Scientific America
appeared 11 January 2018
Scientists have known for some time the ocean is acidifying because of climate change. The seas’ absorption of human-generated carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is well documented, along with the harm it is causing ocean creatures like shellfish.
The New York Times
appeared 9 January 2018
LONDON — They’re tiny, colorful and harmless-looking, but these little pellets are being blamed for causing big problems for the world’s oceans and seas.
Deutsche Welle
appeared 07 December 2017
Few people use bitcoin to buy anything — but everyone pays for its environmental impact. Does mining the cryptocurrency actually consume more electricity than Ireland?
Forbes
appeared 6 December 2017
Earlier this year, President Trump reneged on America’s promise to voluntarily reduce carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement. Although no one believes Paris was the silver bullet to address global warming, many believe it was a necessary first step. Walking away was easy, however, because the Agreement was never approved by the Senate, and therefore was not a legally binding treaty. Yet again, government has failed to address a pressing problem.
The Economist
appeared 25 November 2017
IN 2008, when she was in her mid-20s and sitting on a $500m inheritance, Liesel Pritzker Simmons asked her bankers about “impact investing”. They fobbed her off. “They didn’t understand what I meant and offered to screen out tobacco,” recalls the Hyatt Hotels descendant, philanthropist and former child film star. So she fired her bankers and advisers and set up her own family office, Blue Haven Initiative. It seeks investments that both offer market-rate returns and have a positive impact on society and the environment. “Financially it’s sensible risk mitigation,” she says. “Our philanthropy becomes far more efficient if we don’t need to undo damage done in our investment management.”
The Guardian
appeared 22 November 2017
More than 2.5m disposable cups have been purchased by the UK’s environment department for use in its restaurants and cafes over the past five years – equivalent to nearly 1,400 a day.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP23
appeared 17 November 2017
Brazil and Paraguay, developing nations and signatories of the Paris Agreement, face the challenge of promoting economic development to create income and jobs for their people, at the same time as avoiding negative climate and environment impacts of growth on their citizens.