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===== High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass timber’ buildings are sustainable ===== | |||
[https://theconversation.com/high-rises-made-out-of-wood-what-matters-in-whether-mass-timber-buildings-are-sustainable-240416?utm_content=buffer182c7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=buffer by Brent Sohngen 12/11/24 The Conversation] | |||
Companies behind these “mass timber” projects say that wood is a lower-carbon alternative to steel or concrete and brings other benefits, such as faster construction time and lower cost than concrete and steel. Advocates say the wood materials, made of compressed layers of wood with glue, offer good fire safety as well. | |||
===== How to harvest water from clouds of fog ===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1203891520/drought-climate-change-fog-harvesting by Kat Lonsdorf, Claire Harbage npr] | |||
LAARE, Kenya – Jacob Murungi and his wife don't sleep much. Instead, they spend their nights in the local forest high in the mountains of central Kenya collecting water — from the trees. | |||
===== Scientists find DNA proof of swine feces in North Carolina homes ===== | |||
[https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/06/07/scientists-find-dna-proof-of-swine-feces-in-north-carolina-homes/ by Daily Yonder 7/6/25 NC Health News] | |||
In Duplin County, North Carolina, there is a pollutant that hangs in the air, the water and the soil. It tumbles in the breeze and into homes through open windows, settling as a thin film of dust on their kitchen tables. It gloops together in masses of sludge in the surface water that feeds their creeks and streams. The fresh, nostalgic smell of seawater along the county coast has dissipated, replaced by a permanent foul smell from nearby swine factory farms, similar to that of a decomposing body, residents say. Policymakers have long ignored their complaints but new research from Johns Hopkins University publishing soon could finally show scientific evidence of pollution that officials can’t ignore. | |||
===== It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/06/power-wealthy-earth-politics-democracy-plutocracy by George Monbiot 6/7/22 The Guardian] | |||
The day before, in the UK, the government’s climate change committee reported a “shocking” failure by Boris Johnson’s administration to meet its climate targets. So stupid and perverse are its policies on issues such as energy saving that it’s hard to see this as anything other than failure by design. On the day of the supreme court ruling, the UK government also announced that it intended to scrap the law protecting the UK’s most important wildlife sites. | |||
===== Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/revealed-oil-sectors-staggering-profits-last-50-years by Damian Carrington 21/7/22 The Guardian] | |||
The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed. | |||
=====Bitcoin miners align with fossil fuel firms, alarming environmentalists===== | |||
[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/bitcoin-miners-align-fossil-fuel-firms-alarming-environmentalists-n1280060 By Olivia Solon NBC News Sept. 25, 2021] | |||
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies use blockchain technology, essentially a shared database of transactions, where entries must be confirmed and encrypted. The network is secured by “miners” who use powerful computers to compete in an enormous guessing game that ultimately verifies the transactions. If a computer “wins” the game, it’s rewarded with a newly created bitcoin, currently worth about $40,000. The process consumes a lot of electricity, and the computers generate a lot of heat, which means they require industrial cooling systems that need even more energy. | |||
=====Kenyan recycles plastic waste into bricks stronger than concrete===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-environment-recycling-idUSKBN2A211N?fbclid=IwAR35V982t2sm9RIKvI3XU9uH3FRmXVVWMezMUKlW5KZb717MV0T60f2oW8A Rueters 2/02/21 Edwin Waita] | |||
The plastic waste is mixed with sand, heated and then compressed into bricks, which are sold at varying prices, depending on thickness and colour. Their common grey bricks cost 850 Kenyan shillings ($7.70) per square metre, for example. | |||
=====Coal: Is this the beginning of the end?===== | =====Coal: Is this the beginning of the end?===== | ||
[https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50520962 BBC 11/25/19] | |||
The report by three energy experts - published in the online journal Carbon Brief - draws on energy sector data from around the world for the first seven to 10 months of the year. | The report by three energy experts - published in the online journal Carbon Brief - draws on energy sector data from around the world for the first seven to 10 months of the year. | ||
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====='Plastic recycling is a myth': what really ===== | ====='Plastic recycling is a myth': what really ===== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-recycling-myth-what-really-happens-your-rubbish The Guardian 8/17/2019] | |||
If you look at plastics, the picture is even bleaker. Of the 8.3bn tonnes of virgin plastic produced worldwide, only 9% has been recycled, according to a 2017 Science Advances paper entitled Production, Use And Fate Of All Plastics Ever Made. “I think the best global estimate is maybe we’re at 20% [per year] globally right now,” says Roland Geyer, its lead author, a professor of industrial ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Academics and NGOs doubt those numbers, due to the uncertain fate of our waste exports. In June, one of the UK’s largest waste companies, Biffa, was found guilty of attempting to ship used nappies, sanitary towels and clothing abroad in consignments marked as waste paper. “I think there’s a lot of creative accounting going on to push the numbers up,” Geyer says. | If you look at plastics, the picture is even bleaker. Of the 8.3bn tonnes of virgin plastic produced worldwide, only 9% has been recycled, according to a 2017 Science Advances paper entitled Production, Use And Fate Of All Plastics Ever Made. “I think the best global estimate is maybe we’re at 20% [per year] globally right now,” says Roland Geyer, its lead author, a professor of industrial ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Academics and NGOs doubt those numbers, due to the uncertain fate of our waste exports. In June, one of the UK’s largest waste companies, Biffa, was found guilty of attempting to ship used nappies, sanitary towels and clothing abroad in consignments marked as waste paper. “I think there’s a lot of creative accounting going on to push the numbers up,” Geyer says. | ||
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=====How you're recycling plastic wrong, from coffee cups to toothpaste===== | =====How you're recycling plastic wrong, from coffee cups to toothpaste===== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/17/recycling-plastic-wrong-guide The Guardian 6/16/2019] | |||
While recycling continues to be an essential tool for dealing with the flood of plastic inundating the planet, it’s time for a reality check. | While recycling continues to be an essential tool for dealing with the flood of plastic inundating the planet, it’s time for a reality check. | ||
[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/climate/cafe-emissions-rollback-oil-industry.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage NY Times Rollback Car Rules- Marathon Petrol 12-2018 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/climate/cafe-emissions-rollback-oil-industry.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage NY Times Rollback Car Rules- Marathon Petrol 12-2018 ] | ||
[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/26/us/politics/donald-trump-environmental-regulation.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage NY Times Trump rollback of Reg 12-2018 | [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/26/us/politics/donald-trump-environmental-regulation.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage NY Times Trump rollback of Reg 12-2018 ] | ||
[https://plasticfreehackney.com/ Plastic Free Hackney | [https://plasticfreehackney.com/ Plastic Free Hackney ] | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/cancertown-reserve-louisiana-residents-stories TheGuardianCancerTown Reserve LA 05/08/19] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/cancertown-reserve-louisiana-residents-stories TheGuardianCancerTown Reserve LA 05/08/19] | ||
