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COP28 Outcomes and 8 Key Takeaways

January 27, 2024

COP28, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), marked a significant milestone in the global effort to address climate change. Held ...

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Seals Killed by the Thousands for the Fur Trade

March 26, 2023

It may shock you to know that, in this day and age, baby seal hunting is still a thriving trade. And, thanks to climate change, we may continue to see the population of seals dip in a double whammy...

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Breaking News: Update on the Floods & Cyclone Gabrielle

February 14, 2023

Last week, we posted about the floods ravaging the North Island and parts of the South, ending with the hope that this would be the last of the wet weather to come. Since then, the floods have turn...

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Brazil Attempts to Clean up the Amazon Rainforest

January 19, 2023

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s most incredible natural resource. It absorbs and stores billions of tons of carbon each year, making it one of the greatest air purifiers on the planet. It rele...

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Climate Change - The Results of COP27

November 21, 2022

COP27 has been a gruelling couple of weeks, with a mixed bag of real results and unresolved frustrations.  COP27 is the 27th Conference of the Parties for the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Conve...

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Climate Positive News - Fisheries Paid to Fish Plastic

November 3, 2022

Fisheries are often under the line of fire when it comes to environmental issues. Bottom trawling, in particular, leads to large numbers of marine bi-catch which get caught up in nets. The nets the...

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Chicken Linked With Environmental Disaster

October 31, 2022

Our environment is a delicately balanced ecosystem that relies on a multitude of moving parts, parts none of us fully understand. Remove one aspect, one creature, plant or nutrient, and the entire ...

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Patagonia Gives Company Over to Climate Change Charity

October 8, 2022

Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of Patagonia, has recently changed the game in terms of corporate entities financing climate change. He’s given his entire brand company over to a charitable...

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