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Cornell Atkinson awards catalyze solutions in food, climate, clean energy
Cornell Chronicle - New York
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June 4, 2025
By 2030, Dhaka, Bangladesh is projected to experience dramatic increases in flooding and an average of 65 days per year of extreme heat. There are over 3,000 apparel factories in Bangladesh, whose workers and production are increasingly threatened...
Power for the campus, sustainability for its students
The Daily - Washington State
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June 4, 2025
Power House, University of Washington, Seattle, probably 1911. Courtesy of UW Special Collections. UW relocated to its current home in Union Bay in 1895, just a few years after Washington joined the United States. This relocation solved expansion...
Environment day | How India pushes for ecological restoration
The Indian Express
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June 4, 2025
India will mark World Environment Day by launching the ambitious Aravalli Green Wall project – a large-scale land restoration project to combat the degradation of the country’s longest mountain range. Stretching 700 km across four states, the...
Climate Comedy stageplay on tour in Donegal
DonegalLive
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June 4, 2025
We Built This City on Rock and Coal is coming to three locations in Donegal this summer. Arranmore Island, Kilcar and Killybegs will host a performance of the play where comedy meets climate change. The play, create by award-winning science...
Environmentalists urge Haryana CM to protect Aravali hills
The Hindu
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June 4, 2025
On the eve of the World Environment Day, a group of environmentalists, working to conserve Aravalis, has written to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and the State Forest Department officials to create policies and plans to protect India’s...
Carbon capture projects promise a climate fix — and a fossil fuel lifeline
Mongabay
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June 4, 2025
Governments across Southeast Asia are looking at carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) as a way to meet climate targets. Projects have been proposed in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, with Japanese companies involved in all three countries....
Carbon-Capturing Power of Olive Groves Measured
Olive Oil Times
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June 4, 2025
Summary The Spanish C‑Olivar project has shown that 15 olive grove plots in Estepa sequester 412 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, with varying management practices affecting carbon storage levels. The project aims to...
Biodiverse Urban Parks Boost Mental Health Naturally
Bioengineer.org
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June 4, 2025
In an era where urbanization continues to accelerate, the intersection between mental health and access to natural environments has become an urgent topic of scientific inquiry. Recent research sheds new light on the potential for...
Mongolia to Host “Sustainability Dialogue 2025 - Climate Action: Billions of Trees” Forum
Montsame News Agency
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Ulaanbaatar, June 4, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Under the auspices of the President of Mongolia, the “Sustainability Dialogue 2025 - Climate Action: Billions of Trees” Forum will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5-7, 2025. The Forum will serve as a...
DOE Scraps $3.7B in OCED Projects, Upending Carbon Capture Progress at Power Plants
Power Magazine
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June 4, 2025
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) abrupt termination of 24 previously awarded projects—including four prominent power-related carbon capture projects— will rescind $3.7 billion in financial assistance from its Office of Clean Energy...
Pacific Agriculture and Forestry ministers endorse new strategy
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 4, 2025
A new strategy, ‘Growing the Pacific 2050 Strategy for Agriculture and Forestry’, was endorsed by Pacific Island countries at the Regional Meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Forestry, in Nuku’alofa, last week. The Pacific Week of Agriculture...
Expert urges media to stimulate informed conversations around climate change
Ghana News Agency
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June 4, 2025
By Dennis Peprah Kumasi, (Ashanti), June 3, GNA – Environmentalist, and climate expert has urged the media to use their influences to stimulate informed conversations and shape the narratives, as the nation experiences climate change impacts....
Sunny spring breaks solar power record
The Times
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Britain’s sunniest spring yet has generated a record amount of solar power, delivering a windfall for the million-plus households with solar panels. The country had 43 per cent more sunshine than average for the season, the most since modern...
Dry spells weaken the Amazon's ability to store carbon
Earth.com
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Over the past few decades, a section of the Amazon rainforest has experienced conditions far drier than usual. Scientists launched a project to understand how reduced rainfall might change this green stronghold. Lucy Rowland, a researcher at the...
EU 2040 climate target, ending Russian energy imports priorities for Denmark's EU Council presidency
Clean Energy Wire
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June 4, 2025
Grid infrastructure plans, a climate target for 2040, and details on the EU's plans to end its dependence on Russian energy imports are key priorities for the Danish government as it takes over the 6-month presidency of the EU Council in July,...
Deputy Minister: Azerbaijan striving for a balance between energy security and sustainability
APA
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Azerbaijan balances energy security and sustainability, said the Deputy Minister of Energy Kamal Abbasov during his speech at the Baku Energy Forum, APA-Economics reports. O bildirib ki, Azərbaycan müasir enerji ehtiyaclarını qarşılamaqla yanaşı,...
Greenpeace to appeal Taiwan’s first climate lawsuit after dismissal
Taipei Times
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June 3, 2025
Greenpeace today said it is to file an appeal after the Taipei High Administrative Court last month dismissed its 2021 lawsuit against the Ministry of Economic Affairs for “loose” regulations governing major corporate electricity consumers. The...
World Environment Day: Telemedicine reduces carbon footprint
Pakistan Observer
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June 4, 2025
KARACHI – World Environment Day 2025 will be observed across the globe including Pakistan on June 05 with the theme ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. According to the official UNEP campaign site, “Plastic pollution permeates every corner of the...
North East businesses urged to invest in green projects through new carbon offsetting marketplace
Chronicle Live
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June 4, 2025
North East businesses are being invited to pump millions of pounds into green projects across the region to offset their own carbon emissions. A new North East Carbon and Nature Marketplace has now launched, allowing organisations to either...
Forest Service pick decries ‘very aggressive’ government
E&E News
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June 4, 2025
The Trump administration’s nominee to oversee national forests blamed a heavy-handed Forest Service on Tuesday for repeated brushes he’s had with the agency regarding his ranches in Idaho. Michael Boren, the multimillionaire business owner who’s...