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Ancient Wild Relatives Hold Key to Climate-Proofing Global Wheat Supply

Crop wild relatives that have survived changing climates for millions of years may provide the solution to adapting wheat, humanity’s most widely grown crop, to climate change.
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The market for lithium is blocking the energy transition

Increasing supplies of earth metals such as lithium and cobalt drive prices down. Good news, you might say. But it is holding back the energy transition.
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Perovskite to set off a revolution in solar energy

Perovskite, not silicon, is the future for harvesting solar energy. Several universities are currently working on breakthroughs and making great strides in improving the efficiency with which solar energy is generated.
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CO2 puts heavier stamp on temperature than thought

A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on earth from 7 to even a maximum of 14 degrees.
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Home gas leaks double when hydrogen added – lab tests

Plans to fuel homes with hydrogen suffered a further blow as the first published lab tests reveal that leaks rise sharply when hydrogen is added to regular household fossil gas.
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The economy is losing from the climate

Economic hardliners who think money is more important than the climate face a yearly miscalculation of $38 trillion. Or six times the annual US budget. Or 150 times the wealth of Jeff Bezos per year. Say goodbye to economic growth. Even…
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How Zara, H&M, deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption are connected

H&M and Zara jeans, hoodies, shorts and socks have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption.
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Greenhushing: How Apple and Microsoft Let Billions Go to Waste, and Tesla has a green debt

The world’s biggest brands like Apple and Microsoft are missing billions of dollars of potential value by greenhushing: failing to communicate their sustainability achievements and progress properly. Others, like Tesla, are in debt.
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Cartoon: no time for new nuclear

The planet is on fire, we can't wait another 20 years for new solutions, nuclear or other tech. We need to use what we have available now.
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Big Agri profits tripled in midst of cost-of-living crisis

In the last three years, the profits of the five biggest traders in agriculture commodities tripled compared to the years before.