Archive for September 2018
The slaughter of elephants in Africa carries on unabated
“The scale of elephant poaching is by far the largest I have seen or read about in Africa to date,” says Mike Chase, director of the conservationist group Elephants Without Borders.
The World Bank launches the first sustainable water bond
The World Bank hopes to raise up to $3 billion which would be used for investments into projects that are dedicated to promoting ocean conservation and fostering marine life.
A circular economy may do a world of good
Circular economies are a new global trend in sustainability, yet their potential remains largely explored. Thanks to a recent report by Material Economics and other leading organisations in the field, we might get one step closer to realizing this potential
Air pollution can make us a bit dimmer. Seriously
Air pollution affects us all in one way or another. Many of us living in teeming metropolises end up facing the prospects of developing a variety of health conditions as a result of our long-term exposure to polluted air. Air
Seeking to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste
There’s a lot of plastic trash in the world’s oceans – that we have long known. Turns out, though, that there is even more of it than we’ve thought. That is according to a Dutch foundation, which is planning a
Will negative emission technologies fulfill their promise?
Can Negative Emissions Technologies save the planet? The jury is still out on that.