Category: Sustainability
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Tsunami reaches Hawaii after massive earthquake hits Russia’s Far East
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Russia’s eastern coast which triggered waves of up to five metres, sparking evacuation orders in Hawaii, Japan, and across the Pacific on 29th July 2025. According to Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov on Telegram, ‘a series of earthquakes occurred in the waters near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,’ he said. He added that no significant…
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Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava and smoke
A volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula, on the Sundhnúkur Crater Row experienced an intense seismic swarm which later caused an eruption in the area southeast of Litla-Skógfell, according to Iceland’s meteorology office. The eruptive fissure was reportedly 700 to 1000m long according to Icelandic authorities, but grew to 2.4 kilometres at its largest point. The…
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Canada’s oil and gas growth could backfire as global demand declines
A report released by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and Environmental Defence has warned that Canada’s continued expansion of oil and gas production risks billions in future investment. It found that Canada’s oil and gas industry is highly exposed as 81% of its oil and 44% of its gas is exported. Under current global…
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Mother Nature Cambodia group activists in prison one year
Five Cambodian environmental defenders have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on ‘baseless charges,’ said Human Rights Watch. On 2nd July 2024, the Phnom Penh Court found ten activists from the group guilty of ‘plotting against the government.’ Five were imprisoned immediately while four others were tried in absentia, and the…
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Widespread environmental and human rights violations in Myanmar linked to ‘green’ energy industry
A policy brief from EarthRights International brings to light the impact of environmental destruction and human rights violations resulting from the mining of heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) in Kachin State, Myanmar. Two key HREEs, dysprosium and terbium are main constituents needed to produce NdFeB magnets which are used in a variety of renewable energy…
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Toxic waste: How overconsumption is killing our world
We are approaching a critical point at which we must ask ourselves what there is left to sacrifice. Over the past few decades, instances of climate change atrocities have rung in the ears of governments across the globe, yet we are still teetering dangerously close to irrevocable rising temperatures. The United Nations determined in its…
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