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Washington Post: We would need 1.7 Earths to make our consumption sustainable
President Trump has acted on his campaign promises to reverse Obama’s environmental policies…The United States is one of the world’s biggest consumers, and U.S. policies can have global environmental effects. As of 2013, the world’s population would need 1.7 Earths... Read MoreInternational Business Times:
5 Worst And Best Countries For The Environment Ranked By Ecological Footprint
While many countries have made concerted efforts in recent years to reduce their carbon footprint in an attempt to slow global warming, most are still consuming far more than the earth can support and thereby creating an ecological footprint that...
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The Sacramento Bee: Unleashing data to help reduce our carbon footprint
Unlike Gov. Jerry Brown, I don’t “like to think about catastrophe” when considering how the world is addressing climate change. However, I second his statement made at a climate change conference in San Francisco during Earth Week, that “we’ve got... Read MoreHelsinki Times: Finns used year's worth of natural resources in three months
Finns have already drained their share of the planet’s natural resource budget for the year. WWF Finland reported yesterday, citing calculations made by the Global Footprint Network, that the country reached its overshoot day on 3 April, 2017. Read MoreLa Vanguardia: La huella ecológica mundial: país por país
Los españoles necesitan de media 3,7 hectáreas para satisfacer sus consumos y absorber sus residuos. Es decir, casi el triple de lo que el territorio español ofrece. Con el ritmo de vida de los españoles, sería necesario que España fuera... Read More
Ecological Footprint Explorer Open Data Platform Launches
OAKLAND, CA, April 5, 2017—Ecological Footprint data for over 200 countries is now freely available, searchable and usable at Ecological Footprint Explorer, the new open data platform that Global Footprint Network launches on April 5 at data.footprintnetwork.org. By offering researchers,... Read MoreHuffington Post: How Will Coal Make America Great Again?
The Trump Administration says undoing the Clean Power Plan would help the economy and bring back coal jobs. But our latest data show Trump’s climate policies run counter to significant 21st-century gains the United States has made decoupling economic expansion... Read More