Hong Kong To Ban Plastic Cutlery In Four Years
The restaurants in Hong Kong will move to a greener initiative and will provide more eco-friendly tableware and customers may need to bring their own containers for takeaway meals under a government proposal to eventually ban disposable plastic items. This plan was released last week after a two-month constitution and is expected to be rolled […]
Lithuania Starts Building Anti-Migrant Fence On Belarus Border
Last week, Lithuania started to put up fences along its border with Belarus after a horde of migrants entered the country from the neighbour. Vilnius has accused Belarusian authorities of encouraging the flow of migrants illegally into Lithuania, an EU member state, in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Belarus by the bloc over human rights abuses and […]
The Biggest Surge In US Consumer Prices Since 2008
The prices for US consumers has seen the biggest jump in 13 years. The primary cause behind this is the swift rebound of spending that has run up against the supply shortages that the companies are facing from all over the world. This supply shortage has led to the increase in the cost of many […]
Iran Faces Driest Summer In Fifty Years
The semi-arid country of Iran is facing its driest summer in the last fifty years. The country is on a fast track towards water scarcity and having stressed the role of agriculture in assuring its economic independence, faces an onslaught of threats to its water supply, including climate change, population growth, mass migration, political instability, […]
Haiti Requests US Troops For Infrastructure Protection After Assassination
The government of Haiti has requested the United States of America government to send troops that will help in the protection of key infrastructure after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated this week, according to the Election Minister Mathias Pierre, who gave a statement on Friday. Haitian officials said they had requested military support to protect […]
Enormous Lake Disappears in Antarctica, Dumps 26 Billion Cubic Feet Water Into Ocean
Within a matter of days, a massive ice-covered lake in Antarctica has vanished, leading the scientific community to a state of panic over the dangerous trends of climatic change and global warming. The event that occurred in 2019 on Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica was only noticed in satellite images. According to the scientists, […]
Four Day Week Proves Successful In Iceland
There were trials of a four-day week held in Iceland and they were reported to be an “overwhelming success” that led to many workers moving to shorter hours. These trials were held between 2015 and 2019 and essentially, the workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours. A majority of workplaces reported the productivity […]
UK To Stop Using Coal Power In Just Three Years
In a statement on June 30, 2021, the United Kingdom announced it will end the use of coal-fired power by October 2024, which is a year earlier than it was scheduled. This move came as a result of the UK pushing other countries towards a greater climatic ambition before hosting the global warming summit in […]