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- Venice, The Green Drop Award 2024 goes to “Vermilion” and “Ainda Estou Aqui”by Editorial Board on 9 Settembre 2024 at 23:01
The award, the Murano glass drop made by master Simone Cenedese, contains this year’s land of Rachel Carson’s birthplace in Springdale, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “There were two titles that represented the values and mission of this award”: with these words the jury of honor chaired by Simone Gialdini, director general ANEC – Associazione Nazionale Esercenti The post Venice, The Green Drop Award 2024 goes to “Vermilion” and “Ainda Estou Aqui” first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.
- From waste to resource: the patent revolutionising the recycling of photovoltaic panelsby Editorial Board on 2 Settembre 2024 at 23:01
Patents, innovative solutions and methodologies to maximize the recovery and valorization of materials in end-of-life photovoltaic panels and make them available to industry. These are some of ENEA’s achievements in the area of recovery of materials, including critical materials, from decommissioned photovoltaic panels, for the sustainable supply of raw materials with high added value for The post From waste to resource: the patent revolutionising the recycling of photovoltaic panels first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.
- Celiac disease: from rice salad, to beer, to ice cream, tips for coping with hot weatherby Editorial Board on 9 Agosto 2024 at 23:01
“In these days of intense heat,” Mendola explains, “the first piece of advice is one that applies to everyone: hydrate a lot. Celiacs might have some doubts about carbonated soft drinks, but the most popular ones do not contain gluten. Beer, on the other hand, is banned because of the barley malt from which it The post Celiac disease: from rice salad, to beer, to ice cream, tips for coping with hot weather first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.
- August 1st is World Overshoot Day. From today until 2024 we are in debt to the planet.by Editorial Board on 1 Agosto 2024 at 01:00
August 1st marks Earth Overshoot Day 2024, the day of Earth’s overexploitation calculated annually by the Global Footprint Network, which shows that in just 7 months humanity has already used up what it takes the Earth 12 months to regenerate. Globally we are consuming the equivalent of 1.7 planets per year, a dramatic figure that The post August 1st is World Overshoot Day. From today until 2024 we are in debt to the planet. first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.
Greenpeace International
- Greenpeace Ukraine: demonstration of braveryby Natalia Gozak on 10 Settembre 2024 at 12:36
Greenpeace Ukraine Director Natalia Gozak reflects on the history of Greenpeace and Ukraine as the new office opens in Kyiv.
- Greenpeace opens new office in Kyiv, Ukraineby Greenpeace International on 10 Settembre 2024 at 06:01
“Proud” and “hopeful” moment; the newest Greenpeace office will focus on fighting crimes against nature and driving green reconstruction
- Statement on Energy Transfer’s response to Notice of Liability from Greenpeace Internationalby Greenpeace International on 9 Settembre 2024 at 22:26
Greenpeace International (GPI) statement on Energy Transfer’s response to the Notice of Liability in which GPI summoned Energy Transfer to drop its SLAPP suit against Greenpeace International and pay damages,…
- World leaders: Actors, activists and athletes around the world are asking you to cut plastic productionby Greenpeace International on 9 Settembre 2024 at 11:59
Bette Midler, Lupita Nyong’o join other actors, activists and athletes to address world leaders ahead of the final round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations.
BBC News
- National parkland in public hands ‘would help nature’on 12 Settembre 2024 at 00:05
Campaigners call for national parks to be given new powers to buy private land and protect habitats.
- Self-medicating gorillas may hold new drugs clueson 11 Settembre 2024 at 18:00
Plants eaten by wild gorillas have medicinal properties that could be harnessed in drug discovery, say scientists.
- The great gene editing debate: can it be safe and ethical?on 10 Settembre 2024 at 23:17
A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.
- Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalkon 10 Settembre 2024 at 11:55
The mission is the first of three funded by payments processing business founder Jared Isaacman.
The New York Times > Environment
- K-Cup Pods Aren’t Recyclable, S.E.C. Saysby Hiroko Tabuchi on 11 Settembre 2024 at 21:03
The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them.
- 4 Climbers Are Found Dead on Mont Blanc in the French Alpsby Amanda Holpuch on 11 Settembre 2024 at 19:36
The climbers from Italy and South Korea were found on Tuesday after they went missing three days earlier during a period of bad weather on the peak.
- Greener Steel at Britain’s Largest Plant Comes With Heavy Job Lossesby Stanley Reed on 11 Settembre 2024 at 19:35
The British government and Tata of India said they would invest 1.25 billion pounds in a plan to convert the steel mill at Port Talbot in Wales to an electric furnace.
- How Trump and Harris Talked About Climate Change During the Debateby Lisa Friedman on 11 Settembre 2024 at 14:58
Vice President Kamala Harris nodded to the urgency of climate change but also highlighted the country’s record levels of oil and gas production.
Top Environment News — ScienceDaily
- One of world’s fastest ocean currents is remarkably stable, study findson 11 Settembre 2024 at 23:31
Scientists found that the strength of the Florida Current, the beginning of the Gulf Stream system and a key component of the global Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, has remained stable for the past four decades.
- Biogeochemists make recommendations for tackling ‘hidden’ phosphoruson 11 Settembre 2024 at 21:59
As the world tries to mitigate agriculture’s effect on the environment, much of the story can be found in the soils, which stores and cycles nutrient elements of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Biogeochemist are set to find answers, but, the challenge is first being able to accurately measure where phosphorus has accumulated in the
- Self-medicating gorillas and traditional healers provide clues for new drug discoveryon 11 Settembre 2024 at 18:21
Four plants consumed by wild gorillas in Gabon and used by local communities in traditional medicine show antibacterial and antioxidant properties, researchers report.
- Newly discovered antimicrobial could prevent or treat choleraon 11 Settembre 2024 at 18:21
Researchers identified the first known microcin, a group of naturally produced antimicrobials, that targets the strains of bacteria that cause cholera.
Environment | The Guardian
- Weatherwatch: how winds of war kept England from going Vikingby David Hambling on 12 Settembre 2024 at 05:00
William of Normandy was so desperate for a favourable breeze in 1066 he had saintly relics presented to his troopsModern sailing yachts can make way upwind, but old square-rigged vessels could only sail in the general direction the wind was blowing. […]
- The hell and horror of cow attacks: ‘I told my husband to leave me to die’by Emma Beddington on 12 Settembre 2024 at 04:00
Cattle are the most common cause of death in the UK farming industry – with some figures suggesting cows kill more people than dogs. So what can you do if the herd approaches?“I remember feeling I was about to die,” says Jill Gilmore. She and […]
- Europe saved its predators from the brink of extinction. So why is it killing thousands of bears, wolves and lynx?by Ajit Niranjan on 12 Settembre 2024 at 04:00
With Sweden issuing permits to kill a fifth of its bears, and Romanian MPs voting to double its quota, and the debate over hunting season has become a political issueThe forest was unnaturally still when Soňa Chovanová Supeková first picked up […]
- Don’t eat up the claim, peddled by the Coalition and conservative media, that greenies are ‘coming for your steak’ | Temperature Checkby Graham Readfearn on 12 Settembre 2024 at 00:00
Climate Change Authority’s report didn’t even contain a recommendations section, let alone a command to eat less red meatGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe notion that “greenies” are coming for the Aussie barbecue […]