Category: Health
Q+A: London pediatrician on push to cut youth screen time, tips for parents
London pediatrician Michelle Ponti spoke with LFP on the importance of reducing the amount of time kids spend starting at screens – and how to actually do it.
Pricing Fertilizer Emissions Cuts Climate Pollution Without Making Food Expensive
Pricing fertilizer emissions sounds like a recipe for more expensive food, but when the numbers are worked carefully, it turns out to be a policy that cuts emissions sharply while barely moving grocery prices. The reason is simple and counterintuitive. Fertilizer is a large share of farm costs and an … [continued]
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The Complex Process Of An Urban Water Supply System
Have you ever thought about where your water comes from? The question occurred to me when I moved to a southeastern condo community. In my former rural New England home, we had an artesian well. Now we are part of an urban water supply system, and I became curious about the … [continued]
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Bill Gates Laments World Going Backwards
A couple of months ago, Bill Gates wrote a blog post about how climate change emissions projections have gone down. Steve Hanley wrote an article with a response. ‘“Fortunately for all of us, this view is wrong,” Gates wrote. “Although climate change will have serious consequences — particularly for people … [continued]
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Zayed Sustainability Prize Honours Global Pioneers Advancing Progress
US$5.9M awarded to 11 organisations and high schools from the UAE, Brazil, Canada, Nepal, Switzerland, Uganda and across six sustainability categories From AI-enabled diagnostics to Cooling-as-a-Service, this year’s winners deliver locally adapted innovations that empower millions In 18 years, the Prize has scaled solutions reaching more than 411 million people … [continued]
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