The Brundtland Report9 defines sustainable development as a pathway that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. While this definition might imply eternity, a realistic…
Category: 9. Environment
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Paying to prevent deforestation is positive, not ‘nothing’ (commentary)
- Should the world pay people to refrain from their destroying forests, a new commentary asks?
- There is something inherently uncomfortable about paying someone to do ‘nothing’ like not cut down their rainforest,…
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EV supply chain & transport need redesign, Mongabay podcast shows
Reducing transportation’s carbon footprint is not as easy as replacing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars with electric vehicles (EVs). Producing EVs and disposing their…
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AmeriCorps budget slashed, raising concerns for community service and public lands
Every year, the U.S. National Civilian Community Corps, better known as AmeriCorps NCCC, organizes teams of volunteers to help communities across the U.S. with environmental work,…
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Global warming hits hardest for those who can’t escape it
- The world’s most vulnerable people, including refugees, migrants and the poor, increasingly face threats related to climate change.
- Many lack the ability to move away from impacts like heat, flooding and…
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Indigenous nations fought for a new national monument. Will it survive Trump?
- After decades of activism by the Ajumawi–Atsugewi Nation (Pit River Nation) to protect its ancestral homelands from extractive industries, vandalism and looting, President Joe Biden created Sáttítla National…
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Pope Francis’ uncompromising defense of nature may be his greatest legacy
- The world has never before seen a pope like Francis, who died this week at the Vatican in Rome. He spoke with uncompromising conviction for all of nature, the poor, Indigenous and traditional peoples, and for all…
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Report accuses Starbucks of tax avoidance through ‘ethical’ Swiss subsidiary
- A report accuses Starbucks of shifting $1.3 billion in profits over the past decade to its Swiss subsidiary to avoid higher taxes in other countries.
- The little-known outfit in Lausanne sources unroasted beans —…
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Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage
In the state with the fourth-largest proven reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., there is a looming energy shortage.
Above the Arctic Circle, oil producers on Alaska’s North Slope send an average of 465,000 barrels of crude oil south…
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Why the oldest animals matter
In the twilight of their lives, the world’s oldest creatures carry the weight of wisdom, experience, and resilience.
Yet, these elders — fish that spawn in abundance, coral that…
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