Environmental news this week...

Coldplay pause touring until they can offer 'environmentally beneficial' concerts | Music | The Guardian

Coldplay want to tour in support of the environment and their new album is called “actively beneficial”. This British group have been waiting to start the tour, while they design it to ensure the tour is "carbon neutral".

Billie Eilish for is making her world tour “as green as possible” by:

- prohibiting plastic straws 

- asking fans has to bring reusable water bottles.

Amalia 2ºESO

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ESS Interesting articles this week

Poorly planned Amazon dam project "poses serious threat to life" (related to EIAs and Hydro power)

theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/08/death-of-a-river-the-ruinous-design-flaw-in-a-vast-amazon-rainforest-dam

Enviro news this week

Environmental EP voted this the most relevant and important news item from the articles suggested this week:

Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time



Ultra-fine particles are produced by fuel
burning, particularly in diesel vehicles.
The chances of people having brain
cancer is increasing and getting to a level to
where people may die.
Nanoparticles get into your brain, which is
a problem because they carry carcinogenic
chemicals.
Lastly, a scientist says brain cancer are usually rare
and that’s why this is a very bad problem.
They have calculated that busy streets leads
an extra case of brain cancer for every
100,000 people.

By Amalia 2º ESO


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/13/air-pollution-particles-linked-to-brain-cancer-in-new-research