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You’re Being Lied To About Ocean Plastic | Truth Complex | Business Insider

Plastic pollution is getting worse — despite widespread public awareness of the problem, massive investment in recycling, and years of pledges to stop polluting. So what do we…

September 26, 2024

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Three billion birds revisited: What’s happened in the five years since this groundbreaking discovery on the massive loss of birds

Leading scientist sees widespread public awareness but not nearly enough progress on…

September 21, 2024

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Georgetown University: Empowering students to tackle global environmental challenges

Georgetown University, ranked #22 in the country, offers a unique interdisciplinary program that equips students to tackle environmental challenges from multiple. …

September 18, 2024

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Biden’s Top Climate Negotiator to Visit China This Week

John Podesta is expected to push for China to set more ambitious greenhouse gas.…

September 3, 2024

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US urged to partake in China’s clean energy efforts

In an online discussion about cooperation between the United States and China on climate change, Joanna Lewis, director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs…

August 30, 2024

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US colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off

“It’s a humanitarian disaster for all of the faculty and staff involved, not to mention the students who want to pursue this stuff,” said Bryan Alexander, a Georgetown…

August 11, 2024

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The methodology behind The Breakthrough polling project

The Breakthrough is a project from CNN, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, SSRS and Verasight. Each week, 1,000 Americans are asked to share what they have seen,…

July 30, 2024

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Expert projects single factor will have caused millions of deaths by end of year: ‘Nobody is counting it’

By the end of 2024, climate change will have killed around 4 million people, according to one expert, who said the number he arrived at is an underestimate… In January 2024,…

April 29, 2024

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New book helps citizen scientists navigate complexities of infectious disease outbreaks

To give these new disease detectives more tools for their craft, a new book written by two Georgetown University global health researchers, “Outbreak Atlas,” helps translate…

April 10, 2024

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Surviving Scarcity: Water and the Future of the Middle East

With contributions from Dr. Marcus King, Natasha Hall's report explores how decades of entrenched inequitable and unsustainable policies have made achieving water security, and…

April 8, 2024