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Rewilding 101: Everything You Need to Know

Rewilding 101: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Key Facts What Is ‘Rewilding’? It’s no secret that modern humans have ravaged the planet. We have decimated ecosystems to make way for monocrop agriculture, the raising of beef cattle and development. Ecosystems that had maintained a delicate balance for millions of years have been turned into ecological wastelands with cascading negative effects on […]

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    $1 Trillion Worth of Food Is Wasted Globally per Year, UN Report Finds

    $1 Trillion Worth of Food Is Wasted Globally per Year, UN Report Finds

    The UN’s latest Food Waste Index Report, compiled in collaboration with the charity WRAP, reveals that food waste has skyrocketed, with over 1 billion meals wasted per day and over $1 trillion worth of food waste generated per year around the world. The report found that 783 million people lived with hunger in 2022, and […]

    ‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution

    ‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution

    Aruba has drafted a constitutional amendment that would make it the second country in the world to recognize that nature has inherent rights. The amendment also affirms that people are entitled to a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” reported Inside Climate News. The draft bill was announced by the country’s nature minister Ursell Arends earlier […]

    Despite Weather Extremes, Australia’s Grey-Headed Flying Fox ‘Is Doing OK’

    Despite Weather Extremes, Australia’s Grey-Headed Flying Fox ‘Is Doing OK’

    The grey-headed and spectacled species of mainland flying fox — common in Australia, also known as “fruit bats” — have historically experienced such low numbers that they faced the possibility of extinction, reported The Conversation. But after a decade-long survey by the National Flying-fox Monitoring Program (NFFMP) — coordinated by CSIRO, along with state and […]

    Biden’s DOE Announces $6 Billion to Reduce Industrial Carbon Footprint of Steel, Concrete and Foods Like Cheese

    Biden’s DOE Announces $6 Billion to Reduce Industrial Carbon Footprint of Steel, Concrete and Foods Like Cheese

    The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $6 billion in funding to decarbonize the country’s heavy industry facilities, including those that produce concrete, steel, iron and foods like cheese. As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda, DOE has planned 33 projects in more than 20 states with the goal of […]

    EU Nature Restoration Plan Postponed Indefinitely

    EU Nature Restoration Plan Postponed Indefinitely

    The European Union’s nature restoration law, which had set out to restore 20% of land and sea areas in the EU by 2030, has now been postponed indefinitely after a vote to pass the bill on Monday was canceled. The nature restoration law was initially proposed in June 2022 and has spent the last several […]