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Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand

Tech giant’s goal of reducing climate footprint at risk as it grows increasingly reliant on energy-hungry data centres

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions

Your guide to sunscreens

https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/

The Supreme Court’s Overturning of the Chevron Doctrine Could Impair Environmental and Climate Regulations

https://www.ecowatch.com/supreme-court-chevron-doctrine-environmental-regulations.html

What’s next after Supreme Court curbs regulatory power: More focus on laws’ wording, less on their goals

https://theconversation.com/whats-next-after-supreme-court-curbs-regulatory-power-more-focus-on-laws-wording-less-on-their-goals-232938

Earliest Ever Category-5 Hurricane Beryl Barrels Through Caribbean

https://www.ecowatch.com/hurricane-beryl-earliest-category-4.html

Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification, Category 5 winds so early in a season are alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strength

https://theconversation.com/hurricane-beryls-rapid-intensification-category-5-winds-so-early-in-a-season-are-alarming-heres-why-more-tropical-storms-are-exploding-in-strength-233780

US cities are advertising themselves as ‘climate havens’. But can they actually protect residents from extreme weather?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240628-us-climate-havens-cities-claim-extreme-weather-protection

Biomimicry in Packaging: 6 Points to Ponder

Dr. Dayna Baumeister: “Maybe a misconception is that you get to keep doing the status quo. If you really want to do innovation, you’ve got to be willing to expand the possibilities of what might come out of it at the end of the day.”

https://www.healthcarepackaging.com/sustainability/sustainability/article/22910342/biomimicry-in-packaging-6-points-to-ponder

Drill, baby, drill … if you haven’t passed out from heatstroke

As the temperatures keep rising, how would the environment be affected by a second term under Biden or Trump? Plus: sharks, primaries and Jesus

https://www.theguardian.com/global/article/2024/jun/12/drill-baby-drill-if-you-havent-passed-out-from-heatstroke

Researchers Warn of Imminent ‘Death Spiral’ for Rapidly Melting Alaska Ice Field 

The Juneau ice field is melting at a rate of 50,000 gallons per second and is possibly heading “beyond a dynamic tipping point,” a new study says. 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/juneau-icefield

EU has “legal duty” to ban PVC, NGOs tell European Commission

https://eeb.org/eu-has-legal-duty-to-ban-pvc-ngos-tell-european-commission/#

LES MATÉRIALISTES: A FILM BRIDGING SCI-FI AND DOCUMENTARY

Combining documentary and science fiction with foresight, co-creation, and animation design, Les Matérialistes transports us to 2050 to explore the future of the circular economy in construction. The short film conjures a practical utopia that is both ambitious and tangible, depicting future professions, the life cycle of materials, upcoming statistics, and actions at all levels.

https://www.designboom.com/art/2050-les-materialistes-film-future-circular-economy-construction-06-11-2024/

Mushrooms instead of concrete: innovative biomaterials enable sustainable construction

https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/story/mushrooms-instead-concrete-innovative-biomaterials-enable-sustainable-construction

Packaging paradigm shift

Developers, legislators and consumers alike are creating momentum to use more sustainable packaging as 2024 unfolds.

https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/packaging-paradigm-shift/

Threads of change | Other Ways of Living

(video, 75 seconds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Yxc7nRBqQ

Financing the Transformation: Circular Economy and Food Waste Discussion with Deloitte 

(video: 5  mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVs3UEYHSY

Companies can improve transparency on deforestation. Here’s how.

Leah Samberg of the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) and Tomasz Sawicki of CDP outline six steps companies can take to better understand and disclose their progress towards achieving deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains.

https://www.edie.net/companies-can-improve-transparency-on-deforestation-heres-how/

Why I Was Arrested for Protesting Citigroup’s Funding of Climate Chaos 

I am here today to say to Citi that if you won’t listen to the data of scientists, you will need to listen to the bodies of scientists blocking your doors. 

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/scientist-arrested-protest-citi

A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking 

Of the 147 companies with a package recyclability goal, only 15 percent were on track to meet it.

https://grist.org/accountability/companies-plastic-packaging-scorecard-report-as-you-sow/

Climate Emergency Causes Extreme Wildfires to Double in Frequency: Study 

“Climate change is not something off in the future,” said one scientist. “It’s happening before our very eyes.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-change-wildfires

Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls 

It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/04/far-right-using-climate-crisis-as-bogeyman-to-frighten-voters-and-build-higher-walls

‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis

The season to tap trees is now earlier and longer, but new processes and generations are helping the industry thrive

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/02/maple-syrup-technology-sugar-climate-crisis

‘Historic’ Category 5 Hurricane Beryl Offers Terrifying View of Future 

“Beryl isn’t ‘unbelievable,'” one expert said. “it’s what happens when you heat up the planet with fossil fuel

https://www.commondreams.org/news/hurricane-beryl

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Packaging paradigm shift

Developers, legislators and consumers alike are creating momentum to use more sustainable packaging as 2024 unfolds.

https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/packaging-paradigm-shift/

Threads of change | Other Ways of Living

(video, 75 seconds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Yxc7nRBqQ

Financing the Transformation: Circular Economy and Food Waste Discussion with Deloitte 

(video: 5  mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVs3UEYHSY

Companies can improve transparency on deforestation. Here’s how.

Leah Samberg of the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) and Tomasz Sawicki of CDP outline six steps companies can take to better understand and disclose their progress towards achieving deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains.

https://www.edie.net/companies-can-improve-transparency-on-deforestation-heres-how/

Why I Was Arrested for Protesting Citigroup’s Funding of Climate Chaos 

I am here today to say to Citi that if you won’t listen to the data of scientists, you will need to listen to the bodies of scientists blocking your doors. 

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/scientist-arrested-protest-citi

A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking 

Of the 147 companies with a package recyclability goal, only 15 percent were on track to meet it.

https://grist.org/accountability/companies-plastic-packaging-scorecard-report-as-you-sow/

Climate Emergency Causes Extreme Wildfires to Double in Frequency: Study 

“Climate change is not something off in the future,” said one scientist. “It’s happening before our very eyes.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-change-wildfires

Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls 

It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/04/far-right-using-climate-crisis-as-bogeyman-to-frighten-voters-and-build-higher-walls

‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis

The season to tap trees is now earlier and longer, but new processes and generations are helping the industry thrive

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/02/maple-syrup-technology-sugar-climate-crisis

‘Historic’ Category 5 Hurricane Beryl Offers Terrifying View of Future 

“Beryl isn’t ‘unbelievable,'” one expert said. “it’s what happens when you heat up the planet with fossil fuel

https://www.commondreams.org/news/hurricane-beryl

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Green Mission News – June 2024

  What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?  Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers. https://grist.org/business/what-will-it-take-to-get-companies-to-embrace-reusable-packaging/   Green

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Compost Happens Now – May 2024

International Compost Awareness Week Slated May 5-11 This year’s theme is COMPOST … Nature’s Climate Champion https://www.morningagclips.com/international-compost-awareness-week-slated-may-5-11/ ‘Just Eat It’ explores food waste and surplus

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Green Mission News – May 2024

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects,

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Compost Happens – Earth Month 2024

Earth Month UWS Explainer: How to ‘Compost’ Food Scraps and Why It Matters https://www.westsiderag.com/2024/04/11/earth-month-uws-explainer-how-to-compost-food-scraps-and-why-it-matters Navigating the Compostable Packaging Landscape: Insights from BPI Executive Director Rhodes

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2024

‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution https://www.ecowatch.com/aruba-nature-rights-constitution.html   In Libya, one person’s garbage is another person’s

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Compost Happens – March 2024

Opportunities for scaling compost strategies help farms’ soil health https://www.agdaily.com/features/opportunities-for-scaling-compost-strategies-help-farms-soil-health/   GrowNYC prepares layoffs as city shifts to curbside composting https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/grownyc-cut-54-workers-city-shifts-curbside-composting   Local farmers discuss

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Compost Happens – February, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Composting: Enhancing Soil Health and Boosting Crop Yields https://medriva.com/health/eco-health/unlocking-the-power-of-composting-enhancing-soil-health-and-boosting-crop-yields/   Chance Farm pursues ‘closed loop’ agriculture with composting group https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/agriculture/chance-farms-pursues-closed-loop-agriculture-with-composting-group/article_0011a7a0-c6c7-11ee-9c20-abf130d4d6b4.html  

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Green Mission News – February, 2024

    Five Ways to Develop “Ecoliteracy”.Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how we can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_develop_ecoliteracy

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Green Mission News – November, 2023

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html   The in-depth assessment presented

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Green Mission News – October, 2023

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap https://atmos.earth/a-love-letter-to-my-compost-heap/   The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods For two

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Green Mission News – September, 2023

4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters https://theconversation.com/4-factors-driving-2023s-extreme-heat-and-climate-disasters-209975   True regenerative economies help everyone prosper https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/09/opinion/true-regenerative-economies-help-everyone-prosper   The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons Twelfth-century

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Green Mission News – August, 2023

One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/one-seed-at-a-time-lebanese-project-promotes-agroecology-for-farmer-autonomy/   On the Cusp of Cleaning Up “Cancer Alley,” the EPA Caved

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Green Mission News – June, 2023

Time to pay the piper: Fossil fuel companies’ reparations for climate damages https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00198-7   Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain

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Green Mission News – May, 2023

Discussing systems changes and the circular economy with Dr Anna Birney (5:39 minutes video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU-1Jnlg5V4   What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines? Should

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Green Mission News – January, 2023

  New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation and Science Denial Playbook Monsanto’s Tactics to Defend Toxic Weedkiller Glyphosate Exposed https://foe.org/news/merchants-of-poison/   2022 Sustainability ReportTetra Pak

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Green Mission News – November, 2022

John D Liu  Ecological Restoration (10 min, video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hEEFXABFwrY How could positive “tipping points” accelerate climate action? As catastrophic climate change tipping points loom, could

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Green Mission News – October, 2022

Keep it green and lean. Chevron Ad Adam McKay (video 1 min, 40 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XTGteritE   The Campaign to Criminalize Ecocide https://theglobalobservatory.org/2022/03/the-benefits-challenges-and-limitations-of-criminalizing-ecocide/ and www.stopecocide.earth/leading-states Beyond

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Green Mission News – June, 2022

Following Record Growth in 2021, Renewables on Track for New High in 2022 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/following-record-growth-in-2021-renewables-on-track-for-new-high-in-2022   The Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy https://boogiegreen.com/2022/05/12/the-insanity-of-expanding-nuclear-energy/   Greenpeace’s Russel Norman

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Green Mission News – March, 2022

  Is Earth Smart?We came up with a way to measure the intelligence of entire planets. Things aren’t looking great for ours.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/biosphere-planetary-intelligence-evolution/622867/ Can a planet

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Green Mission News – February, 2022

Just What Is a ‘Resilient’ Forest, Anyway? https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/just-what-resilient-forest-anyway California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/california-redwood-forest-returned-to-indigenous-guardianship-conservation/ Trees are important for cleaner air in cities

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