Environment

Smartphones leaving disastrous environmental footprint, warns new Greenpeace report

Smartphone production and disposal over the last 10 years is proving to have a significant impact on our planet, according to a Greenpeace USA report released on February 26. The report shows roughly 968 TWh was used to manufacture smartphones since...

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Intensive agriculture and wildfires threaten over a quarter of Europe’s grasshoppers and crickets

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‘Turn the tide on plastic’ urges UN, as microplastics in the seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy

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UNEP Patron for Oceans, Lewis Pugh, is swimming the Seven Seas to urge policy makers to protect at least...

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WWF expresses concern about the ability of short-term agreements to successfully limit tuna fishing in eastern Pacific

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Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)

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