Scotland Added 22 Million New Trees Last Year, Carrying the UK Goal on its Green Shoulders
Despite how England may have fallen short of its tree planting targets for 2018, Scotland has surged past its own goal by planting 22 million new trees.
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The Fifth Oldest Tree In The World Was Discovered In US, But It's Not A Sequoia
Researchers confirmed the age of a 2,624 year-old tree, making it the fifth oldest known tree in the world—and the oldest in the Eastern United States
Trillions of Dollars Now Being Leveraged to Protect the Earth, Thanks to World's Largest Asset Manager
Blackrock, the world's largest asset management company has pledged to invest its trillions of dollars in capital to maintaining the health of the planet.
Wales is Building a National Forest That Will Span the Length and Breadth of the Country
The Welsh government hopes to achieve their cross-country initiative by linking together fragmented forests at a rate of 4,900 acres per year.
One Million 'Wonder Plant' Seedlings Are Planted in Wales to Fight Climate Crisis-and Create Healthy Seas
Since seagrass can absorb carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforest, Swansea researchers are reforesting the coast of Wales.
For First Time Ever, Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to Plant Them to Stop Climate Crisis
Researchers have identified exactly where we can plant a certain amount of trees in order to stop the climate crisis in its tracks.
NASA Happily Reports the Earth is Greener, With More Trees Than 20 Years Ago-and It's Thanks to China, India
This heartening reserach from the last 20 years has spurred NASA researchers to encourage optimism for humanity's future on Earth.
Whales Feces Represent One of the Greatest Allies Against Climate Change-Even More Than Trees
With whale excrement being a major food source for phytoplankton, any increase in whale populations could be a dramatic weapon against climate change.
CO2 Emissions From Global Power Sector Declined By Record-Breaking 2% in 2019, Says New Research
With coal usage collapsing in Europe and the United States, the world's energy sector experienced the largest drop in CO2 emissions since 1990.
Swedish Oat Milk Pioneers Offer a Successful Win-Win Path to Struggling U.S Dairy Farmers
Oat milk giant Hälsa Foods is helping struggling U.S. dairy farmers turn their pastures into organic oat crops to serve the exploding milk substitute market.
Newly-Discovered Bacteria That Gobbles Up Pollutants Could Have a 'Big Impact on Climate Change'
The bacteria, which was first discovered back in 2017, has now been confirmed to be "particularly adept" at digesting toxic pollutants.
India Makes History With All Gas Stations Officially Preparing to Supply World's Cleanest Fuel
Not only did the nation succeed in transitioning directly to fuels maintaining 10 parts sulphur per million, they also managed to do it in 3 years.
CO2 Emissions Stopped Rising Last Year Says IEA, Thanks to Growth in Renewables, Shunning of Coal
Global CO2 emissions actually flatlined in 2019 as renewable energy sources, efficiency, and other factors, chipped away at worldwide carbon dioxide levels.
Jeff Bezos is Giving Away $10 Billion in Grants to Innovators in the Climate Battle
The billionaire Amazon founder announced the creation of his Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change this week on Instagram.
This Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cow Emissions by 99%-and It Could Soon Be a Climate Gamechanger
Cows love nibbling on this common pink seaweed growing off the coast of Australia-and it apparently reduces their gassy emissions by 99%.
Dozens of Countries Are Working Together to Plant 'Great Green Wall' Across Africa - and It is Holding Back Poverty
The wall is only 15% complete and it's already brought a renewed source of food, water, income, and resources into arid rural areas.
If You Buy a Sapling For This Rainforest, Money Also Helps Turn Illegal Loggers into Forest Guardians
Trailblazing charity Health In Harmony lets you offset your carbon footprint while also ending deforestation in areas most impacted by illegal logging.
Goldman Sachs Unveils $750 Billion Climate Plan For Investing in Solutions, and Vows Never to Support Arctic Drilling
Goldman Sachs and David Solomon are investing $750 billion dollars to climate change solutions—and they will now refuse to finance Arctic drilling.
Microsoft is Now Aiming to Capture All the CO2 They Have Ever Emitted
For starters, the company plans to be carbon-negative by 2030—after that, they want to capture all of the emissions they have ever generated.
JetBlue Going Carbon-Neutral in 2020 On All Domestic Flights -The First Major US Airline to Do So
The newly-announced initiative is expected to save roughly 15 to 17 billion pounds of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere every year.
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