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Ohio Just Granted Lake Erie the Same Rights as a Human
byIt’s the latest legal attempt to protect the beloved lake from environmental catastrophe AsLake Erie begins to emerge from the thick layer of ice and snow that have capped its vast expanse over the last few months, Markie Miller feels an odd pang of melancholy. True, the summer months are a time for swimming, fishing, […]
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Is big tech the new big oil?
byThe phrase ‘data is the new oil’ is everywhere and I have no doubt that it is true. But that raises a question, if data is the new oil, is big tech the new big oil? Big oil is the term used to describe large oil and gas companies, especially in relation to their immense […]
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The Impossible Burger and Earth’s Future
byAn Impossible Burger has been ordered at the Salty Dog in Brooklyn, New York. The thick red patty is placed on the grill, and the heavenly smell of cooking meat fills the air. The burger is cooked to still slightly pink perfection, crispy and brown on the outside, and nestled into a bun with a […]
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US-China soy trade war could destroy 13 million hectares of rainforest
byStudy suggests Brazil likely to rush to fill China’s sudden soy shortfall by boosting farming The Amazon rainforest could be the greatest casualty of the trade war between the United States and China, warns a new study showing how deforestation pressures have surged as a result of the geopolitical jolt in global soy markets. Up […]
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Is your coffee vegan and eco-friendly?
byMandy Mazliah discovers what goes into making our coffee and how to keep it vegan. How do you like your coffee? A soya flat white, drip filter, long black, or perhaps a pumpkin spice caramel latte? Or maybe you prefer to make your own – there’s nothing quite like the smell of freshly ground coffee […]
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Five Asian Nations Are The Reason Plastic Waste is Ruining Our Oceans.
byA dead whale was recently discovered on the shore of the Philippines. In its belly was 40Kg of plastic waste which converts to 88 lbs of plastics. Workers from the B’Bone Collector Museum found the Cuvier’s beaked whale east of the Davao City in March. The museum said in a Facebook post that the whale […]
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Solar-powered trash cans helping Hawaii’s environment
byThese trashcans are more than meets the eye. “Instead of having just normal trash cans here we thought let’s put something in it that really speaks to sustainability and conservation,” Alexander and Baldwin spokesperson Darren Pai said. It doesn’t look like much from the outside because it’s what happens on the inside that counts. “As […]
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Plastic Pollution: Could We Have Solved the Problem Nearly 50 Years Ago?
byThere’s plastic in seabirds, in the middle of the remote Pacific Ocean, even in people. It’s a challenge to turn to the news these days without reading or hearing the latest horror story about plastic pollution. These updates seem new and striking and scary, but in reality much of the fundamental information contained in these […]
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Supply Chain News: US Labor Department Report Challenges Beliefs Relative to a Truck Driver Shortage
byWe all know there is a severe shortage of US truck drivers, which is only going to get worse over time, right? SCDigest regularly reports on this topic, noting the often near 100% turnover rate at truckload carriers, according to quarterly ATA data, carriers regularly lamenting the lack of drivers in quarterly earnings calls, frequent […]
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The End of Mammals
byHumanity has a very suspect ability to empathize with life. As humans, the most evolved Mammals on Earth, we’re actually the cause of the 6th mass extinction, a catastrophic loss of biodiversity due to our impact on our home planet’s ecosystem. As Mammals, we might have some inherent blind-spot in being able to empathize with […]
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