As long as there are people living on this earth, as long as there is a single patch of forest or a single coral reef, this fight will be worth fighting. No matter the odds, hope is the only way forward.
By the end of 2025, Coors six packs will be packaged in a cardboard alternative to six pack rings.
The company also aims to complete five other environmental goals by 2025, including reducing greenhouse gas production by 50%, brewing beer and growing barely with less water, 100% renewable and recyclable packaging, and restoring water to local watersheds.
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A really great example of regular people finding one problem they were passionate about and focusing on helping to solve it–then building a whole community of people willing to help solve that problem.
Although the hair-mat option didn’t see as widespread use as petroleum-based mats, they still contributed to the solution and gave local people an option to help protect their shorelines from oil spills.
[SUBMISSION] Some good news! Tl;dr- SWO has been found to break down about 99% of PFAS chemicals and is super viable as a technology to help clean up superfund sites like the Hudson River! We’ve been trying to figure out how to efficiently clean up PFAS for a while now so this is a big deal.
“The findings of all three demonstration studies showed a greater than 99% reduction of the total PFAS […] As a destructive technology, SCWO may be an alternative to incineration and could be a permanent solution for PFAS-laden waters rather than disposal by injection into a deep well or landfilling.”
This is one of those technological breakthroughs that doesn’t sound very exciting on paper but could make a huge difference in cleaning up polluted waterways and improving the surrounding ecosystems.
Thanks to @dreaming-of-spots for this submission!
mlem-wooloowoo asked:
Hi! I can't find a proper news article in English (only in my mother tongue) but Namibia has a plan to become a world leader in green hydrogen production thanks to solar and wind farms! This doubles down as a measure to fight unemployment which is very high in the region and to produce wealth disconnected from the minerary industry.
That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing!
I found this article in English. They are hoping to be producing 2 gigawatts by 2026 and later expand to 5 gigawatts–as well as creating 15,000 jobs during construction and 3,000 permanent jobs.
Highly, highly recommend this new video from Kurzegesagt.
Their videos are very well researched and they have done a great job here of laying out the progress we have made so far (it’s more than a lot of people think!) and where we need to go now.
There is lots to be hopeful for and, crucially, believing in a better future is necessary to creating that future.
Thanks to @beyond-a-name for sending this in!
Airbus brand planes are currently able to fly using as much as 50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made from cooking oil. The company has more recently been running additional sustainable fuel tests, including an Airbus A380 making a 3 hour flight powered by 100% SAF. They also aim to test a hydrogen engine on an A380 in the near future.
Airbus wants to achieve 100% SAF certification by 2030, and is making great strides to meet the industry goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Thanks to @just-a-lonelypenguin for the tag!
The Klinse-Za caribou herd is rebounding towards healthy population numbers, even as Canadian caribou populations overall trend downwards. The herd has increased from 38 to over 100 animals in under a decade.
This incredible increase is due to stewardship by the West Moberly First Nations and Saulteau First Nations and sets a precedent for methods that could be used to bolster caribou numbers throughout Canada.
The following countries use 97-100% renewable energy: Albania, Bhutan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Iceland, Namibia, Nepal, Norway, Paraguay.
Four countries that were creeping up on the 100% goal when this data was collected (2018 and 2019) are Kenya, Scotland, Tajikistan, and Uruguay, which use 82-92% renewable energy.
