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Video: Israeli military releases video showing destruction of Iranian drones “Italy, the country holding the G7 presidency, has convened the G7 leaders for a video conference this afternoon,” the Italian government said. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the Iranian attack and expressed concern about the destabilization of the region. US President Joe Biden has … Read more
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Instead of focusing heavily on international climate conferences, which require unanimous support, and relying on voluntary commitments that ultimately have little impact on emissions, policymakers should pursue narrower binding agreements. We already know that this strategy works and is scalable. Mere observers of the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai could be … Read more
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“Many more oil and gas companies made concessions on methane and emissions for the first time. Our final agreement talks about fossil fuels.” This was announced last year at the closing plenary session of COP28 by the president of the conference, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, who is also the head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil … Read more
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From the European Union alone, 1.4 million tons of used textiles were exported to other countries last year. This volume has doubled in the last twenty years, and this trend is of course closely related to the rise of “fast fashion”. More and more clothing is produced, although according to various estimates, about a third … Read more
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Before 2019, 500 million plastic straws were used in the US every day, according to National Geographic. Many states have since banned them, forcing eateries to offer paper straws to their customers. It is similar in many places in Europe and here in Latvia. In a new study published in the scientific journal “Food Additives … Read more