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Zayed Sustainability Prize Opens Global Call for Submissions for 2027 Cycle
With an increased prize fund of US $7.2 million, the Zayed Sustainability Prize supports enterprises, nonprofit organisations and schools delivering transformative solutions. Entries are now open, with applicants invited to submit innovative, scalable sustainability solutions. Now in its 18th year, the Prize has positively impacted over 400 million people by expanding … [continued]
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Could Trade Routes That Once Oppressed Now Liberate The Atlantic From Fossil Fuels? (Skipping the US?)
So far this month, we have seen global trade start to realign on multiple fronts. Past relationships are failing. New alliances are forming. Canada created an opening for Chinese EVs. The UK is headed to China to repair the relationship between the two countries. Finland is also looking for a … [continued]
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Landfill Panic vs System Reality: What Wind & Solar Actually Displace
Claims about wind turbines and solar panels filling landfills are circulating again, often framed as a rediscovered flaw in clean energy that somehow offsets its benefits. The argument is familiar. Wind turbine blades are large, solar panels contain glass and metals, and at the end of their lives these materials … [continued]
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The Trump Administration Is Racing to Launch the Deep-Sea Mining Industry, Despite Huge Risks and Broad Opposition
This would destroy deep-sea habitats and the ecosystems they support. By Rebecca Loomis, Staff Attorney, Nature, NRDC The Trump administration is supporting a new and highly destructive deep-sea mining (DSM) industry in our ocean, despite immense environmental risks and broad international opposition. Early in his second term, President Trump issued … [continued]
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Quitting & Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States
By Jake Schmidt, Senior Strategic Director, International Climate, International, NRDC Following its previous announcement withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the Trump administration announced it intends to also withdraw from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational international climate agreement adopted in 1992 that the United States joined in 1994. In … [continued]
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