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🤩 Who won the Earthshot Prize? Prince William celebrates 5 inspiring solutions to environmental perils
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"These inspiring innovations tackle deforestation, crop waste, carbon emissions, overfishing and EV lithium battery recycling. Solar-powered dryers, a soil carbon marketplace, and cleaner electric car batteries are among this year’s Earthshot Prize winning solutions."
Read the full article on Euronews.
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"Earthshot Prize-winning British startup Notpla’s seaweed-based packaging has become the ‘first and only’ material recognised as plastic-free by a European Union country, following a nine-month verification process under the EU’s Single-Use Plastics Directive(SUPD) by the Dutch government."
Read the full article on Green Queen.
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"Portugal produced more renewable energy than its electricity needs for the longest period ever this week. From 31 October to 6 November, renewable energy production exceeded the country’s electricity needs for 149 hours straight, setting a new record."
Read the full article on Euronews.
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"In the Congo, the government has approved the extension of the Conkouati-Douli national park towards the Atlantic Ocean. This decision will strengthen the conservation of marine fauna, in particular marine turtles, dolphins and humpback whales."
Read the full article on Afrik21.
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"Deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest decreased by 22% in the year ending July 31, 2023, according to data released on Thursday by Brazil’s National Space Research Institute (INPE)."
Read the full article on Mongabay.
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