Retailers with highest maritime shipping emissions named in new report & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, March 3, 2023 “Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.” — John Muir Retailers With Highest Maritime Shipping Emissions Named in New Report Brands like Walmart, Target and Home Depot are the focus of a new report on shipping emissions. The report found that just 18 major retailers are linked to 3.5 million metric tons of emissions solely from ship imports into the U.S. in 2021. [Read More]( Related: [Why Do Walmart, Amazon, Target and IKEA Have Such High Shipping Emissions?]( Musicians to Credit Earth as Collaborator and Send Royalties to Environmental Causes A group of musicians will start naming planet Earth as a collaborator on the music, which will send some of the royalties to environmental causes. Artists including Brian Eno, Fraser T. Smith, Jacob Collier and Anna Calvi will include a credit to Earth as a co-writer for upcoming music. The artists can choose a percentage of royalties to go to EarthPercent, a charity founded by Eno. [Read More]( Related: [These Artists Are Turning Their London Street Into a Solar Power Station]( More Than 90 Scientists Write Open Letter Encouraging Study of Geoengineering to Cool Planet More than 90 scientists from around the world have written an [open letter]( recommending that research be done on the potential of increasing [solar radiation modification]( (SRM) — the reflection of sunlight away from Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes referred to as “[solar geoengineering]( — in order to slow planetary warming and lessen climate impacts. The [scientists]( are not endorsing the approach, CNBC reported, as it has the potential for substantial negative effects, such as altering the planet’s systems in unforeseen ways, and would also not address the core issue of [climate change]( rising [fossil fuel]( emissions and their negative impacts on the climate. [Read More]( Related: [Could Solar Geoengineering Trigger War?]( Wait, What? BP CEO Argues for More Oil and Gas Spending to Solve Climate Crisis CEO Bernard Looney reaffirmed the energy giant’s fossil fuel spending plans during International Energy Week in London, calling for an “orderly” energy transition and made the case that more oil and gas investment is needed to achieve net zero goals. “An energy system that works is one that provides energy that is secure and affordable as well as lower carbon — what’s known as the energy trilemma,” Looney [told]( onlookers. “To solve it…we need to invest in today’s energy system, which is predominantly an oil and gas system.” [Read More]( Related: [BP Scales Back Climate Targets as Profits More Than Double]( Space Waste 101: Everything You Need to Know Space waste is a problem that goes by many names, including space junk, space pollution and space debris. While space debris technically refers to natural meteoroids as well as human-caused pollution, orbital debris is a term specifically used for human-created waste that now orbits the Earth. [Read More]( Related: [How Solar Farms in Space Might Beam Electricity to Earth]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](