Tag: england
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Protecting One-Fifth of Earth’s Land Could Save Two-Thirds of Plant Species
“We’re getting tantalizingly close to achieving the Convention of Biological Diversity’s global goals. But the last few steps remaining are huge ones.”
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Fossil Fuel Industry Continues to Squash Renewable Energy Age
To survive this era, humanity must become much smarter about this new kind of energy and then take the steps necessary to compress the third carbon era and hasten in the Age of Renewables before we burn ourselves off this planet.
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Six Women Scale Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper to Protest Shell’s Arctic Drilling
Yesterday, climbers from Greenpeace successfully scaled the Shard in London, Europe’s tallest skyscraper, in protest against Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic.
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UK Earmarked for Fracking, Massive Public Backlash On Horizon
According to Greenpeace research almost two thirds of England has been earmarked for potential fracking, and local opposition, particularly in Conservative constituencies, is expected to be fierce …
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Industrial Hemp: The Answer for a Greener Future
Bringing It Home explores the question of why a crop with so many widespread benefits cannot be farmed in the U.S. by illustrating its history, current industries and talking to both opponents and proponents of the industrial hemp farming legalization …