There is no feeling like marching with thousands of my peers, united in our demand for real action. It’s what gives us hopeCoalition MPs have recently suggested an increase in funding for school chaplains to help young people dealing with mental health…
What are big oil companies sending to Hurricane Ida flood victims? ‘Thoughts and prayers’
Critics pillory big oil companies for cynical expressions of sympathy while continuing to block climate solutions Major oil companies are being pilloried on social media for sending “thoughts and prayers” to victims of Hurricane Ida while sidestepping …
米国で猛威を振るうハリケーン「アイダ」の深刻な被害と、復旧までの困難な道のり
米南部に上陸した大型のハリケーン「アイダ」の影響で、ルイジアナ州では100万世帯もの大規模な停電が発生した。家屋の倒壊や送電線の切断といった被害の全体像を把握しながら地域の電力会社が復旧を目指しているが、コロナ禍の影響もあって道のりは険しい状況が続いている。
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Desertification is turning the Earth barren – but a solution is still within reach | David R Montgomery
The expansion of drylands is leaving entire countries facing famine. It’s time to change the way we think about agricultureDavid R Montgomery is professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington, and author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization…
Sphere raises $2M to help employees lobby for Green 401(k) plans
In the United States, a 401(k) plan is an employer-sponsored defined-contribution pension account. However, with legacy institutional investing, most of these have at least some level of fossil fuel involvement and let’s face it, very few of us really know. Now a startup plans to change that. California-based startup Sphere wants to get employees to […]
石油会社との関係に終止符？ 米国の広告代理店が迫られる「苦渋の決断」
米国で石油会社やガス会社を相手取った訴訟が相次いでいる。化石燃料の使用が気候変動に与えた影響について国民を欺いたという理由だが、その影響が化石燃料企業をクライアントにもつ広告代理店へも広がり始めた。訴訟の当事者になるリスクも生じるなか、クリエイティヴ業界を中心に化石燃料企業との関係を断つ動きがあるのだ。
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自然に有益だったはずの山火事は、こうして「地球の脅威」へと変化した
米西海岸を中心に広がる山火事の勢いが止まらない。気候変動の影響で世界各地で森林火災が頻繁に発生するようになり、いまや地球環境を脅かす危機のひとつになっている。本来は健全な森林に欠かせない自然現象だったはずの森林火災は、なぜここまで猛威を振るうようになったのか。その変遷とメカニズムをひも解く。
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Heimdal pulls CO2 and cement-making materials out of seawater using renewable energy
One of the consequences of rising CO2 levels in our atmosphere is that levels also rise proportionately in the ocean, harming wildlife and changing ecosystems. Heimdal is a startup working to pull that CO2 back out at scale using renewable energy and producing carbon-negative industrial materials, including limestone for making concrete, in the process, and […]
Is deep-sea mining a cure for the climate crisis or a curse?
Trillions of metallic nodules on the sea floor could help stop global heating, but mining them may damage ocean ecologyIn a display cabinet in the recently opened Our Broken Planet exhibition in London’s Natural History Museum, curators have placed a s…
The Observer view on the pros and cons of deep-sea mining | Observer editorial
There may be merits to mining the seabed, but investing in alternative green technologies on land should be the priorityDeep-sea mining has become one of our planet’s most divisive problems. By stripping the ocean floor of its vast mineral wealth, prop…