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Mobility
‘Fast tech’ is unsustainable: The circular economy is the smart answer for growth
31 August 2022Designing durable, reusable, and recyclable products helps tech companies challenge the reign of ”fast tech”. https://www.fastcompany.com/90772025/fast-tech-is-unsustainable-the-circular-economy-is-the-smart-answer-for-growth
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Is population the cause of “planet disaster”?
29 August 2022Facts are sacred and we must accept them as they loom large over us as Damocles’ sword. The risk of being called an ‘alarmist’ is worth taking in the war to save our only abode in the universe, the Earth. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/is-population-the-cause-of-planet-disaster/
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Global warming sparked the rise of the reptiles: New Study
24 August 2022Scientists so far believed that the reptile population explosion was due to the extinction of their competitors. However, this new study led by Harvard University indicates that extreme climate change, rather than mass extinction, was behind the boom millions of years ago. https://www.cnbctv18.com/environment/global-warming-sparked-off-rise-of-the-reptiles-new-study-14559722.htm
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Can Phoenix, the hottest city in America, survive climate change?
15 August 2022On the downtown streets in America’s hottest city the temperature has hit 109 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon in late June and the sidewalks are mostly empty, but an elderly woman carrying an umbrella passes by walking her terrier, the dog’s tiny feet fitted with leather moccasins to protect them from the scorching concrete. https://news.yahoo.com/can-phoenix-the-hottest-city-in-america-survive-a-changing-climate-090020499.html
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Western U.S. faces water and power shortages due to climate change, U.N. warns
15 August 2022In the wake of a setback from his legislative agenda to combat climate change, President Biden on Wednesday announced a set of new actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. https://www.yahoo.com/author/ben-adler
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Mobility
South Korea hit with deadly flooding as climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequent
15 August 2022The unprecedented rate of rain, which the Korea Meteorological Administration had warned would reach 2 to 4 inches per hour, turned roads into rivers and lakes, knocked out service to the subway system and submerged entire neighborhoods. https://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-hit-with-deadly-flooding-as-climate-change-makes-extreme-rainfall-events-more-frequent-190255330.html
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Mobility
Bad news: Study reveals the Arctic is warming much faster than previously thought
15 August 2022The Arctic is warming much faster than previously thought, according to a new study, which highlighted the challenges ahead for limiting climate change and keeping global temperatures in check. https://news.yahoo.com/bad-news-study-reveals-the-arctic-is-warming-much-faster-than-previously-thought-180850752.html
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Mobility
In a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy
10 August 2022The European Union’s recent proposals to end imports of Russian gas before 2030 in the wake of the Ukraine invasion are blighted by the bloc’s support for unnecessary and expensive technologies.
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Mobility
Scholz says "no technical reasons" for reduced gas flows from Russia
10 August 2022Russia is ready to use “pretexts and invented reasons” to obstruct Europe’s energy supply, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said as his government prepares for a possible full halt to natural gas trading with the country’s most important supplier. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/scholz-says-no-technical-reasons-reduced-gas-flows-russia
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Mobility
War in Ukraine: Tracking the impacts on German energy and climate policy
10 August 2022The war in Ukraine forces Germany to radically rethink its energy policy, given that the country is heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuels. In first reactions, Germany put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold, announced the creation of strategic coal and gas reserves, committed to building terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/ukraine-war-tracking-impacts-german-energy-and-climate-policy
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Mobility
Green peace: How Europe’s climate policy can survive the war in Ukraine
10 August 2022Russia’s war on Ukraine has weakened European governments’ commitment to EU climate goals. European leaders should intensify their efforts to build clean, sustainable energy security in practice – not just in theory.They should also address the climate challenge as a matter of EU – rather than national – energy sovereignty.
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Mobility
Environmental impacts of the war in Ukraine and prospects for a green reconstruction
09 August 2022The war has caused widespread and severe damage to the environment and inflicted both immediate and longer-term consequences on the human health, ecosystems and the Ukrainian economy and beyond. https://www.oecd.org/ukraine-hub/policy-responses/environmental-impacts-of-the-war-in-ukraine-and-prospects-for-a-green-reconstruction-9e86d691/
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Mobility
Suzuki and Dorna reach agreement: officially out of MotoGP and EWC
14 July 2022The japanese constructor will be exiting the scene at the end of 2022. https://www.gpone.com/en/2022/07/14/motogp/suzuki-and-dorna-reach-agreement-officially-out-of-motogp-and-ewc.html
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