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Original post on environews The FADAMA III Additional Financing (AFII) Programme on Thursday, January 18, 2018 distributed farm implements to 19 tomato growers associations in Sandamu Local Government Area of Katsina State so as to boost their productivity. Alhaji Bashir Zango, the State FADAMA Project Coordinator, who distributed the implements to the beneficiaries in Ruma […]

Original post on Chicago Tribune McDonald’s will stop using plastic foam cups, which keep drinks icy cold but make environmentalists red hot, by the end of this year. The world’s largest restaurant operator quietly disclosed the decision on its website, along with its plan to use recycled and certified sources for all of its fiber-based

Nike.com Nike announced today that it has signed its second major wind contract with Avangrid Renewables — this time for 86 megawatts of Texas wind power. “This agreement enables us to source 100 percent renewable energy across our owned or operated facilities in North America,” says Hannah Jones, Chief Sustainability Officer and VP of the

Original post on Fast Company In Myanmar, one startup is using drones to quickly replant a massive mangrove forest. In Cameroon, another startup is using an invention called a “cocoon”–a biodegradable paper donut–to help thousands of seedlings survive near refugee camps. In the U.S., a third startup is replanting abandoned farmland with pongamia, a type of tree that needs little irrigation

Selling produce that does not meet cosmetic retail standards is one-way companies are working to reduce waste. Examples include the Eco-Friendly line from Church Bros. and the Misfits line from Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Robinson Fresh. The industry has also worked to avoid sending more material than necessary to landfills. “A 10-acre facility on Limoneira property

Original post on Washington Post The historian Arnold Toynbee famously argued that the well-being of a civilization can be judged by its ability to respond to human and environmental challenges. The Donald Trump administration’s full-throttle reverse course aimed at renewing fossil fuels as the chief source of energy — as the planet faces the droughts,

In the United States, Iguanas have been falling from trees for the opposite reason. It’s too cold! Florida, which is used to tropical heat all year round, has seen temperatures fall to near freezing and suddenly the green lizards have been tumbling from the trees left and right. The good news is they aren’t dead – at least not all of

Since his inauguration, the South Korean President Moon Jae-in has canceled six nuclear plants in his bid to make South Korea more eco-friendly. Following the promise to keep SK eco-friendly, the government- represented by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Paik Un-gyu- announced the country’s new plans to boost the use of solar energy and convert

Original post on TheNational, UAE edition  Every year, the UAE welcomes the world’s leading voices in renewable energy and sustainability for Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). Much has changed in the decade since the event started. At the first World Future Energy Summit in 2008, Abu Dhabi issued a call to action to help catalyse the development