All posts by Laureen Fagan
Laureen is a freelance journalist creating high-quality, informed content on international affairs, politics and technology. She is trained in conflict resolution and diversity, and has special interests in science and medical reporting, and culture and religion issues.
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
Study: Bitcoin emissions equal to Hamburg’s or Vienna’s
Concerns about Bitcoin and its environmental impacts aren’t new, but a study from Technical University of Munich (TUM) is – and its authors conclude that the current carbon footprint is equal to that of the German city of Hamburg or
UK’s ‘Planet Placement’ seeks to get climate convo on screen
Sometimes it’s harder to see the absence of something and then when we do, we wonder why it took so long to notice it was missing. That’s exactly the problem the British film and television industry wants to address with
In France, a theme park devoted to climate change
There were a few scary moments at Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park near San Francisco over the weekend as a wildfire in the U.S. state of California edged up to the grounds. Guests were kept inside while access roads
Coal’s swan song: Credit Agricole is latest bank to cut ties
Credit Agricole Group, one of the world’s leading commercial banks, is the latest to announce it will end business ties with companies that rely on coal revenues. That’s a decision with the potential for significant impact, given the long reach
‘Get over it’: Bloomberg puts $500 million into climate fight
Philanthropist and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg used his opportunity as commencement speaker for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to launch “Beyond Carbon,” a USD$500 million climate commitment to help deliver 100 percent clean energy to the United
We need to understand people if exotic pets are the problem
There’s long been concern about the exotic pet trade, but scientists don’t know as much as they’d like about the economic, social, and ecological factors that drive the trade – especially when it comes to people making decisions that lead