Credit to Author: Randy Shore| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:04:26 +0000
As the world continues to warm, every city, town and village in B.C. will be living its own unique version of climate change
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Credit to Author: Terri Hansen| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:04:51 +0000
“For the first time, the world’s top scientists have confirmed what we have always known: respecting the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities is an immediate and actionable climate change solution.”
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Credit to Author: Cheryl Chan| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:23:28 +0000
The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch hands out about 22 million plastic bags every year, but is now switching to heavy duty paper.
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Credit to Author: Matt Robinson| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:32:02 +0000
‘What’s scary is we’re losing animals kind of in the middle of that population curve. Included in the last three whales that we’ve lost are two males that are pretty much prime aged males. That’s really concerning.’
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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 02:20:55 +0000
Twenty-one-year-old Asma Pun enjoys meeting her friends for a drink in cafes. And as much as she prefers to slurp her drinks with a straw, environment-conscious Pun says she has always been hesitant to use plastic ones.
The post Plastic straws are slowly being replaced in Kathmandu’s restaurants appeared first on Inquirer News.
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Credit to Author: Anne Gaviola| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:14:13 +0000
A travel company wants to take vacationers to places that are being wiped out by climate change, and critics say that’s bad for the environment.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:16:29 +0000
Singapore has made its largest-ever seizure of smuggled ivory, impounding a haul of nearly nine tons of contraband tusks from an estimated 300 elephants.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:56:47 +0000
Tourists and a pilot on a helicopter sightseeing tour of Iceland have found dozens of dead whales on a remote beach in Iceland.
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Credit to Author: Manisha Krishnan| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:06:19 +0000
The country must commit to protecting 30 percent of land and water by 2030, according to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:55:59 +0000
CEBU CITY—To offset the carbon emissions of its commercial operations by 2022, a company here has established a land carbon forest reserve in the city’s mountains which could absorb thousands of tons of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
The post Top PH firm delineates 65-hectare area as reserve to absorb greenhouse gas appeared first on Inquirer News.
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