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3 votes
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a rousing speech from the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury which painted an apocalyptic picture of the future of the planet
7 votes -
After a four-year hiatus, Iceland's last remaining whaling company will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials
6 votes -
Carbon hacking: Least carbon-intensive traveling between US and Europe
My life is split between the US and the Netherlands, where I have friends and work in both places. I try to fly as little as possible: only one intercontinental flight per year. But even that puts...
My life is split between the US and the Netherlands, where I have friends and work in both places. I try to fly as little as possible: only one intercontinental flight per year. But even that puts my individual carbon footprint far above the average human's. I buy carbon offsets but that just shifts responsibility.
I've long been deeply inspired by Greta Thunberg's protest act of sailing from England to New York to attend a 2019 climate summit. But sailing across the ocean in a racing yacht with a crew simply is too extreme.
So I'm curious what are the options for reducing carbon emissions when traveling between continents.
I've contemplated hopping on a freighter ship. My thinking is that: freighter ships are extremely efficient cargo-weight-to-emission ratio-wise, so the marginal carbon emission of me as added 'cargo' must be much lower than as another passenger on an airplane. Plus, the freighter ship will be sailing with or without me on board; whereas as a plane passenger I enable the business of a passenger flight.
6 votes -
Over sixty pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season
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The carbon offset problem
5 votes -
Canada’s boar war - Wild pigs are invasive, destructive and dangerous, and their populations in Canada are exploding out of control. How can we fight back?
12 votes -
Oil refineries are making a windfall. Why do they keep closing?
8 votes -
Can Finland and Sweden help decarbonize EU economies? Geopolitical realities and pandemic-related supply chain issues are increasing the pressure on EU
4 votes -
Isolated group of polar bears found surviving in south-east Greenland thanks to freshwater discharge from glaciers
10 votes -
It’s Warren Buffett versus Google, Facebook in latest wind-farm debate
6 votes -
Continued drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions confirms achievement of 2020 target
4 votes -
California imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area
11 votes -
The Orange Pill - Your city will be changed forever
7 votes -
Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored
6 votes -
Who actually controls gas prices?
9 votes -
EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies
8 votes -
Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
12 votes -
As the money pours in, Europe's second-biggest natural gas supplier Norway is fending off accusations that it's profiting from the war in Ukraine
6 votes -
Can gravity batteries solve our energy storage problems?
14 votes -
Meet the retired oil exec plugging forgotten wells to reduce emissions | World Wide Waste
5 votes -
Iceland urged to ban blood farms that extract hormone from pregnant horses – European Commission said it was seriously concerned about the treatment of horses
8 votes -
Norway is vowing to help Europe turn away from Russian gas, but that's set off a political battle with the left-wing opposition that rejects expanded gas exploration
7 votes -
Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after Covid mutation cull – just a handful of mink breeders express an interest in re-entering fur industry
3 votes -
Nurdles: The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of
10 votes -
The world has no choice but to care about India’s heat wave
8 votes -
Clean energy is about having more, not less
6 votes -
Greenland weighs up economy versus climate crisis – as the island eyes tourism and mining it is also mindful of controlling the cost
3 votes -
The construction of two energy islands off the coast of Denmark is being sped up to help wean the country off Russian fossil fuels
6 votes -
Scientists discover a new method to break down plastics in less time
9 votes -
Californian critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms
4 votes -
Wind turbine maker Vestas posted a deep first-quarter loss and slashed its 2022 margin forecast due to the war in Ukraine and writedowns in its offshore business
4 votes -
BlocPower wants to evict fossil fuels one building at a time... And replace them with greener alternatives
5 votes -
Why did the US military dig a tunnel in the Alaskan tundra? What is the tunnel used for now?
5 votes -
The strange appeal of garden lawns
10 votes -
'Unprecedented' water restrictions ordered for millions in Southern California
17 votes -
Heatwave in India breaks records, still worsening
5 votes -
Bilge dumping: The worst pollution you've never heard of
5 votes -
Climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce dies after setting himself on fire outside US Supreme Court on Earth Day
31 votes -
The absurd mystery of flamingo no. 492
4 votes -
Norway's breeding programme sees arctic foxes return in high numbers – foxes still listed as under threat of becoming extinct in Scandinavia
3 votes -
The Vikings cut them down, we want to bring them back – bringing back the ancient forests of Iceland
3 votes -
As the world experiences sea level rise, Iceland's waters are falling – and flowing to the other side of the planet
6 votes -
A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
5 votes -
Denmark wants to phase out natural gas entirely and will quadruple the production of solar and onshore wind energy by 2030
13 votes -
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg has created an energy system that makes it possible to capture and store solar energy for up to eighteen years
6 votes -
Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open
10 votes -
A plastic bag’s 2,000-mile journey shows the messy truth about recycling
6 votes -
Can carbon-capture plants achieve global net-zero emissions?
5 votes -
Solar geoengineering: Why Bill Gates wants it, but these experts want to stop it
5 votes