Lego has abandoned its most important effort to eliminate petroleum-based plastics from its bricks after discovering that its new material resulted in higher carbon emissions, in a sign of the complex trade-offs companies face in their quest for sustainability.
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The executive secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Capelli, stated today (25) that the government will invest around R$2 billion in a security plan for the Legal Amazon. The proposal envisages the creation of 34 new security bases, the implementation of a command center for the National Security Force and an international cooperation center to exchange information and actions with neighboring countries.
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The Federal Supreme Court (STF) formed a majority, last Thursday (21), against the time frame thesis, a judgment considered key to the future of original peoples and their lands, which are seen as a barrier against deforestation. This and other themes were highlights of the environmental agenda of the Curto News this week. Check out our 'Curto Green'! 🌱
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Recycling will not be enough to face the growing production of plastics, warns the head of UN-Environment, Inger Andersen, calling for action to be taken across the “entire chain”, especially in consumer products.
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NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), a US government agency that monitors oceans and climate, has gathered five not-so-obvious consequences of heat waves, a phenomenon that is expected to intensify in the coming years.
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Tuvalu may be one of the first nations to go underwater as a result of climate change, but this does not mean it stops being a country, said the prime minister of this small archipelago on Thursday (21).
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