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‘Green’-light? Heathrow set to build third runway amid environmental concerns

Brew Admin   Wed 16 Dec 2020    

Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, has received the go-ahead to build a third runway in a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that overturned a legal decision to block the plans on environmental grounds. The challengers have criticised the UK […]

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Fuel-heavy Japan set to ban petrol-run cars by 2030s

Brew Admin   Thu 03 Dec 2020    

Japan wants to ban sales of new petrol cars in around 15 years’ time as part of efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, reports said Thursday. The new policy could be announced as soon as next week, building on […]

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#ClimateAction: New Zealand vows shift to carbon neutrality by 2025

Brew Admin   Wed 02 Dec 2020    

New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed with greater actions to reduce emissions. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern […]

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Japan hits restart on Tsunami-struck nuclear reactors after near-decade of shutdowns

Brew Admin   Thu 12 Nov 2020    

A nuclear reactor in northern Japan on Wednesday became the first among those damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to get final restart approval, with support from regional authorities. All of Japan’s nuclear power stations were shut down after […]

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Larger-than-life voices roar ‘green’ at live TED event, ‘Earth not an orange to squeeze the life from: Pope

Brew Admin   Sun 18 Oct 2020    

Celebrities from filmmaker Ava DuVernay to Britain’s Prince William to the Pope himself issued powerful calls last week calling for people to mobilise and unify to confront the climate crisis. Joining the panel of hosts at the live-streamed, TED Countdown […]

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China promises to reduce emissions, ‘do more’ in its new green pledge to UN

Brew Admin   Tue 22 Sep 2020    

China will promise to “do more” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new pledges to be delivered to the United Nations before the end of this year, said the country’s top climate change advisor, Xie Zhenhua, on Tuesday. Xie, who […]

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Our Earth: Richest 1% to bring in disaster, the poorest 50% to bear the brunt

Brew Admin   Mon 21 Sep 2020    

The richest one percent of people are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half of the world’s population — 3.1 billion people — new research showed Monday. Despite a sharp decrease in carbon emissions […]

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