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Apple has announced a target of becoming carbon neutral across its entire business and manufacturing supply chain by 2030.The company says the commitment means its devices will have had “zero climate impact” at point of sale.It told BBC News any company hoping to become a supplier would have to commit to “be 100% renewable for their Apple production” within 10 years.It follows climate-focused pledges by other technology giants.Microsoft arguably has gone further, by promising: to be carbon negative by 2030 by 2050, to have removed the same amount of carbon as it…

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nippy November morning saw me driving along a mountain road in Tripuradevi village in India’s Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, with the warm sun peeping through the tall pines. I was there to buy hand-woven organically dyed silks and cottons created by Avani, a community organisation employing local craftsmen and providing them with a steady source of income, alongside that from the surplus crops and produce they sell. But what caught my eye were heaps of pine needles drying in the sun. A man was feeding the dried pine needles into a…

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A series of experiments carried out by an international group of scientists allowed them to achieve the equivalent of approximately 30 years of passive carbonation of mine tailings within four weeks.  In a paper published in the journal Economic Geology, the researchers say that this accelerated carbonation of mining waste significantly increases carbon capture for environmental benefit and has the potential to recover valuable battery metals. SIGN UP FOR THE BATTERY METALS DIGEST Sign Up “If you can integrate carbon capture with the recovery of previously inaccessible minerals, say of nickel and cobalt,…

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ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed down on Sunday from looming conflict in the eastern Mediterranean by ordering a research ship operating in Greek territorial waters to return to the Turkish coast. Tension in the region had soared since the Oruc Reis seismic survey vessel and an escort flotilla of Turkish navy frigates was deployed last month near the Greek island of Kastellorizo, despite repeated protests from Athens and the EU, particularly French President Emmanuel Macron. The Turkish exploration for oil and gas was accompanied by increasingly bellicose rhetoric…

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Leaks from last month indicate that a deal with colossal scope has been agreed between China and Iran. All the details of the agreement are not yet known, but the parts that have been reported show that this will be the biggest deal between China and any Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) country. However, considering the potential of both nations, it does not go beyond their capacity.The total range of the deal is reported to be $400 billion spread over a period of 25 years, which works out as $16…

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