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Climate Change - The Results of COP27

November 21, 2022

COP27 has been a gruelling couple of weeks, with a mixed bag of real results and unresolved frustrations.  COP27 is the 27th Conference of the Parties for the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Conve...

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Climate Positive News - Fisheries Paid to Fish Plastic

November 3, 2022

Fisheries are often under the line of fire when it comes to environmental issues. Bottom trawling, in particular, leads to large numbers of marine bi-catch which get caught up in nets. The nets the...

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Chicken Linked With Environmental Disaster

October 31, 2022

Our environment is a delicately balanced ecosystem that relies on a multitude of moving parts, parts none of us fully understand. Remove one aspect, one creature, plant or nutrient, and the entire ...

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Patagonia Gives Company Over to Climate Change Charity

October 8, 2022

Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of Patagonia, has recently changed the game in terms of corporate entities financing climate change. He’s given his entire brand company over to a charitable...

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Florida devastated by Extreme Weather Hurricane Ian

October 1, 2022

America’s East Coast is no stranger to freak extreme weather events that would seem extreme in milder climates such as New Zealand. Unlike its western neighbour, the East Coast is closer to where t...

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Extreme Weather Events Devastate Globe as Climate Change Worsens

September 26, 2022

Around the world, the average temperature continues to rise, producing freak weather occurrences year round. Recently, two other countries have joined in the growing tide of environmental catastrop...

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Progress in the US Climate Debate

September 7, 2022

A major victory has been declared for climate change, which could turn the tide on America’s promise to reduce its greenhouse emissions in keeping with its 2050 goal. A deal for a $369 billion clim...

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The Future of Eco-Shopping

September 3, 2022

Although we’ve now ditched the plastic bag, we have a long way to go before our shopping habits are entirely sustainable. For one, everything we buy in-store is contained in plastic, from bananas t...

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