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Weekly Climate News

April 15, 2021 

  • Non-fungible tokens, a new blockchain technology, have been found to have a large environmental impact. 

  • Many cyclists are unhappy about a new rule change that ends the tradition of tossing water bottles to fans during races. 

  • The Muldrow Glacier in Alaska is moving up to 90 feet a day, 100 times faster than its normal pace. 

  • A cyclone hit Indonesia, leaving over 160 people dead from flash floods and landslides. Many are claiming the Indonesian government’s recent rollback of environmental protections worsened the crisis. 

  • Japan’s recent approval of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean has been met with fierce opposition. 

  • Despite a slow economy resulting from COVID-19, greenhouse gases are currently on the rise. 

  • The proposal for the construction of a controversial biomass power plant in Springfield, Massachusetts, was revoked by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. 

  • CACTO claims to be the first “carbon negative fashion company in the Americas” because it removes more atmospheric carbon than it produces through the manufacturing of its cactus leather products.