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China aims to be carbon neutral by 2060
In a recent videolink with the UN General Assembly, President Xi Jinping stated that China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and...
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Oct 11, 20201 min read
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Flood warnings across the UK
As of Sunday morning, the Met Office has issued more than 100 flood warnings and alerts for areas across the British Isles. Scotland...
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Oct 5, 20201 min read
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Should we rescue Romanian Street dogs?
With the stray population spiralling out of control in Romania, the number of street dogs has become a political issue. The current means...
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Sep 28, 20201 min read
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How climate change disproportionately affects women
The effects of climate change are not even, and women are disproportionately affected in comparison to men. The reasons for this are...
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Sep 26, 20201 min read
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46,000 year old indigenous site destroyed by mining CEO
An inquiry into the destruction of Juukan Gorge in Australia has uncovered that mining conglomerate Rio Tinto is expected to destroy...
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Sep 24, 20201 min read
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Californian Wildfires
At 11:15 on Tuesday August 8th, one family’s gender reveal sparked a deadly wildfire, spanning 3 states. The El Dorado wildfire has...
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Sep 19, 20202 min read
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White Veganism and Diet Policing
Is it fair to impose views about veganism on meat eaters or vegetarians? Is it fair to shame people for their choice of food and...
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Sep 12, 20202 min read
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Effects of the Mauritian Oil Spill
Over the past few days the island of Mauritius located in the Indian Ocean has seen some of its largest protests in several years; an...
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Sep 6, 20202 min read
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Climate Change: The Fact and The Fiction
Climate change is a topic of debate and doubt, but are we and our carbon footprints really to blame, or does the fault lie with the large...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
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Is Limiting Environmental Impact the Responsibility of the Consumer?
Metal straws, reusable water bottles, electric cars, eco-friendly ranges at fast fashion brands - is the consumer spending on these...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
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Is It Ethical To Buy Honey?
In the commercial honey industry, there are several unethical practices carried out on bees. Hives usually contain one queen, hundreds of...
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Aug 23, 20202 min read
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Sustainable Fashion Is Rich Privilege
In recent years, the Western world has grown more aware of our role as consumers and the impact that our desire to constantly purchase...
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Aug 20, 20201 min read
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Oil Emergency in Mauritius
On the 25th of July, a large bulk carrier ship named the MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius and has since...
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Aug 15, 20202 min read
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The Effect of Nature on Mental Health
When I was younger and still to this day my parents liked to drag me and my siblings to National Trust locations or on long walks in the...
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Aug 12, 20201 min read
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Green Does Not Equal Environmentalist
The most recent Irish general election took place on February 8th, and it ultimately emerged as the most divisive result since the turn...
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Aug 11, 20202 min read
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First Arabian Nuclear Plant
Just a few weeks after it launched the first space mission of the Arab World, the United Arab Emirates also became the first in the Arab...
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Aug 6, 20202 min read
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The World's Lung Disease
Following the accelerating deforestation in the Amazon, despite debt relief systems and eco-tourism, the earth’s sky rivers have been...
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Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Mother Nature's Nuclear Plant -Oklo
Near the provincial capital, Franceville in Gabun sits a nuclear fission reactor. Unlike many nuclear energies in West Africa, this...
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Jul 27, 20204 min read
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The Planet's Lung Disease: What's Killing our Trees
Environmental issues often seem to take place far away but they are in fact all around us. It may be easy to assume that every dead tree...
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Jul 26, 20202 min read
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Why join the Vegan adventure?
Veganism is heavily mocked by modern society. However, according to the scientists from the University of Oxford, avoiding meat and dairy...
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Jul 26, 20201 min read
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