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Catholic Church to Make Record Divestment from Fossil Fuels
More than 40 Catholic institutions are to announce the largest ever faith-based divestment from fossil fuels, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. The sum involved has not been disclosed but the volume of divesting groups…
MILAN LAZIĆ: Environmentally Responsible Companies and Citizens Are Becoming Increasingly Interested in Our Electric Cars
In this region, the first thing that comes to your mind when you mention Volkswagen is golf, since this car has been a favourite vehicle for decades. Times are changing, new technologies are being introduced, but Volkswagen is still in…
New Study Finds Methane Emissions from Cows 11% Higher
Actual global methane emissions from livestock are much higher than previous estimates and could help account for the dramatic upswing in methane emissions over recent years, according to new research. A study published last week in the journal Carbon Balance…
World Can Meet Growing Food Demands and Limit Warming to 1.5°C, Study Says
Agriculture and food production is responsible for around 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Slashing the sector’s emissions is considered to be key to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which is the aspirational target of the…
30% of Europe’s Electricity Could Be Wind Powered by 2020
A pair of reports released by WindEurope asserts that by 2030, 30% of the electricity consumed in Europe could be generated from the wind. The continent is on track to overhaul its energy infrastructure. According to the reports (Wind Energy…
Degraded Tropical Forests Now Release More Carbon Than They Store, New Study Finds
Tropical forests may no longer be acting as carbon sinks and could be releasing more carbon than they store, according to troubling new research. A study published Thursday in the journal Science finds that forests across Asia, Latin America and…
Climate Change May Allow Forest-Destroying Beetles To Move North Rapidly, Study Finds
The range of the southern pine beetle could expand significantly further north than it now does within just a few decades as the result of increasingly warm winters in the regions in question, according to a new study published in…