EPA releases climate indicators on American lives
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More green Jeans. Levi has partnered with Renewcell, a Swedish startup that Understory has featured before, to create more sustainable jeans. Using fabric recycling technology to break fabric down into celluose, brands such as Levi can give new lives to perfectly reusable fabric to make new jeans and garments. link
China leads in EV and now sets ambitious goal on urban waste. China announced that it hopes to re-use 60% of urban household waste by 2025. Big target and a lot of work ahead. According to the Chinese government, urban waste handling capacity reached 1.27 million tonnes per day in 2020. link
Sustainable bond issuance reached $264 billion in Q1 2021. Green bonds came in at $130 billion, social bonds $91 billion and sustainability bonds at $43 billion. link
Paris to curb through traffic to fight climate change. Paris government is proposing to ban vehicles that pass through the city each day. The rule would allow resident, delivery, and tourist vehicles but still eliminates 55% of the total traffic. link
Astronaut on climate change. Scott Kelly, a former astronaut, penned a piece on climate change as the greatest threat in Scientific American. link
EPA released climate indicators on American lives. Partnering with over 50 data partners, EPA is providing data insights on how climate is changing American lives. link
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