Ethical investment funds outperforming the mainstream
Funds investing in businesses which are run ethically and with a concern for the environment are doing well and proving popular.
Environment
Seals and other sea creatures poisoned off the coast of eastern Russia
Russia has a long history of polluting the air and water and a recent example at the Kamachatka Peninsula indicates it is continuing.
Bacteria finds a way to help recycle plastics
Recycling plastics using enzymes developed from bacteria is a game changer. Some plastics can be recycled but each time you recycle it you lose quality. This new approach combines two plastic-munching enzymes developed by a bacterium. In 2016 a species of bacterium was discovered in …
Coronavirus masks litter the curbside
This is a photograph on Twitter showing coronavirus masks tossed to the curbside with other litter items. It looks horrendous. People are seeing masks on the ground all over the place. Apparently these facemasks were at Guelf, Ontario, Canada. It’s a modern version of the …
How to green-wash your business
I had not heard of the phrase or word “green-wash” before. It means to make your business look as if it is concerned with environmental matters when it is not. Some businesses are green-washing by leaning on Dame Ellen MacArthur’s scheme to reduce ocean plastic …
Steve Allen the LBC radio presenter is too wasteful with clothes
Steve Allen, the early breakfast LBC radio presenter, much loved by an army of elderly British citizens delights in telling them that he wears an entirely new pair of underpants every day (Marks & Spencer) and an entirely new pair of socks every day as …
Air conditioning climate feedback loop as California hits its highest temperatures
More wildfires in California. The reports are on a conveyor belt. More destruction, more people trapped in their homes and more people and pets dying. Hundreds of thousands of acres burnt. This is California to outsiders. It can’t be as bad as it looks but …
Blue jean microfibres polluting the planet just like plastics
A new study has revealed that fragments of the world’s most popular fabric can now be found in the remotest parts of the planet in a similar fashion to minute plastic particles from polyester and similar clothing. In 2012, Danny Miller, an anthropologist concluded that …
Artificial photosynthesis to create clean energy
One of the great challenges of the modern era is to drag humankind away from powering the world with fossil fuels. Fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide which causes global warming which in turn damages the planet making life harder for both humans and animals. In …
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