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The first thing Aysha picks up when she opens her eyes to the warm glow of the morning sun is not an iPhone, not an alarm clock, not even a glass of water.
It’s her collection of large plastic gasoline canisters. The 13-year-old Ethiopian straps them to her camel — which her family is lucky to have — and begins the four-plus-hour walk...
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The 6.20 am BBC Radio 4 Business News may seem unlikely to raise blood pressure towards the red line, but to this listener, it has achieved that feat twice this year.
First Aviva, then Legal & General, boasted about how they will sell stock in companies ‘not doing enough about climate change.’ So they are acting as judge and jury without the right of...
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future.
Everyone will want one because they’re emission-free, ecologically responsible, and more affordable every year.
That’s why GM, Volvo, and other manufacturers will soon be making only EVs.
Or so we’re told.
Some people have high disposable incomes and do most of their driving locally. For them buying an EV may be a viable choice.
Why do the rest of...
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Activist climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, who served as a lead author of the federal government’s most recent National Climate Assessment, has accepted a position as chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, a billion-dollar dark-money environmental activist group.
Joining The Nature Conservancy so soon after serving as a lead author for the National Climate Assessment raises ethical concerns, as The Nature Conservancy...
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German online public broadcasting site ntv here reports how German consumers last year spent “around 37.8 billion euros in 2020 – more than ever before.”
Citing calculations from the shopping portal Check24, the total amount paid was about 900 million euros more than in 2019.
One reason was the high consumption due to home office use. But the primary reason was the...
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The United Nations is seeking to drum up money and power with a new article claiming global warming is causing a food crisis in Central America – in defiance of the UN’s own data showing record crop production in the region.
The UN last week published a February 23 article titled, “Climate crisis and economic shocks leave millions food insecure across...