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‘The future belongs to companies that work with nature’: Leading figures call for circular economy role in green recovery
Thirty leading politicians, academics, and environmental campaigners have urged governments crafting sweeping Covid-19 stimulus packages to eschew short-term carbon-intensive solutions in favour of those that…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers most extensive coral bleaching
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered its most extensive coral bleaching event in March, with scientists fearing the coral recovers less each time after the third…
Russia struggles to clean up Arctic river fuel spill
Russia on Thursday intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel spill that environmentalists say is the worst such accident in the Arctic, as investigators…
US ranks 24th in the world on environmental performance
The US is far behind other industrialized nations on environmental performance and now ranks 24th in the world, according to a new analysis by Yale…
Human waste could help combat global food insecurity
Researchers from Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan have proven it is…
Zero Waste Europe: Building a bridge strategy for residual waste
Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) has released a policy briefing which highlights the importance of defining a new strategy for managing residual waste that corresponds with…
Water Unite Impact Launches to Fund Global Water Sanitation and Recycling Firms
Today, Water Unite has announced the launch of the Water Unite Impact, an investment vehicle with planned capitalization of $100 million, that will invest into…
Clean water ponds boosts rare wetland plants, say experts
Freshwater Habitats Trust said 20 clean water ponds on farmland increased wetland plant species by 26%. A nine-year project found rare plants almost trebled, while…
Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years
Solar, wind and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time in over 130 years, with…
Germany sets new 2040 targets for offshore wind capacity
Germany’s government has set a target to expand offshore wind power capacity by 2040 to 40 gigawatts (GW) from 15 GW currently, Economy Minister Peter…
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