by Haafizah | Jun 19, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
Biden’s border closure may put climate migrants from Mexico at risk of exposure to extreme heat. With much of the southwest baking under record temperatures, immigrants’ rights advocates worry President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively close the border to...
by Haafizah | Jun 18, 2024 | AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange
While swapping beef for chicken may lower your impact on the climate, it also means killing more poorly treated animals. During COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published an agrifood roadmap to help keep emissions in line with the 1.5°C goal....
by Haafizah | Jun 18, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
Athletes have voiced concern about the high temperatures they will be expected to compete in at the Paris Olympics this year. The Paris Olympics could be the hottest Games on record, with leading athletes warning that the intense heat forecast for competition could...
by Rachel | Jun 17, 2024 | Blogs, ClimateChange, HealthyLiving
Organic food has become increasingly popular over the last several decades. However, here’s why organic food is not a viable strategy for fighting climate change. Organic food has become increasingly popular over the last several decades, and sales of organic...
by Haafizah | Jun 17, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
Claudia Sheinbaum, a former climate scientist and Mexico City Mayor, has often led with politics over the environment. The month before Mexico’s 2 June presidential vote the country was bedeviled by water cuts and blackouts as a record heatwave took the country beyond...
by Haafizah | Jun 13, 2024 | AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews
Despite overwhelming scientific research on animal agriculture as a cause of the climate crisis, there is very little media coverage on the matter. A mere 7 percent of climate-related articles referenced livestock farming – and its effects on climate change were...
by Rachel | Jun 12, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews
A Wallace and Gromit image was pasted over the king’s portrait by animal rights activists in protest against RSPCA-assured farms. Animal rights activists have pasted a picture of the stop-motion cartoon character Wallace, from Wallace and Gromit, over the new portrait...
by Haafizah | Jun 11, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews, VegansInNews
Heather Mills joined climate activists protesting at the Bonn Climate Conference and called on officials to sign a global plant-based treaty to save the environment. According to a statement sent to Plant Based News (PBN) by Plant Based Treaty, Mills led the gathered...
by Haafizah | Jun 11, 2024 | Blogs, ClimateChange
India’s dramatic election results have confirmed a third term for Narendra Modi, but with a much-weakened mandate. Is climate change to blame (or thank) for that? India stands third in the world for the number of billionaires and the amount of greenhouse gas...
by Haafizah | Jun 10, 2024 | GoodNews
Healthier and more sustainable chocolate could hit store shelves after Swiss scientists and chocolatiers developed a chocolate recipe that swaps sugar for waste plant matter. By mashing up the pulp and husk of a cocoa pod instead of just taking the beans, scientists...
