/environment/…
How Sweden is taking back parking spaces to improve urban living

How Sweden is taking back parking spaces to improve urban living

An experiment with the ‘one-minute city’ gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists

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The surging price of silver threatens to boost costs for solar-panel producers, which account for about 10% of global demand for the metal trib.al/E3bKyTs

Redditors Targeting Silver Poised to Propel Solar-Panel Costs

Silver’s Reddit-inspired surge to a nearly eight-year high could reverberate across supply chains from solar manufacturing to coin-minting if it holds.

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More than 300 companies cut their emissions by 25% in between 2015 and 2019, even as global emissions rose trib.al/1lHpFHH

Companies With Science-Based Climate Goals Cut Emissions Faster

More than 300 companies cut their emissions by 25% in between 2015 and 2019, even as global emissions rose

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The world's animal population has shrunk by 68% in 50 years, according to the 2020 Living Planet report. And it's bound to get worse. trib.al/5Q9ks5S via @Quicktake
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“We expected organic farming to score better for animal-based products but, for greenhouse gas emissions, it actually doesn’t make much difference." #eatlessmeat #sustainability #climatechange theguardian.com/environment/…
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Now the companies and countries responsible for a powerful greenhouse gas won’t be able to hide from view trib.al/fPmKipl

Satellites Put the World’s Biggest Methane Emitters on the Map

Now the companies and countries responsible for a powerful greenhouse gas won’t be able to hide from view.

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Here's a list of good climate news trib.al/3vMYMn4
Greener Beer, Cleaner Buses and More Good Climate News

Greener Beer, Cleaner Buses and More Good Climate News

Finding signs of progress in the latest issue of our magazine

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The European Union is on track to meet its climate targets for this year, led by Nordic countries trib.al/lJpuRle

EU Is on Track to Meet Its Climate Targets for 2020

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Solar is pushing aside coal as the favorite fuel for electricity power generation trib.al/vohkl7q
Solar Pushes Aside Coal as the Cheapest Fuel for Power, IEA Says

Solar Pushes Aside Coal as the Cheapest Fuel for Power, IEA Says

Renewables are set to overtake coal this decade as the world’s favorite fuel to generate electricity, the International Energy Agency says.

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Airbus unveils three designs it’s studying to build hydrogen-powered aircraft for zero-emission flights trib.al/VQJuUff
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I just completed the Climate Test from @planethours ✅ Wanna know what you can do to fight the climate change? Take the test now, the climate clock is ticking! ⏰🌍 planethours.earth/?years=21 #ActNow
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Wind and solar power have become an attractive way to stimulate economies recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic trib.al/zBt2I0h

Cheaper Renewable Power May Drive Economic Recovery, Lazard Says

Wind and solar power have become even cheaper compared to fossil fuels in the past year, making them an attractive way to stimulate economies recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...

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'Hijacked by anxiety': how climate dread is hindering climate action theguardian.com/environment/…

'Hijacked by anxiety': how climate dread is hindering climate action

A growing school of psychologists believe the trauma of the climate crisis is a key barrier to change – and can be treated with therapy

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LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR PLANT BEING BUILT AT FORT BRAGG! Duke Energy will build a 1.1 MW floating solar panel at Fort Bragg, NC. It will assist Fort Bragg's infrastructure & act as a backup during power outages. Read more here: buff.ly/33qMn4I #renewableenergy #solar
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What every #university can do to promote local and #organic and sustainable food sustainability-times.com/cle…
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Sales of electric cars in Europe overtake those in China trib.al/XVlhkT9
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The world's top miner, BHP, will broaden plans to exit coal operations trib.al/TQ9dgu4
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One of Switzerland’s largest supermarket chains embraces the circular economy by trialling refill stations for household cleaning products. What’s not to like @woolworths @Coles @ALDIAustralia?
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