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Godfrey Bloom: The whole wind turbine game is a SCAM

A 2-megawatt wind turbine requires 200 tonnes of steel, which needs 300 tonnes of iron and 170 tonnes of coking coal. The coal, and other raw materials, have to be mined and transported by hydrocarbon-powered transport. Until it is no longer working, a wind turbine could spin for years and

EU Should Address Human Rights Risks to Achieve Deforestation-Free Supply Chains

We’re standing on a ledge overlooking a vast expanse of oil palm trees while crickets chirp and swallows dart overhead.

Türkiye: Plans for Harmful Coal Expansion

(Istanbul) – Türkiye’s Environment Ministry should not approve the planned addition of two more units at Afşin-Elbistan coal power plant A in the southeastern Kahramanmaraş province in view of the serious harm the plant has caused the surrounding community, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch research

US/Oregon: Wildfires Threaten Pregnancies

(Washington, DC) – Air pollution from wildfires is on the rise, but experiences from Oregon indicate that public health officials are not doing enough to provide education and resources to pregnant people. Human Rights Watch, an international human rights advocacy organization, and Nurturely, an organization that promotes equity in perinatal wellness,

Tanzania: Indigenous Maasai Being Forcibly Relocated

(Des Moines) –Tanzania’s government is forcibly relocating Indigenous Maasai residents from their homes and ancestral lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Before further relocations are planned or carried out, the Tanzanian authorities should restore essential public services and consult

Cambodia: Environmental Activists Sentenced to 6 to 8 Years

On Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Capital Court handed down a guilty verdict in the criminal trial of 10 activists from Mother Nature, an award-winning, youth-led Cambodian environmental group, on charges that stem from the group’s peaceful environmental activism from 2012 to 2021. At least four of the activists were

The impact of road environments on rural periodic market travel satisfaction: a heterogeneity analysis of travel modes

Travel satisfaction as experienced by rural residents is closely related to personal physical and mental health, as well as rural economic conditions.

Validating self-reported Toxic Release Inventory data using Benford's Law: investigating toxic chemical release hazards in floodplains

Acute and long-term health impacts from flooding related toxic chemical releases are a significant local health concern and can disproportionately impact communities with vulnerable populations; reliable release data are needed to quantify this hazard. In this paper, we analyze US Federal Emergency Management Agency designated floodplain data and US Environmental

Development of a machine vision-based weight prediction system of butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) using deep learning models for industrial plant factory

Indoor agriculture, especially plant factories, becomes essential because of the advantages of cultivating crops yearly to address global food shortages.

The potential of virtual healthcare technologies to reduce healthcare services' carbon footprint

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the potential to reduce our carbon footprint especially by reducing travel.

Exposure Characteristics and Cumulative Risk Assessment of Bisphenol A and Its Substitutes: The Taiwan Environmental Survey for Toxicants (TEST) 2013

Ever since the use of bisphenol A (BPA) has been restricted, concerns have been raised regarding the use of its substitutes, such as bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF).

On proposing relational environmental metaphors to stimulate engagement and foster well-being in the midst of climate change

Messages regarding climate change that are intended to stimulate responsible engagement can impact our mental health in both positive and negative ways, which in turn can increase or limit the potential engagement being sought through those very messages. Increasingly alarmist environmental metaphors are being brought into question due to their