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New York to require biodiesel blending with heating oil in 2022 24/12/2021
New York to require biodiesel blending with heating oil in 2022 New York will become the largest state to enact a biodiesel blending requirement for heating oil, according to legislation passed in the state on Wednesday night. ...more
Factbox: New U.S. tailpipe emissions rules: more efficient vehicles, more congestion 24/12/2021
Factbox: New U.S. tailpipe emissions rules: more efficient vehicles, more congestion The Environmental Protection Agency this week finalized new rules that will reduce tailpipe emissions through 2026, improving efficiency by 28.3% and avoiding 3.1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. ...more
Champions of the Earth: Mia Mottley versus the ‘faceless few’ 24/12/2021
Champions of the Earth: Mia Mottley versus the ‘faceless few’ The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has been awarded the 2021 Champions of the Earth Award, the UN’s highest environmental honour, for her policy leadership. ...more
Meat production linked to 75,000 premature deaths in China due to air pollution 24/12/2021
Meat production linked to 75,000 premature deaths in China due to air pollution Researchers reveal the environmental impacts of the rapidly expanding agricultural sector, with soaring ammonia emissions from things like fertiliser and manure. ...more
First fully solar-powered compost facility opens in California 23/12/2021
First fully solar-powered compost facility opens in California California state law (SB 1383) takes effect January 1, 2022, requiring the majority of homes and businesses in the area to recycle all food and yard waste in their yard debris carts. ...more
DroneSeed makes reforestation easier after a large wildfire 23/12/2021
DroneSeed makes reforestation easier after a large wildfire According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 6,480,861 acres have burned across the United States this year alone as a result of 47,201 wildfires. ...more
Tom Ford launches new plastic film alternative competition 23/12/2021
Tom Ford launches new plastic film alternative competition In a world shifting focus towards more sustainable products, research and development is crucial in order to find viable alternatives to plastic. ...more
First US solar-powered airport is in Tennessee 23/12/2021
First US solar-powered airport is in Tennessee Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research Center poll. ...more
This year’s warmer winter could create irreversible damage 23/12/2021
This year’s warmer winter could create irreversible damage February 2021 brought the planet’s 16th-warmest February, and this December is much warmer than it should be. ...more
EU-UK reach deal on fisheries quota of shared stocks 22/12/2021
EU-UK reach deal on fisheries quota of shared stocks The European Union said Wednesday that it reached a fisheries deal with the United Kingdom on their shared stocks, but environmentalists insisted that even after Brexit takes hold, fish will continue to be overexploited. ...more
 
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