Tag: environment
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While European countries band together to help tackle devastating fires, Africa is being left on its own, writes Nick Ferris. All despite the fact that blazes in Africa cause far… more ›
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https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-fueled-deadly-summer-wildfires-southeastern-europe-scientists-find/?utm_source=semafor&utm_source=semafor more ›
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India’s informal e-waste recycling economy turns millions of discarded electronics into profit while exposing workers to hazardous conditions. https://restofworld.org/2025/india-e-waste-recycling-electronics/ more ›
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The exponential growth in plastic is damaging ecosystems, the climate and human health. Why is reducing production so hard? https://www.dw.com/en/plastic-pollution-global-output-too-much-to-handle-fossil-fuels-single-use-virgin-plastics/a-73068849?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&at_medium=Newsletter&at_campaign=EN more ›
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Extreme heat ‘the new normal’, says UN chief, as authorities across the continent issue health warnings https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/30/spain-records-highs-of-46c-and-france-under-alert-as-europe-swelters-in-heatwave more ›
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Five years ago Project Drawdown published a collection of “drawdown solutions,” technologies and practices that, if ambitiously implemented together, can achieve drawdown—the point in the future when levels of greenhouse… more ›
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A secretive investor court system poses a real threat to the Paris climate agreement, activists have said, as governments taking action to phase out fossil fuels face a slew of… more ›
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Henry Ford left little to chance. To ensure raw materials reached his slick new production lines, the U.S. automobile pioneer owned everything from coal mines in West Virginia to rubber… more ›
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HSINCHU, Taiwan — Chuang Cheng-deng’s modest rice farm is a stone’s throw from the nerve center of Taiwan’s computer chip industry, whose products power a huge share of the world’s… more ›