Sustainability

30% of Global Electricity Already Prepping For Rapid Decarbonization

A full 30 percent of the world’s electricity generation comes under the umbrella of just nine energy companies, and they have just joined forces to ramp up technology investments aimed at decarbonization. The

November 14, 2016
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What the Trump Victory Means for Standing Rock

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The Sioux tribe is facing a pro-oil president-elect with personal investments riding on the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline.

November 9, 2016
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Scientists Developed a Way to Immobilize and Store Radioactive Waste for Millions of Years

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One nuclear site in southeastern Washington processed some 56 million gallons of radioactive waste alone – enough to fill more than 1 million bathtubs. Creating glass with radioactive waste at this site is expected to start around 2022 or 2023, and it could revolutionize waste storage.

November 7, 2016
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Re-routing Dakota Access Pipeline Won't Make it Less Dangerous to the Environment or Climate

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President Obama says it should be rerouted, but Greenpeace's Jesse Coleman warns that oil pipelines are inherently unsafe

November 3, 2016
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Cities have a new agenda, but what about the people?

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Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development conference concluded in Quito with yet another global agreement — the New Urban Agenda.

October 26, 2016
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The Industrial Agricultural System is Limiting Food Access and Driving Climate Change

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Kirtana Chandraeskaran of Friends of the Earth International explains why the UN Conference on World Food Security stopped short of recognizing that the industrial food sector is the greatest agricultural contributor to climate

October 25, 2016
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