Sustainability News
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Americans, especially millennials and Gen Z, are embracing plant-based meat products
“Many scientists and advocates recommend eating less meat as a way to make modern lifestyles healthier and more sustainable (PDF). Most recently, the widely publicized EAT-Lancet Report, produced by an international team of health, agriculture and…
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Oktoberfest ‘produces 10 times as much methane as Boston’
“Researchers at Technical University in Munich walked and cycled around the perimeter of the festival last year with mobile sensors aloft. The instruments found the event emitted nearly 1,500kg of…
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How climate change could contribute to racial maternal-health disparities
“Climate change could worsen maternal-health racial disparities, the authors of the present study added, given the greater health effects of heat exposure experienced by black women, in addition to differences…
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How much does the $4.99 rotisserie chicken REALLY cost?
“The chickens have become almost a cult item. 91 million were sold last year, double the number from a decade earlier. They have their own Facebook page with nearly 13,000…
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Chocolate makers, including Hershey, face sustainability dilemma over fair pay for farmers
“Chocolate makers are facing an ultimatum — either support a contentious plan to raise the pay of impoverished farmers, or risk a halt to programs that sustainability-conscious consumers increasingly demand. ….
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Watch: Five simple tips for any Pittsburgher wanting to reduce their carbon footprint
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Quiz: What do you know about climate change in the Pittsburgh region?
Test your knowledge and learn about climate change issues in Pittsburgh. FULL STORY published September 16, 2019 via PublicSource
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TABLE OF EXPERTS: ‘Why Sustainability is Everything’
“Sustainability is not an option anymore. It’s a necessity. You need to have a strategy. You need to integrate it and implement it for all of the factors we talked…
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Pittsburgh joins the UN’s global network as a Center of Excellence in sustainable design
“Emissions from buildings account for nearly 40 percent of the country’s total carbon output, just edging out transportation as our most polluting sector. If our planet has any hope of…
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Amazon rainforest fires: What’s happening now and how you can help
“The number of fires in Brazil this year is the highest on record since 2013 and is up by 85% from last year alone, CNN reported. So far this year, more than…