The Greens are also calling for Biden to formally declare a climate emergency and to invest an additional $1.4 trillion annually to implement an Economic Bill of Rights. The numbers are based on several studies commissioned during the 2020 Green Party presidential campaign of Howie Hawkins. The Democrats are expected to propose a
The UAE’s policy to build a sustainable nation is evident in the initiatives it has taken in the recent past as it joins several nations to support Earth Hour on Saturday. On Saturday, 27 March at 8:30 p.m. UAE time, Emirates Nature-WWF is inviting the UAE community to virtually participate in Earth Hour,
Then Brendon Sorbom A 2010 graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, he decided to fly to Boston, taking the “thousand dollars” he had accumulated and his credit card (with 0 percent interest for one year). Sorbom wanted to defend his doctoral dissertation. in nuclear fusion, but all five programs he applied
President Joe Biden has ambitious plans when it comes to addressing climate change. He wants to eliminate net carbon emissions from the energy sector by 2035, and from the entire U.S. economy by 2050. The big shift away from the burning of oil, gas and coal that would necessitate will put many American
Earth’s ice sheets have misplaced 28 trillion tons of ice mass because the Nineteen Nineties and will proceed accelerating as hotter oceans undercut glaciers alongside coasts, The Washington Put up stories. A brand new research printed within the journal Copernicus says that between 1994 and 2017, the Arctic misplaced 7.6 trillion tons of
When Somphote Ahunai returned to Bangkok after completing an MBA degree in the US, he had $200 left in the bank. Today the renewable energy and electric vehicle company he founded has a market value of $5.6 billion and testifies to Thailand’s highly successful advance into green and sustainable industries. After initially working
Many consumers have made the switch from in-person work to working from home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this change has cut down on commuting times, it also has meant that consumers are spending a lot more time on the internet while at home.A new study conducted by researchers from
Tea will be sold in environment-friendly ‘Kulhads’ (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. Speaking at an event organised at the Digawara railway station in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, the minister said the initiative will be the contribution of the
BRUSSELS: Hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a sharp drop in oil prices, biofuel demand has declined for the first time in two decades and may struggle to recover, according to experts. “The collapse of oil prices has had a very negative impact on biofuels,” rendering them uncompetitive, Olivier Lemesle, director of studies
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published a report finding that the UK Home Office breached its obligations under UK equalities laws by failing to address the plight of the Windrush generation in implementing its hostile environment policy. The policy, first introduced by then-Home Secretary Theresa May in 2012, attempted to