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Tech manufacturers are pretty efficient when it comes to reusing natural capital, but they could do far more. 
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To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by land resources such as food, poverty reduction, clean water, climate and disease regulation and...
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"Businesses and individuals can make use of a free smartphone app to calculate the renewable energy generation potential of a given location. The Global Atlas pocket was launched Tuesday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and is designed to allow renewable energy "prospectors" and investors to comprehensively research projects before making early investment decisions. The app draws on data from 1,000 maps provided by 67 governments and 50 data centers, and is designed to provide detailed information on whether a region or site represents a good prospect for renewable energy generation..."
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"In 15 years, 40 percent of the world (PDF) will lack access to clean water, assuming current consumption patterns hold, compared to just over 10 percent today. Fast forward 20 more years to 2050, and global food production to feed the 3.5 billion more people expected on earth will be lagging by 70 percent. Underlying those grim numbers are other consequences of climate change — rising sea levels, spikes in global refugees, scarcity of supply chain materials — likely to accelerate unless we drastically cut carbon emissions. So why, despite these increasingly tangible examples of how environmental volatility stands to affect the global population — and the global economy — aren’t we seeing more meaningful progress on sustainability issues? One answer: the nexus between making money and degrading the environment..."
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"La voiture électrique ne peut pas être considérée comme « écologique » ni « propre ». Telle est la conclusion de trois avis publiés par le jury de déontologie publicitaire (JDP), jeudi 26 juin, concernant des publicités pour deux véhicules en libre-service du groupe Bolloré, Autolib' à Paris et Bluely à Lyon, ainsi que la voiture électrique Zoé de Renault. Le JDP, une instance de l'Autorité de régulation professionnelle de la publicité (ARPP), avait été saisi le 15 avril par l'association Observatoire du nucléaire contre plusieurs pages du site Internet d'Autolib' qui la qualifient « d'écologique » et de « propre » et contre un encart publicitaire présentant Bluely comme « très pratique, écologique et économique ». (...)"
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"Oui, vous avez bien lu, du Roundup a été trouvé dans des échantillons d’air... Il s’agit d’une étude menée par l’US Geological Survey (USGS), et effectuée au Mississipi. (...)"
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ENVIRONNEMENT - Chacun de nous peut faire une différence, chaque jour : Vous ne pouvez pas vivre une seule journée sans avoir un impact sur le monde qui vous entoure. Ce que vous faîtes a un impact, et c'est à vous de choisir quel impact, quelle différence vous voulez effectuer. S'il vous plait, passez un peu de temps, tous les jours, à réfléchir aux choix que vous faites dans la vie. Quand vous achetez quelque chose, regardez sa provenance, réfléchissez à la façon dont elle a été fabriqué : cela a-t-il impliqué de la souffrance animale ou du travail d'enfants ? Le produit que vous allez acquérir a-t-il eu une incidence néfaste sur l'environnement?
By Jane Goodall
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It's his job not only to future-proof quake-prone, coastal San Francisco, but to make sure the city thrives no matter what. Here's why you'll want a CRO in your town, too.
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"The Global Carbon Atlas is a platform to explore and visualize the most up-to-date data on carbon fluxes resulting from human activities and natural processes. Human impacts on the carbon cycle are the most important cause of climate change."
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Air pollution may be to blame for millions of deaths per year, but which countries are the worst offenders?
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"Paris (AFP) - La Russie a empêché mardi l'adoption de deux propositions de création d'aires marines protégées visant à renforcer la protection de l'Antarctique, lors d'une réunion exceptionnelle à Bremerhaven (Allemagne), a annoncé mardi une coalition d'ONG impliquées dans la préservation de la région..."
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More than half of the rivers previously thought to exist in China now appear to be missing, leaving Beijing fumbling to explain the cause
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"The central US state of Oklahoma has gone from registering two earthquakes a year to nearly two a day and scientists point to a controversial culprit: wastewater injection wells used in fracking. Located in the middle of the country, far from any major fault lines, Oklahoma experienced 585 earthquakes of a magnitude of 3.0 or greater in 2014. That's more than three times as many as the 180 which hit California last year..."
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Populations of fish critical to human food security are in serious decline worldwide with some at risk of collapse according to the emergency edition of a WWF report released today.
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C'est le montant des subventions que percevraient dans le monde les entreprises d'extraction d'énergies fossiles, selon les estimations du Fonds monétaire international.
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"Avec l'augmentation des rendements agricoles, nos aliments sont devenus des coquilles vides… de nutriments. Combien de pêches, d'oranges, de brocolis faut-il ingurgiter pour retrouver les bienfaits d'il y a un demi-siècle ? (...)" Via Catherine Dauriac
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Au départ, on l’a pris pour un fou. Maintenant, on le traite de génie. Découvrez Boyan Slat. Boyan Slat vient d'annoncer que son projet fou The Ocean Cleanup est viable. Découvrez comment un entonnoir géant peut nettoyer les océans du plastique. Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
June 16, 2014 11:16 AM
The Ocean Cleanup: 7,25 millions de tonnes de plastique pourraient être récupérés en 5 ans.
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"A war of words has been raging between partisans on the left and right on EPA’s proposal to seriously crank down on carbon pollution. Even before the details were known, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a study outlining the devastating effects the new regulations will have on the economy. On the other side, Paul Krugman of the New York Times was spinning on how easy and comparatively cheap it will be. And this was all before anybody knew exactly what the EPA planned to do. (...)"
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"On l'a dit : le cap symbolique des 400 parties par million (ppm) de dioxyde de carbone (CO2) atmosphérique a été atteint le 9 mai 2013. Une concentration record depuis plusieurs millions d'années. Mais un autre seuil a été franchi, cette fois en avril 2014 : pour la première fois, la concentration de CO2 a dépassé ce niveau un mois entier durant, selon les données de la station de Mauna Loa (Hawaï), qui appartient à l'agence américaine responsable de l'étude de l'océan et de l'atmosphère (NOAA). Un niveau sans précédent, comme le montre une animation réalisée par l'Institut coopératif de recherche en sciences de l'environnement, l'un des centres de la NOAA..."
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When an environmental disaster occurs, it can be devastating to ecosystems. More often that not, the public only hears about these incidents when they first become a problem. What we don’t often hear about is the fact that the ramifications of such incidents reach far and wide – impacting the environment for years and years to come.
The monetary and health-related consequences of these types of disasters are enormous. Cleanup costs, the initial costs associated with a disaster are defined as the amount it will take to return the affected area to normal. What isn’t accounted for in these “cleanup costs,” is the impact on communities and wildlife that will span decades. Oftentimes, the true impact of a disaster isn’t truly known for years.
As this infographic from Vermont Law School’s Master of Environmental Law & Policy Online clearly illustrates, from the Exxon Valdez incident to the Deepwater Horizon spill, billions had to be spent on cleanup, lives were lost, and wildlife suffered. The only thing certain is that the impacted communities will continue to struggle to recuperate from the after effects of these environmental disasters. Via Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
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Le ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable et de l'Energie publie aujourd'hui le bilan de la qualité de l'air 2012. Il montre une amélioration de la qualité de l'air par (...) Via Andrah
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© Copyright. Let's live a green lifestyle by supporting Green Energy, Recycling, Green transportation, Conservation of Water, Green Gardening, and Healthy Local Food. Via Baiba Svenca
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The effects of climate change are already becoming an economic reality. Will the president's plan do enough to help businesses contribute to solutions?
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As the human footprint has spread, the remaining wildernesses on our planet have retreated. However, dive just a few meters below the ocean surface and you will enter a world where humans very rarely venture.
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