“Alarm as study reveals world’s tropical forests are huge carbon emission source”
The world’s tropical forests are so degraded they have become a source rather than a sink of carbon emissions, according to a new study that highlights the urgent need to protect and restore the Amazon and similar regions.
“California Considers Following China With Combustion-Engine Car Ban”
The internal combustion engine’s days may be numbered in California, where officials are mulling whether a ban on sales of polluting autos is needed to achieve long-term targets for cleaner air.
“Dyson to Spend £1 Billion Making ‘Radical’ Electric Car”
The company is investing one billion pounds ($1.34 billion) to develop the car, plus the same sum to create solid-state batteries to power it, Dyson said. These investments will dwarf money the company is spending on research and development for its vacuums and air filters.
“Women of childbearing age around world suffering toxic levels of mercury”
Study finds excessive levels of the metal, which can seriously harm unborn children, in women from Alaska to Indonesia, due to gold mining, industrial pollution and fish-rich diets
“Thousands of huge, aggressive dogs are roaming Tibet after their rich Chinese owners abandoned them”
Areas of the Tibetan plateau have become flooded with giant, fluffy unwanted Tibetan mastiffs, once the most sought after dogs in China, after a collapse in the market for the dogs has left thousands homeless.
“Fatbergs”
https://qz.com/email/quartz-obsession/1081406/
Meet the fatberg, a monstrosity made of discarded cooking oil and wipes, but also condoms, sanitary napkins, diapers, and other items that form a clot in a sewer system. A record-breaking specimen—250 meters (820 ft) long and and 130 tonnes (143 tons)—was discovered in a Victorian-era tunnel in Whitechapel last week.
“How Electric Cars Can Create the Biggest Disruption Since iPhone”
It’s 10 years since Apple Inc. unleashed a surge of innovation that upended the mobile phone industry. Electric cars, with a little help from ride-hailing and self-driving technology, could be about to pull the same trick on Big Oil.
“Wood Mac: Emissions increase faster than production”
http://www.upi.com/Wood-Mac-Emissions-increase-faster-than-production/3671505904132/?nll=1
Gross emissions from the production of oil and natural gas are increasing faster than the actual rate of production, consultant group Wood Mackenzie found.
“Clean Energy Is Approaching a Tipping Point”
The cost of renewables is plunging faster than forecasters anticipated just a few years ago as as technologies like gigantic wind turbines arrive on the market.
“More companies line up with climate commitments”
http://www.upi.com/More-companies-line-up-with-climate-commitments/1651505739349/?nll=1
Apparel companies are the latest in a growing list of high-profile brands making pledges to support Paris climate agreement goals, sustainability leaders said.
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