Shanghai, China The Earth is getting hotter. An increase of 3°c will affect hundreds of millions of people. Sea levels will keep rising. The UN says cities on the coast will be under water in the future. Countries need to reduce their CO² emissions quickly. 3°c more heat could […]
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‘Amazing News’: Rights Groups Celebrate After Italy Bans Use of Circus Animals. Animal rights advocates are celebrating after the Italian government banned the use of all animals in circuses and travelling shows. Animal Defenders International (ADI) now wants other governments to do the same. Animals are used in circuses in […]
‘Amazing News’: Rights Groups Celebrate After Italy Bans Use of ...
The three richest Americans now have more wealth than poorest 50% of Americans. The divide between rich and poor is getting wider and wider and wider. in the US, the 400 richest people now have more wealth than the poorest 64% of Americans. One in five families have no money […]
The three richest Americans now have more wealth than poorest ...
More than 300,000 people are now homeless in the United Kingdom. In the past year, 13,000 people became homeless. The housing charity ‘Shelter’ says that 1 in 200 people are now homeless. The official figure is 307,000 people but Shelter believes the number is probably higher. Shelter blames changes to […]
300,000 people in Britain are now homeless, study reveals
Christine Lagarde warns of ‘dark future’ if the world doesn’t fight global warming. Christine Lagarde, IMF managing director says the world will be in deep trouble if it doesn’t address climate change and inequality. She said we need to address these problems or we will be moving to a dark future” in […]
Christine Lagarde warns of ‘dark future’ if the world doesn’t ...
Seven children in Portugal are raising money to challenge 47 members of the council of Europe. They say the nations are not doing enough to fight climate change. The children wanted to raise $26,000 and they reached that amount last Thursday. They now aim to raise $100,000. The children come […]
Because Paris Deal Not Nearly Enough, European Climate Kids File ...
Eating meat is destroying some of the most important areas of the world. An area 1.5 times the size of the European Union could be saved if we follow nutritional guidelines say the WorldWildlifeFund (WWF). Areas including the Amazon, Congo Basin and Himalayas are effected. 60% of all extinctions are caused by […]
Eating meat is destroying the planet, says WWF.
US, Syria Will Soon Be Only Holdouts on Paris Accord. Nicaragua will sign the climate agreement soon. When President Trump announced earlier this year that the US would pull out of the Paris climate accord, much of the coverage pointed out that only Nicaragua and Syria were also in the “no” camp. […]
US, Syria Will Soon Be Only Holdouts on Paris Accord
Scientists at the Universidad Nacional Autnama de Mexico say we are in the sixth great extinction. They blame overpopulation and over consumption. They also say it threatens humans. Usually scientists are careful to use scientific language. However, in this study they use the term ‘biological annihilation‘.They say it is wrong […]
Earth’s sixth mass extinction is happening now
Consumption is going to rise to 1 trillion bottles per year by 2021. This increase is much faster than we are recycling. Some campaigners say this is as serious as climate change. This use is about 20,000 bottles every single second of every single day. Demand for bottled water in China […]
A million bottles a minute: The dangers of the world’s ...
Toxic run-off from the manufacture of viscose, a supposedly ethical material, has turned rivers black, contaminated drinking water and been linked to increased cancer risk. Global fashion brands are buying material made in factories that devastate peoples health in Indonesia, China and India. Viscose is a plant based fiber. For this reason, it […]