Scientists have identified a fig tree species in Kenya with a unique ability to turn CO2 into stone. I got the press release for this earlier this week and didn’t know what to make of it myself, so here’s the New Scientist with the story.
Carbon Copy have updated their maps with the latest carbon footprint data for each town and region in the UK. If you want to know what’s happening in your area, it’s a good place to start.
Our World in Data highlights four countries that have bucked the global trend and made no progress in ending poverty in the last 30 years. Alas, Madagascar is among them.
After a three year consultation, the UK government has decided not to press ahead with regional pricing in the electricity market. Strangely absent from their press notes are any mention of disconnecting the price of electricity from the price of gas, which remains the main reason that electricity prices in the UK are so high. Is Labour ignoring this opportunity, or is the work going on in some parallel reform process I don’t know about?
Possible, one of my favourite climate charities, are on a fundraising drive to find a thousand people who can give £2 a week. Could you join them?
Another of my favourite climate charities is Ashden Climate Solutions, who I have the good fortune of working for. We won an award at the Charity Awards last week for the Let’s Go Zero campaign, which is working on climate action in schools in the UK.
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