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To effectively combat climate change, involve women
Africa, Climate Change, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Gender, Global, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations, Women & Climate Change | Opinion Esther Ngumbi is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University in Alabama. She serves as a 2015 Read More...
The future belongs to clean energy
As we close out a summer marked by uncertainty in news and events, one trend for which analysts voice increasing certainty is the accelerating pace of the clean-energy transformation reshaping how the world generates electricity. With increasing speed, global energy markets are turning away from Read More...
New 'smart textiles' can produce and store solar energy
Why lug around a portable battery pack when you could generate that power with your own clothing? That's the idea behind new "smart" fibers that can be tailored and woven like cotton — but also produce and store solar energy, like tiny clean power plants. The early-stage textile device could Read More...
No red and blue divide when it comes to renewable energy innovation and CO2 rules
Regular readers may recall my 2013 post describing how “energy agreement” is often “hidden by climate disputes” — drawing on data from a sustained survey by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Read More...
11,000 migrants saved in journey to Europe this week alone
The refugees in Europe are no longer creating the headlines every day. But they are still coming. In the past week alone, more than 11,000 migrants have been rescued as they attempted the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. The number says it all about the state of affairs in Northern Read More...
Switching to low-carbon technology provides economic opportunities for cities
The transition to renewable energy is good for the economy. In a study that examined cities spread over 89 nations, researchers found that making the shift to low-carbon technologies offers many cities with “significant economic opportunities”. In fact, the report found more than 1,000 economic Read More...
Eating less junk food makes you healthier… and saves the environment
More about food and health: It doesn’t serve your health when you consume foods and drinks that don’t provide nutrients to your body. You know. What you may not know is that, according to new research, junk food contributes between 33 and 39 percent of the food-related use of water, land, Read More...
The world doesn't need GMOs to feed Earth's growing population, report says
This is not the first report that debunks the claim of GMO companies like Monsanto that claim that only industrial agriculture can feed the Earth’s swelling population. But this is a message that needs to be repeated again and again: There are healthy and environmentally friendly ways to feed the Read More...
6 ways to get more happiness for your money
We tend to associate wise spending with getting the best value for the lowest price, but what if we defined wise spending in terms of the happiness that it brings? Research suggests that different types of purchases affect our well-being, and it can help us turn spending into a happiness practice Read More...
Electric car revolution brightens outlook for a medley of metals
Electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf may look no different from the standard family runaround. But the new materials that go into them could revolutionize the market for metals used in the industry, opening up a new field for commodities investors. "We identified electric vehicles as an area where Read More...