Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen

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Farmers are throwing away fresh food and dairy. Food banks want to change that

As unemployment numbers continue to soar and economic uncertainty looms due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, food banks across the United States are experiencing a…

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Zimbabwe: Unsafe Water Raises COVID-19 Risks

Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country. Long before…

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Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ‘into the red’

While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role. In…

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Investors plan to push Total to do more on climate change

A group of eleven investors representing around 1.35% of energy major Total’s capital said on Wednesday the company needed to do more to meet its…

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Los Angeles air ‘cleanest in world’ since COVID-19 lockdown

US news organisation CNN reports LA saw some of the cleanest air of any major city in the world, according to IQAir, a Swiss air…

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Construction industry progress towards sustainability with renewable materials

With an increasing number of government regulations encouraging net-zero carbon future to limit global temperature rise, the construction industry is on a way to design,…

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Use of black plastic in UK packaging continues to drop

Black packaging used in the UK has dropped from around 36,000 tonnes to 10,000 tonnes going into 2020, according to new figures. This continually reducing…

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NSW rivers, lakes and lagoons warming twice as fast as ocean, finds 12-year study

Researchers discovered the state’s coastal rivers, lakes and lagoons were warming twice as fast as the ocean. The average temperatures in those marine ecosystems were…

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Plant Diversity In European Forests Is Declining

In Europe’s temperate forests, less common plant species are being replaced by more widespread species. An international team of researchers led by the German Centre…

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Oil drops more than 6% as producer cuts fail to banish demand fears

Oil prices shed more than 6% on Tuesday, with investors apparently unconvinced that record supply cuts could soon balance markets pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic,…

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