Jon Fingas, Associate Editor Researchers may have found a way to reduce the environmental impact of air travel in situations when electric aircraft and alternative fuels aren’t practical. Wired reports that Oxford University scientists have successfully turned CO2 into jet fuel, raising the possibility of conventionally-powered aircraft with net zero emissions. The technique effectively reverses the process of [...]
By Alexandra Valencia, Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) – Conflicts with indigenous communities have stalled operations at Ecuador’s San Carlos Panantza copper mining project, which the government of President Lenin Moreno had long pointed to as an example of mining sector expansion that would generate $40 billion in export revenue over the next [...]
By Sophie Stuber The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is approving the construction of 5G towers on what could be sacred Indigenous lands without tribal consent, VICE News has found. Muscogee (Creek) Nation works on projects in 12 states across the midwest and southern U.S., and is expected to inspect proposals for [...]
In a ruling today a coroner has made legal history by concluding that air pollution was a cause of the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. This is the first conclusion of its kind. The coroner also identified failures to bring air pollution below legal limits and failures to provide information about [...]
Parliament committee says miner must negotiate a compensation deal with traditional owners and ‘ensure a full reconstruction’ of the caves A parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of 46,000-year-old caves has delivered a scathing report criticising the actions of Rio Tinto and calling for the Western Australian government to put a [...]
Governments around the world should all declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net zero CO2 emissions, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has told a summit of world leaders. At least 38 countries have already declared such a state of emergency, often owing to their [...]
Jayapura, Jubi – Juru Kampanye Hutan Papua Greenpeace Indonesia, Nicodemus Wamafma mengatakan 10,5 juta hektare hutan di Papua telah diberikan kepada investasi berbasis lahan. Lahan tersebut digunakan untuk perkebunan sawit, Hak Pengusahaan Hutan (HPH), dan Hutan Tanam Industri (HTI). Nicodemus mengatakan hal tersebut dalam webinar “Bisnis Investasi Serta Perubahan Hak [...]