Today’s Solutions: March 28, 2024

Environment

Need some good news about the environment? The Optimist Daily is your go-to herald of positive environmental news, highlighting eco-friendly solutions and scientific progress around climate action, circularity, conservation, and more. Learn about everything eco in our Environment section.

The eco guide to cargo ships

The eco guide to cargo ships

A seafaring adage goes: “If the winds are shifting, adjust your sails.” But even with the disturbing winds of climate change, the shipping industry, with its combustion of fossil fuels (accounting for 2.4% of global emissions), remains outside binding emissions-reduction agreements. There have Read More...

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Coalition will protect reef with $1bn fund, says Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull has promised that a re-elected Coalition government will protect the Great Barrier Reef by tackling its two biggest challenges – climate change and water quality. The prime minister will pledge to set up a new $1bn reef fund with $1bn - taken from the Clean Energy Finance Read More...

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Invest in soil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Let’s talk dirt. We need a new conversation on soils, the foundation of our agricultural heritage. This discussion should include their current condition, their historic role and their promise to ensure the survival of humans and the planet. Since the dawn of crop cultivation, we have used Read More...

Water conservation in Californ

Water conservation in California has saved energy, cut greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

As debate continues in San Diego County and around the state over how aggressively to conserve water amid a historic drought, a new study finds that reductions in urban water use have saved significant amounts of electricity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis, published by UC Davis, Read More...

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Technology can help shut down illegal logging, protect income of local people

Illegal logging is a widespread problem in places like Indonesia, Brazil, Central America, and Central Africa where it affects the income and livelihood of the local population. New technology can help curb the illegal wood economy, however, by offering new forms of traceability. One solution comes Read More...

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Delhi aims to generate 1,000 MW solar power in five years

The Delhi government on Monday approved the Delhi Solar Energy Policy, aimed at generating 1,000 MW solar power in the next five years. “The policy recommends installation of 1GW (1,000 mega watts) solar power capacity in Delhi by the year 2020. It is also proposed to double it to 2GW during the Read More...

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US and India set to join UN climate deal and agree on renewables

It would firmly put the Paris deal on the road to becoming a reality. When he meets with US President Barack Obama on Tuesday, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is likely to announce that his country will ratify the 2015 Paris agreement to limit global warming. Obama has already said he Read More...

Belgium brewery builds beer pi

Belgium brewery builds beer pipeline in Bruges

The idea may have seemed mad, but after all, the beer is called the Madman of Bruges — or Brugse Zot in Dutch. And with the help of crowdfunding efforts among some 400 Madman fans, the dream of building a beer pipeline through the Belgian city of Bruges is becoming real. “You have to be Read More...

Why protecting the environment

Why protecting the environment is not a burden but an opportunity

Although the region of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has developed steadily over the last twenty-five years, the verdict on the state of the environment is more complex.In many countries, the economy was for years premised on the extraction of non-renewable natural Read More...

Buying bottled water is not a

Buying bottled water is not a problem; doing something with the bottle is an opportunity

Americans use about 50 billion plastic water bottles each year and 38 of those end up in landfills, where they can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. But in a matter of weeks, a recycled water bottle can be made into a lumber alternative, polyester, stadium seating, car parts—or even a dress Read More...