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Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary the country has run out of rubbish Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has to import rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. What lessons can we learn, asks Hazel Sheffield

Most Americans are aware that air pollution is detrimental to health, but how much do they know about the specifics of those risks? http://bit.ly/2HDAaOh

Check out our awesome solar event happening next week (5/21) in Cambridge, MA. A great opportunity to learn more about the new SMART solar credit program!

Cambridge Tues 5/21: Cash-flow Positive Solar for Landlords 05/21/2019 5:30 PM - 05/21/2019 9:00 PM One Broadway, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall? People tend to respond to immediate threats and financial consequences – and Florida’s coastal real estate may be on the cusp of delivering that harsh wake-up call

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/dining/farming-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows In every region, farmers and scientists are trying to adapt an array of crops to warmer temperatures, invasive pests, erratic weather and earlier growing seasons.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/01/15/carbon-pollution-has-shoved-the-climate-backward-at-least-12-million-years-harvard-scientist-says/?fbclid=IwAR2e9XdnVcb66gkKh3iktz6SAVmR3s0VFvFf9K6mtKHcRyOnSkY_VlyKa48

We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says The level of carbon now in the atmosphere hasn't been seen in 12 million years, a Harvard scientist said in Chicago Thursday, and this pollution is rapidly pushing the climate back to its state in the Eocene Epoch, more than 33 million years ago, when there was no ice on either pole.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/05/ipbes-un-biodiversity-report-warns-one-million-species-at-risk/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=linkedin::cmp=editorial::add=li20190506env-newenvbiodiversitycrisis::rid=&sf212208168=1

One million species at risk of extinction, UN report warns A landmark global assessment warns that the window is closing to safeguard biodiversity and a healthy planet. Yet solutions are in sight.

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How Much Do You Know About Climate Change? When Yale University quizzed US adults on the facts, most of them got a failing grade. How do you compare?

https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-death-2556835512.html?fbclid=IwAR3CEql5aEY6tWP-PTX7tidE1oze6F6909QZZLZMkVHvfM9EDrnXkSqGre4

Oil Spill Now Larger Than Paris Ravages Indonesian Island, 5 Dead The spill, first reported on March 31, stems from a pipeline operated by state-owned oil firm Pertamina.

This interactive map shows how hot your city could get in the future It reveals how climate change could transform your home.

https://www.boston25news.com/news/massachusetts/wild-bee-species-critical-to-pollination-on-the-decline/941307480?fbclid=IwAR13qDUQpgjnIi83fHM1O1A1A_9VnXDJhwbyAAwwH5A4Ck2JJemSwY1UNNU

Wild bee species critical to pollination on the decline More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinizing everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study.

How air pollution is doing more than killing us The air we breathe could be changing our behaviour in ways we are only just beginning to understand, writes Melissa Hogenboom.