The world is producing twice the safe amount of fossil fuels
According to a new report, the world is on track to produce twice the safe amount of fossil fuels until 2030. According to the Paris Accords, we need to restrict the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees, however, we are currently on track to surpass a 2-degree rise. This could have catastrophic consequences in the future.
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New technique produces graphene flakes from waste material
A technique has recently been developed at Rice University's James Tour lab by graduate student Duy Luong, which allows waste coal, food and plastic to be transformed into graphene flakes in a 'flash' reaction, reducing carbon dioxide by-products and providing researchers with a new cheap method for producing large amounts of graphene for compositing with concrete, cars, clothing, etc.
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Swedish government investigates ways to end fossil fuel use in the country
The Swedish government has launched a study to figure out how to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel cars in the country while also phasing out fossil fuel use as a whole. They intend to exempt electric vehicles from these bans and then eventually spread this policy to the entire European Union.
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Scientists find new revolutionary way to clean up oil spills
According to a new report, scientists have found a way to create a special sponge that can be used to clean up oil spills. The sponge has been successful in cleaning up oil from water in lab tests and is also very cheap to manufacture. Scientists feel that the sponge could even be used to remove heavy metals from water as well.
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UN secretary General says Man's war against nature must stop
While speaking at the two-week climate summit in Madrid, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, stressed the importance of changing the way humanity interacts with nature. He went on to say that 'man's war against nature' must stop and that stopping it is not impossible. However, no country in the world is currently meeting the standard that is required in order to fight global warming.
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