The EcoPlum Daily

As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021′s onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming’s wrath in the past.

California’s climate policy created up to 39 million carbon credits that aren’t achieving real carbon savings, according to new research. But companies can buy these forest offsets to justify polluting more anyway.

The medals, made from recycled elements like old cell phones, are part of a larger sustainability effort at the Tokyo Olympics.

Brazil’s rainforest is being stolen and cleared at an accelerating pace, and the Bolsonaro government is fanning the flames.

Greenland is experiencing its most significant melting event of the year as temperatures in the Arctic surge.

Major fires and resulting emissions are set to continually increase across the world’s forested regions, fueling more warming and more fires to come.

Across the globe, roughly 92 million tons of textile waste is either burned or landfilled. This volume is equivalent to filling the Great Pyramid of Giza over 16 times.

The athleisure giant Lululemon recently announced that it will partner with LanzaTech to develop yarn and textiles made out of recycled carbon emissions.

Only 10% of $17tn global bailout directed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and restoring nature, report finds

The Biden administration says in order to reduce emissions from the electricity sector, it needs to tell power companies “where they need to go.”

Microsoft announced new plans for how it purchases renewable energy, which will require changes to the electricity grids to which it connects.

Partners turn carbon emissions into fabric

Plummeting sunny day solar prices are undermining the economic case to build more solar farms – and putting climate goals at risk.

Reefers cooled by diesel emit a lot of CO2. Why not put solar panels on their roof?

The present moment presents an extraordinary opportunity for public engagement around a different agenda for the future.

Scientists had a dire warning at the International Coral Reef Symposium: this decade is a make or break for coral reefs.

The long read: If cellular agriculture is going to improve on the industrial system it is displacing, it needs to grow without passing the cost on to workers, consumers and the environment

Dozens of environmental groups expect to spend tens of millions of dollars in August building support for climate legislation.

A new report tracks just how much shipping-related emissions retailers like Walmart, Ikea, Amazon, and Target are responsible for.

Beer giant Corona has launched the world’s first-ever ‘plastic fishing’ tournament – paying fishermen in Mexico to retrieve plastic waste from the ocean.

But there are some big “ifs.”

In its just released annual Environmental Report, IBM has announced an updated set of 21 environmental sustainability goals. The pledges support or complement the company’s current commitment to reach net zero GHG emissions by 2030.

The administration will end large-scale logging of old-growth trees in “America’s Amazon" as part of its effort to fight global climate change.

Cutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year

The proposals, expected Wednesday, are likely to be more ambitious and specific than other countries’ efforts to fight climate change and may include a border tax on imports deemed to be polluting.