Environmental News Articles and Issues: 06 September 2019
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
Africa’s tropical land emitted more CO2 than the US in 2016
https://www.carbonbrief.org/africas-tropical-land-emitted-more-co2-than-the-us-in-2016-satellite-data-shows
Pierce Brosnan backs Greta Thunberg
https://news.yahoo.com/007-star-pierce-brosnan-warns-greta-thunberg-careful-143650079.html
Phosphates for fertiliser could run out
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/phosphate-fertiliser-crisis-threatens-world-food-supply
GOOD NEWS:
Ethiopia plants more than 350mil trees in 12 hours
https://www.insider.com/ethiopia-beats-goal-plants-350-million-trees-in-12-hours-2019-7
Volkswagen to help convert old Beetles & Kombis to electric power
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/5/20851784/vw-beetle-electric-conversion-frankfurt-motor-show
Amazon countries sign pact to coordinate disaster response
http://news.trust.org//item/20190906203959-8ujoc/
BAD NEWS:
Malaysia’s top supermarkets to promote palm oil usage, not ban it
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-palmoil/malaysias-top-supermarket-chain-bans-palm-oil-free-products-government-urges-others-to-follow-idUSKCN1VQ0XA?utm_source=reddit.com
Wild Orangutan extinction may be less than 10 years away
https://www.wouldsayso.com/wild-orangutan-extinction-decade-away/
FUTURISM:
Novameat to produce 3D printed steaks
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/05/novameat-has-a-platform-for-3d-printing-steaks-and-has-new-money-to-take-it-to-market/
Students invent bacteria that will eat ocean plastic
http://www.thescienceandspace.com/2019/05/the-high-pollution-in-oceans-is-big.html?m=1&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app