Precisely how much electricity bitcoin mines are using in America and their effect on energy markets and the environment have been unclear
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An explosion of illegal mining in this vast swath of the Amazon has created a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami people, cutting their food supplies, spreading malaria and, in some cases, threatening the Yanomamis with violence, according…
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Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond that…
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Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday (14), in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning
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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday (17) during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath but the entire group will be released later in the day, according to police
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The UN's chief called Tuesday (8) for an end to a "toxic cover-up" by companies as a sweeping report said they cannot claim to be net zero if they invest in new fossil fuels, cause deforestation or offset emissions instead of reducing them
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The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday (6) in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters.
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Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday (Nov 1), suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world's largest animal than previously thought
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Throwing away crops that have been planted, watered, harvested, packaged and shipped is a relatively new problem in human history. For centuries, people used everything they could: the stalk of a banana tree, vegetable peels, a carrot that…
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A day to take your bike, public transportation, or walk and take the heat off the planet by keeping your car off the roads
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