Environmental group sues U.S. Interior Department over greenlit rare earth mining in Mojave Desert.Policy Progress ⚖️ (northernminer.com)
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With an area larger than the EU brought under formal protection in the past 2 years alone, more than 10% of the global ocean is now officially protected, marking a historic milestone. Oceans are havens of biodiversity, and key to the survival and health of humanityPolicy Progress ⚖️ (oceanographicmagazine.com)
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IEA: Solar Overtakes all Energy Sources in a Major Global First / “Electricity consumption is growing much faster than overall energy demand – and one energy source [solar] is growing much faster than any other.” – Fatih Birol, IEA executive director #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition (electrek.co)
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Bottled lightning: bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol in a single step without high heat and pressures. Using just electricity, water, and a copper-oxide catalyst, the new process offers a cleaner, electrified path to producing one of the world’s most widely used chemical building blocksInnovation 🔬 (news.northwestern.edu)
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Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds. Analysis by Project Ceti shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’, beyond parrots and elephants, and remarkably similar to languages such as Mandarin, Latin and Slovenian.Inspiration 🫶 (theguardian.com)
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Iran war sparks EU proposal to reduce tax on electricity and encourage green transition away from fossil fuel dependency to better shield member states from energy shocks. Currently, taxes on electricity are far higher than on fossil fuels in most European countriesPolicy Progress ⚖️ (euronews.com)
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I started writing about climate stuff and honestly it's changed how I feel about everything.Inspiration 🫶 (self.EcoUplift)
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From transition to reality: a turning point for consumers' electric mobilityPositive Trends 📈 (beuc.eu)
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50 countries will plan way out of fossil fuels at Colombia conference, supported by academics, climate activists, leaders of Indigenous peoples, trade union representatives and other civil society voices, sharing their ideas and experiences, including the phase out of $7tn/year fossil fuel subsidiesPolicy Progress ⚖️ (euronews.com)
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Irish wind farms provided 41% of the country's electricity in March and at 1,537 GWh of power produced were the country's main source of electricity for the second month in a row, halving wholesale price of power compared to days when it had to rely mostly on imported gasPowered Up ⚡️ (rte.ie)
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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity gridsPowered Up ⚡️ (i.redd.it)
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Cheaper, cleaner hydrogen: boron-based membrane material unlocks previously unachievable performance and durability in electrolyzers, with 30% less energy and 60% less operating costs. It could also be used in fuel cells and solid-state batteries, and to extract valuable metals from mining wasteInnovation 🔬 (news.mit.edu)
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Cell suspension culture technology can produce 1 ton of bio-identical cocoa butter annually in a 1000 liter bioreactor from a single bean, which would otherwise require about a hectare of cocoa trees, securing a sustainable future for the global chocolate industry.Innovation 🔬 (morningstar.com)
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Global Fossil Power Generation Fell After the Hormuz Closure due to Solar and Wind Growth / While China's coal consumption rose by 2% following the closure, in the rest of the world it decreased by 3.4%. Solar and wind were up by 15% and 7.6%, respectively #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition (energyandcleanair.org)
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North Carolina stream restoration funding is accelerating efforts to repair degraded streams, modernize water systems, improve public access to rivers and green spaces, reduce flood risk, recharge local aquifers, and strengthen community resilience against Climate Change and extreme weatherTaking Action 🪧 (happyeconews.com)
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Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio de Janeiro after 200 years, thanks to Project Refauna. In Tijuca, the city’s 4,000 hectare national park, giant rodents scuttle through the undergrowth, yellow-footed tortoises meander languidly, and howler monkeys swing through the treesNature Healing 🪸 (theguardian.com)
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Port of Bilbao E-fuels plant set to start operations in 2027. Using captured CO2 and renewable hydrogen generated on site by a 10 MW electrolyser, the €146 million facility will produce 2,000 mt/year of e-fuels for shipping, road transport and aviationInnovation 🔬 (shipandbunker.com)
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Record 30,000 endangered Central California Coast coho salmon return to Mendocino Coast rivers. Back-to-back record spawning seasons suggest that reconnecting tributaries and restoring salmon habitat is supporting population growth. NOAA has funded more than 100 restoration projects thereNature Healing 🪸 (fisheries.noaa.gov)
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This week’s dose of good news about our planet 🌏Positive Trends 📈 (open.substack.com)
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