Tesla Megapack battery turns on to replace Hawaii’s last coal plant (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
A Tesla Megapack battery system has officially turned on to replace Hawaii’s very last coal power plant.
Nagana Yarrbayn – Standing Our Ground (standing-our-ground.org)
I just donated to support Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians to continue the Waddananggu cultural ceremony on their lands near Adani’s mine....
High Infant Mortality Among Wild Macaques Linked to Oil Palm Exposure (www.natureworldnews.com)
Forest restoration planned for Colombia’s Farallones de Cali National Park (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Farallones de Cali National Park, located on Columbia's Pacific coast, will undergo long-term habitat restoration.
Spain politicians bicker as plastic 'nurdle' spill swamps beaches (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Dozens of volunteers used strainers to sift sand at beaches in northwestern Spain on Tuesday to collect millions of tiny plastic pellets that have washed up in recent days, endangering wildlife.
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin (www.theguardian.com)
In World First, Horned Oryx Upgraded from Extinct in Wild to Endangered Owing to Decades of Zoo Work (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
New research harnesses AI and satellite imagery to reveal the expanding footprint of human activity at sea (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing.
Synthetic biology breakthrough fixes CO2 from the air better than nature (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a synthetic pathway that can capture CO2 from the air more efficiently than in nature.
What Can Indigenous Peoples Teach the World About Resilience in the Face of Climate Despair? (www.harpersbazaar.com)
The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges (apnews.com)
Why Going Plant-Based Makes a Good New Year’s Resolution (sentientmedia.org)
Bangladesh sees dramatic rise in lightning deaths linked to climate change (www.bbc.com)
The Comforting Lie of "Climate-Friendly Meat" (newrepublic.com)
World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)
Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping (www.latimes.com)
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'Take It Down and They'll Return': The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River (reasonstobecheerful.world)
What Tyson Foods’ Terrible Year Means for the Future of Big Chicken | Consumers are showing a shrinking appetite for beef, pork and poultry (sentientmedia.org)
Amazon drought: 'We've never seen anything like this' (www.bbc.com)
Demonstrators Decry SLAPP Lawsuits Targeting Movement Against Mountain Valley Pipeline (itsgoingdown.org)
Slovakia announces regional coal phase-out, set to save big (www.euractiv.com)
China air pollution worsens in 2023, first time in decade (www.france24.com)
A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef Industry (www.wired.com)
The early 1970s were the real heyday of beef in the US. It was the era of stroganoff, stews, and casseroles, steak lunches and 60-cent hamburgers. It was also the beginning of a long decline for the all-American meat. In 1975, Americans on average ate close to 90 pounds of beef each year. That has now dipped to around 57 pounds,...
How Child-Mined Cobalt From The Congo Powers Our Phones (yt.artemislena.eu)
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A look back at U.S. climate solutions this year (grist.org)
