The wildlife charity WWF-UK shelved a report that warned how intensive chicken production is devastating the River Wye, the Observer can reveal. Since 2018, the charity has received more than £6m in donations from the supermarket chain Tesco, which has faced action from campaigners over the decline of the Wye because many of the intensive…
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Companies face new rules over climate change : NPR
Farmer Rob Stone (R) and Gregory Gingera, a canola breeder at Corteva Agriscience, walk through Stone’s field in Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada in May. Canadian farmers are looking for ways to deal with recurrent drought, including planting earlier and using seeds that are more resistant to heat. GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Farmer Rob…
Meryl to share key sustainability insights
Meryl Fabrics, a pioneer in hi-tech sustainable materials, is offering an open invitation to businesses interested in achieving true sustainability in fabric production to attend its stand at the PCIAW Summit on 18th and 19th October at the Radisson Blu Hotel Heathrow in London. As a headline sponsor of the Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide,…
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Announces 2022 Sustainability Award Winners
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program recognized a class of seven exceptional farms, businesses and partnerships for their socially responsible, economically viable and environmentally sound practices and technologies that have a broad and positive impact. This year’s winners displayed excellence in areas such as methane and other greenhouse gas reduction practices as…
Plastic pollution: Ambitious global treaty agreed in Nairobi | New Scientist
Plastic garbage collected on Eastern Island in Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge All Canada Photos / Alamy One hundred and seventy-five countries have agreed to a legally binding global treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis by tackling the material’s entire supply chain. Inger Anderson, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, says it is…
Plastic pollution: Global treaty drafted to end plastic pollution | New Scientist
Plastic garbage collected on Eastern Island in Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge All Canada Photos / Alamy Nearly 200 governments have provisionally agreed to a legally binding global treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis by tackling the material’s entire supply chain, in what Inger Anderson, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, says will…
Amid climate change and a housing crisis, Earthships offer a solution – The Washington Post
TAOS, N.M. — Mike Reynolds never worried too much as the world inched closer to doomsday. In the spring of 2020, motorists lined up in their cars outside grocery stores waiting for food as the coronavirus pandemic first wrapped its tentacles around the global supply chain. Next came an unprecedented surge of extreme weather as…
