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Big oil’s generational curse: pollutant-related epigenetic changes keeps South Africans in poverty cycle
After 60 years of exposure to air pollution by surrounding oil refineries, it will take this South African community at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes
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Black Friday: My nightmare for the planet
Most of the items bought for short-term gratification on Black Friday will be quickly forgotten - the vast majority of goods will be used once and be discarded.
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Sailing 1,000 km to save Thai mackerels
Going on a voyage to save mackerel, the "soul food" of the Thai nation.
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If cities could talk: Voices for urban justice
The human population has reached 8 billion, and more than half of us live in cities. Urban areas have a crucial role in tackling climate change.
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Big oil is driving gender-based violence and femicide
South Africa’s South Durban Industrial Basin over the years has seen numerous events of ecological damage that continue to feed into gender-based violence and femicide
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A step towards climate justice
The 27th UN Climate summit ends in overtime with some success but much more left to be done.
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Congo oil: The worst deal in the world to insure
Simon Lewis, a professor at Leeds University and head of a British-Congolese research group called CongoPeat, has called the DRC blocks “the worst place in the world to drill for oil”
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Empty words feed no one
We don’t need more announcements on food and agriculture we need action.
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Big Ag’s Roadmap to 1.5 could push the planet from tipping points into freefall
The roadmap is a recipe to fry the planet. The Amazon is close to a tipping point, the climate is at a tipping point. We don’t need new pledges, we need action and consequences for corporate failure.
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Africa’s climate action shouldn’t hinge on climate finance
After a huge push by activists across Africa and beyond, the COP27 climate conference has already ensured that the issue of “loss and damage” is formally discussed
