Joe Biden has unveiled a new, more aggressive climate and employment plan that advisers say he would bring to Congress “immediately” if he were elected president. The new proposal outlines $ 2 trillion for clean energy infrastructure and other climate solutions, to be spent as quickly as possible in the …
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpIvanka Trump launches Goya Foods products on Twitter Sessions defends the challenge: “I leave the elected office with my integrity intact” Former White House doctor Ronny Jackson wins the second round of Texas MORE A reversal of one of the nation’s fundamental environmental laws is expected to …
Read More »‘Swinging on the Edge’: Scientists Warn of Rapid Melting of Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’
The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica is considered by many climate scientists to be one of the world’s most vulnerable and most important glaciers in terms of future sea level rise …
Read More »Burger King Becomes a Leader in Fart Prevention Technology
Screenshot: Burger King One of the greatest threats to the future of humanity is cow farting. The livestock industry is directly responsible for around one trimester climate change since the beginning of the industrial era; 65% of that comes from livestock, whose flatulence is methane, a greenhouse gas 34 times …
Read More »Johnnie Walker whiskey will be sold in paper bottles starting next year.
Diageo will launch “100% plastic free” bottles of Johnnie Walker starting next year, the latest example of a major beverage maker trying to move towards more sustainable packaging ways. In a statement on Monday, the British firm said the bottle would be paper-based and “made entirely of wood of sustainable …
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