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ENVIRONMENT


PLASTIC RECYCLING REMAINS A MYTH: GREENPEACE STUDY

Oct. 26 05:48 am JST Oct. 26 | 07:09 am JST
3 Comments

Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to
a Greenpeace USA report that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient,
circular economy as "fiction." Titled "Circular Claims Fall Flat Again," the
study found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by U.S.
households in… Read


Environment


MONTHS AFTER FLOODS, BRAZIL'S AMAZON FACES A SEVERE DROUGHT

Oct. 25 06:00 am JST Oct. 25 | 07:02 am JST
1 Comment

Just months after enduring floods that destroyed crops and submerged entire
communities, thousands of families in the Brazilian Amazon are now dealing with
severe drought that, at least in some areas, is the worst in decades. The low
level of the Amazon River, at the center of the largest drainage… Read


Environment


CONCERN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE SHRINKS GLOBALLY AS THREAT GROWS: STUDY

Oct. 24 06:08 am JST Oct. 24 | 06:52 am JST
8 Comments

Concerns about climate change shrank across the world last year, a survey shows,
with fewer than half those questioned believing it posed a "very serious threat"
to their countries in the next 20 years. Only 20% of people in China, the
world's biggest polluter, said they believed that climate change… Read


Environment


FRANCE TO LEAVE ENERGY TREATY CRITICIZED BY CLIMATE GROUPS

Oct. 23 06:23 am JST Oct. 23 | 06:23 am JST
2 Comments

French President Emmanuel Macron said that France will become the latest
European Union country to leave an energy agreement which climate groups claim
is being used by the fossil fuel industry to legally challenge environmental
measures. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) entered into force in 1998 to protect
foreign investment… Read


Environment


CRANBERRY FARMERS FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE TO PROTECT THANKSGIVING STAPLE

Oct. 22 06:28 am JST Oct. 22 | 06:43 am JST
4 Comments

American farmers growing cranberries, a quintessential component of Thanksgiving
feasts, have had to adapt their traditional methods to fight the effects of
climate change. The tart red berries, boiled with a heaping dose of sugar to
make classic cranberry sauce, thrive only in the right environment -- but
climate change… Read


Environment


CHANGING CLIMATE CLAIMS RAILWAYS, HOUSES AND BEACHES IN CALIFORNIA

Oct. 21 06:21 am JST Oct. 21 | 07:04 am JST
8 Comments

Steve Lang can see catastrophic erosion worsened by climate change happening in
real time along one of the world's most scenic railroad lines, where the sea is
swallowing homes, tracks and California's beautiful beaches. "Every day I come
here and watch this, and it makes me want to cry," the… Read


Environment


WILDLIFE POPULATIONS PLUNGE 69% SINCE 1970: WWF

Oct. 14 06:17 am JST Oct. 14 | 07:05 am JST
4 Comments

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in
the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that
highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity. Featuring data
from 32,000 populations of more than 5,000 species of mammals, birds,
amphibians, reptiles and fish,… Read


Environment


EGYPT: ABOUT 90 HEADS OF STATE CONFIRMED FOR COP27 CLIMATE SUMMIT

Oct. 5 06:00 am JST Oct. 5 | 07:18 am JST
4 Comments

About 90 heads of state have confirmed attendance at November's COP27 climate
negotiations in Egypt where they will address issues including energy transition
and food security at opening sessions, a senior Egyptian official said this
week. "We've received a large number of confirmations from around the world, I
think the… Read


Environment


NATIONS SEEK AVIATION CLIMATE PACT DESPITE GLOBAL TENSIONS

Sep. 30 06:21 am JST Sep. 30 | 06:28 am JST
0 Comments

A United Nations body has begun global talks to hammer out a consensus on
reducing airline emissions in the face of lingering discord over climate change
and the impact of war in Ukraine. The 193-nation International Civil Aviation
Organization's (ICAO) assembly, held every three years, is the first since
COVID-19… Read


Environment


HOW SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY GREW INTO A TREE-TOP PLAYGROUND IN NARA PREFECTURE

Apr. 22 07:00 am JST Apr. 22 | 09:58 am JST
4 Comments

The village of Totsukawa on the Kii Peninsula is over 670 square kilometers in
size. Just 3,000 people live in this remote area where 96% of the surface area
is covered by steep, forested mountains. The trees are Totsukawa’s most valuable
resource and forestry has been its largest industry for… Read


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PETER NEIL
TODAY 12:14 AM JST

They didn’t recycle bottles. They washed them and the companies reused their own
bottles. Oil companies are going to do…

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SVEN ASAI
OCT. 26 11:54 PM JST

It’s not so simple as propagated. I still know the era when there had been less
plastic and for example…

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OCT. 26 08:22 PM JST

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