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COP 21 PARIS. KC Golden from Climate Solutions and Jake Schmidt from KPMG speak on Washington State commitment to Climate Action and discouraging investments into fossil fuel industries. The Clean Energy Revolution is here and implementation of renewable energy is rapidly being implemented. Moving away from a dirty carbon based ...
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August, 2016
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10 August
COP 21 Dr. James Hanson on global carbon injustice and major carbon emitters
COP 21 PARIS. Dr. James Hanson speaks on the Atmospheric composition, carbon cycle & that we should be aiming for a 350PPM CO2 target. Ocean warming and Ice melt. How can climate Justice be achieved with North-South injustice. Fossil fuel power generation emissions causing air, water pollution and with global ...
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9 August
Breakthrough products and the emergence of the green economy
This week Jason Sole discusses some breakthrough products (see links below),the emergence of the green economy. This can be seen as a call to all entrepreneurs to start the development of products that will supply the new world economy. Mercedes develops EV Truck: https://techxplore.com/news/2016-07-electric-truck-news-stuttgart-pollution.html China reaches peak coal:https://www.carbonbrief.org/iea-china-might-have-passed-peak-coal-in-2013 Supermeat.com, Indiegogo campaign ...
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8 August
The Microplastic Invasion of the Oceans
Jason Sole covers the microplastics cycle, its impact on the oceans and ocean life and the surrounding science link ups that are emerging. Here are some of the links discussed: Microplastics in general: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/microplastics-microbeads-ocean-sea-serious-health-risks-united-nations-warns-a7041036.html Banning of plastic bottles: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/san-francisco-bans-sale-plastic-water-bottles-climate-change Super bacteria at Rio Olympics: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-superbacteria-exclusive-idUSKCN0YW2E8 Bacterial immunity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_resistance Mediterranean chemical problems: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/004896979504719X Plastic Islands in ...
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8 August
Meat without killing animals
This is the release for Supermeat.com. Its a really novel concept and they require your support. Check out the following links for more information on how to have meat without killing animals: We are now LIVE on IndieGogo: bit.ly/SuperMeatCampaign Introducing Supermeat, the groundbreaking solution that’s about to change the ...
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2 August
COP 17 Reducing Inequality Of Ipcc Mitigation Model
COP 17 DURBAN. Speaker on reducing the IPCC mitigation, adaptation and other inequalities between developed and developing nations. Global non-sustainability and inequality of the business as usual model. Green climate fund status to finance global mitigation measures.
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2 August
COP 16 Peter Swift -Intertanko, Ship Ind. Emissions & Mitigation Measures
COP 16 CANCUN. Dr. Peter Swift, Intertanko, speaks on global Shipping Industry CO2 emissions and outlines Industry measures being undertaken to mitigate global shipping emissions.
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2 August
COP 16 USDA Conservation Agri & Forestry Mgmt & Organic Farming
COP 16 CANCUN. US Dept. of Agriculture speaker on conservation, agriculture and forest management and organic farming measures to mitigate global GHG emissions both in the US and internationally.
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July, 2016
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26 July
Good News for the Ozone – Bad News for Fish
ENN presenter, Jason Sole, has good news about the ozone layer and its effect on Anarctica and very bad news about the future of fish and the sinister practices in the unregulated high seas that are decimating world fish and causing massive amount of extinctions.
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26 July
COP 21 PRISCILLA JAKWA Gender Inequality within COP Negotiations
COP 21 PARIS. Priscilla Jakwa, Exec. Dir. of Woman Environmental Program, Nigeria interview on gender inequalities especially in relationship to participation in COP climate negotiations. Climate change decisions by leaders must include the interests of woman and children, as they represent more than half the world’s population. Woman want to ...
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