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Experts lay down circularity plan for 7 key sectors in India to cut waste
6 days, 12 hours ago

Experts lay down circularity plan for 7 key sectors in India to cut waste

Hindustan Times  

Solar waste is expected to increase three times to reach 340 kt by 2030, analysis by India’s G20 Secretariat, Council on Energy Environment and Water, RMI, World Resources Institute along with authors from several think tanks said. “Unlocking India’s Circular Waste Economy Potential for Sustainability” captures how this waste can be utilised in seven key sectors including: solar panels, batteries, …

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COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

The Hindu  

This year’s U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight. On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to …

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King coal is dirty, dangerous—and far from dead
1 month, 1 week ago

King coal is dirty, dangerous—and far from dead

Live Mint  

BRITAIN WAS the first country to generate electricity from coal. View Full Image If the current fleet of coal plants is run normally until 2050, they will emit some 250 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, according to the International Energy Agency. South Africa has become a test case for the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a brainchild of the G7 club of …

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The Importance of America’s Pacific Family
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Importance of America’s Pacific Family

The Diplomat  

After years of negotiations, the third iteration of the Compacts of Free Association – Compact III – between the United States and the countries of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, are nearing completion. The COFA Amendments Act was signed into law in the United States on March 9, shortly after it was …

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COFA Collateral Damage and Its Consequences: A View from Palau
9 months ago

COFA Collateral Damage and Its Consequences: A View from Palau

The Diplomat  

Washington’s rancorous and “chaotic” politics of the past month have reverberated far and wide. Whipps said that when the Palau-U.S. compact agreement was signed in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, in May 2023, “there was optimism and hope.” The expectation was that bolstered funding would be flowing by October following U.S. congressional approval of the renewed agreements and their funding …

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Experts at odds over result of UN climate talks in Dubai; ‘Historic,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else?
1 year ago

Experts at odds over result of UN climate talks in Dubai; ‘Historic,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else?

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly. For the first time in nearly three decades of such talks, the final agreement mentioned fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — as the cause of climate change …

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Experts at odds over result of U.N. climate talks in Dubai: ‘Significant,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else?
1 year ago

Experts at odds over result of U.N. climate talks in Dubai: ‘Significant,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else?

LA Times  

The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly. For the first time in nearly three decades of such talks, the final agreement mentioned fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — as the cause of climate change and said the world needs …

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‘Oppenheimer,’ Nuclear Amnesia, and the US Pacific Legacy
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Oppenheimer,’ Nuclear Amnesia, and the US Pacific Legacy

The Diplomat  

Since the release of the blockbuster film, “Oppenheimer,” in July 2023, global audiences have been confronting history about U.S. atomic weapons development and the individuals involved. Rather, his lengthy objections to the Bikini tests were about “the soundness of the tests” to enhance military understandings about the “effectiveness of atomic weapons in naval warfare.” Oppenheimer was also concerned about the …

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How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
1 year, 2 months ago

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

NPR  

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations toggle caption Cornell Watson for NPR In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched "Operation Attack," a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas stoves into people's kitchens. "I think it's way past the time that we were doing something about gas stoves," says Dr. Bernard Goldstein, professor …

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Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator suggests super-efficient ACs, usage of greener concrete mixes to curb emissions
1 year, 3 months ago

Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator suggests super-efficient ACs, usage of greener concrete mixes to curb emissions

The Hindu  

Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator, initiated last year to cut down emissions for the built environment, thereby accelerating and maximising the sector’s contribution to India’s 2070 net-zero emissions target, has come out with findings that can be adopted for reduction of carbon foot print by real estate developers. These include adoption of strategies that make cities heat resilient, advanced adoption …

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Despite Biden’s Absence, US Makes Inroads With Pacific Islands
1 year, 6 months ago

Despite Biden’s Absence, US Makes Inroads With Pacific Islands

The Diplomat  

While disappointment lingered over U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel his trip to Papua New Guinea last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attended meetings in Port Moresby in his stead. Among the major deliverables, the United States signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea, seen as a key victory in the competition with China for …

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Pacific Migrants Are Caught in the Tangled Web of US Healthcare Politics
1 year, 6 months ago

Pacific Migrants Are Caught in the Tangled Web of US Healthcare Politics

The Diplomat  

Nancy*, a 26-year-old from Pohnpei, the Federated States of Micronesia, moved to Hawai’i about five years ago. In an ongoing research project in the city of Honolulu, Hawai’i, spearheaded by the East-West Center’s Pacific Island Development and Research Programs, the COFA Workers Association of Honolulu, and the members of the NieiRek community, Honolulu, we found that the shifts in Medicaid-related …

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Tesla hopes its electric Semi will be heavy duty 'game changer'
2 years ago

Tesla hopes its electric Semi will be heavy duty 'game changer'

The Hindu  

US automaker Tesla on Thursday delivered its first battery-powered heavy duty truck, dubbed "Semi," and built to tackle long hauls with the handling of a sporty sedan. "That thing looks like it came from the future," Telsa chief Elon Musk said while handing over the keys to PepsiCo executives at the vehicle maker's Nevada manufacturing plant. Tesla's Semi, on the …

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What Did the US-Pacific Summit Achieve?
2 years, 1 month ago

What Did the US-Pacific Summit Achieve?

The Diplomat  

On September 28, while Hurricane Ian provided a devastating illustration of the terrible costs of climate change, leaders from 14 Pacific nations and territories gathered in Washington, D.C., for a historic summit in which climate action was top of the agenda. As President Joe Biden put it to the summit, “the security of America, quite frankly, and the world depends …

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The Real Reason the Pandemic Killed Small Restaurants
2 years, 10 months ago

The Real Reason the Pandemic Killed Small Restaurants

Slate  

For nearly 30 years, the Reel M Inn has occupied a squat, stucco building on a corner along Southeast Division Street in Portland, Oregon. “We represent and advocate for every restaurant at the federal, state, and local levels of government.” The spokesperson adds, “To say that the National Restaurant Association only represents chains is false.” As the pandemic raged, tension …

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Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains
2 years, 11 months ago

Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — The medals were billed as the most sustainable ever produced. “There is no real traceability as long as the industry relies on self-regulation,” said Mark Pieth, a professor of criminal law at the University of Basel in Switzerland and author of the 2018 book “Gold Laundering.” “People know where the gold comes from, but they don’t bother …

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Nuclear Justice for the Marshall Islands
3 years, 5 months ago

Nuclear Justice for the Marshall Islands

The Diplomat  

Just three months after the atomic ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been burned into Japan’s landscape, U.S. military and political leaders began planning a series of atomic weapons tests in order to study the effects of the bomb on naval vessels. With World War II over and a new era of Pacific control ahead, the United States selected Bikini …

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California enlists surveillance satellites to sniff out greenhouse gas ‘super-emitters’
3 years, 8 months ago

California enlists surveillance satellites to sniff out greenhouse gas ‘super-emitters’

LA Times  

Years after former Gov. Jerry Brown pledged California would launch its “own damn satellite” to track planet-warming pollutants, the state plans to put not one, but two satellites in orbit to help it hunt for hard-to-find “super-emitters” of methane and carbon dioxide. “No one can see them or smell them, and yet they’re incredibly damaging, not just to the local …

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How the gas industry tricked Americans into loving a dangerous appliance.
3 years, 10 months ago

How the gas industry tricked Americans into loving a dangerous appliance.

Slate  

In early 2020, Wilson Truong posted on the Nextdoor social media platform—where users can send messages to a group in their neighborhood—in a Culver City, California, community. It is causing respiratory and cardiovascular health problems; it can exacerbate flu and asthma and COPD in children.” Without ventilation, “you’re basically living in this toxic soup.” Beginning in the 1990s, the gas …

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Why Gas Stoves Are More Hazardous Than We’ve Been Led to Believe
54 years, 11 months ago

Why Gas Stoves Are More Hazardous Than We’ve Been Led to Believe

Slate  

This story was originally published by Undark and has been republished here with permission. “The association between the presence of a natural gas cooking appliance along with the increases in asthma in children is not supported by data-driven investigations that control for other factors that can contribute to asthma and other respiratory issues.” She also noted that the Consumer Product …

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