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This site uses cookies to enhance your reading experience. By using this site, you consent to our use of cookies.OkayStoriesA red-winged blackbird and a great egret at Madrona Marsh Wetlands in Torrance, California. Photo: Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is set to unveil Thursday the final rules that…
The Prince of Wales and Greta Thunberg have made each other’s acquaintance for the first time at Davos 2020. On Wednesday 22 January, Prince Charles delivered a keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to launch the Sustainable Market Council. Following his speech, the royal was introduced to environmental campaigner Thunberg, marking the…
Davos, Switzerland (CNN Business)Only a revolution in the way the global economy and financial markets work can save the planet from the climate crisis and secure future prosperity, Prince Charles warned on Wednesday.”We can’t go on like this, with every month another record in temperatures being broken,” he told CNN in an exclusive interview at…
Image: ShutterstockIn recent years, many of us have started to pay more attention to our carbon footprints, and one of the individual actions that can have the biggest impact on that metric is air travel.This week TripIt is introducing a tool to help you understand not only what impact your vacation might be having on…
OVO Energy CEO, Stephen Fitzpatrick OVO Energy January inevitably brings a flurry of statistics summing up the performance of the U.K.s startup sector in the previous year. This year kicked off with a batch of figures – prepared for the…
Bank of England governor backs environmental activist’s stance on global heating Carney says public opinion has shifted on the climate crisis, while the finance sector is now more generally aware of the risks and opportunities involved. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Mark Carney has provided backing for Greta Thunberg in her clash with Donald…
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EmissionsCarbon dioxideCarbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, as well…
Photo: GettyThe world’s quest to reduce an extremely potent greenhouse gas isn’t going as well as we thought it was, according to a new study. HFC-23, known as fluoroform, is a greenhouse gas that has 12,000 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide does. Findings, published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, show that emissions…
President Donald Trump launched a veiled attack on environmental “alarmists” in a speech to business and political leaders in Davos, taking a swipe at the World Economic Forum’s key focus this year.Speaking at the Swiss resort town on Tuesday, Trump invoked those who predicted an “overpopulation crisis” and the end of oil, saying: “These alarmists…
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