https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:58:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/big-tech-accused-of-ai-greenwashing/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/big-tech-accused-of-ai-greenwashing/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:58:32 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=142307

The big tech industry’s claims about the climate benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are largely unproven and unsubstantiated, according to a new report from a coalition of climate advocacy and … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/big-tech-accused-of-ai-greenwashing/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/ma-jun-no-business-interest-in-chinese-coal-power-due-to-cheaper-renewables/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/ma-jun-no-business-interest-in-chinese-coal-power-due-to-cheaper-renewables/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:57:13 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=142308

Ma – one of China’s most recognisable environmental activists – says that early experiments with publishing real-time air quality data have paved the way for greater openness from the Chinese … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/ma-jun-no-business-interest-in-chinese-coal-power-due-to-cheaper-renewables/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/lack-of-agroecological-funding-could-be-costing-us-our-future/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/lack-of-agroecological-funding-could-be-costing-us-our-future/#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:50:59 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=141661

Over many decades, vast sums of money for innovation in farming including seeds, crop applications and new technologies has come from those large enterprises and organisations that can extract value … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/lack-of-agroecological-funding-could-be-costing-us-our-future/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/trump-drops-key-us-climate-rule-swaps-health-for-cheap-cars/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/trump-drops-key-us-climate-rule-swaps-health-for-cheap-cars/#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:50:26 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=141662

In what the White House has described as the “largest deregulatory action in American history,” President Donald Trump has undone a key scientific finding that has been the cornerstone of United States efforts to fight climate change for more than 16 years. … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/trump-drops-key-us-climate-rule-swaps-health-for-cheap-cars/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/can-cities-make-landlords-care-about-energy-efficiency/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/can-cities-make-landlords-care-about-energy-efficiency/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:50:10 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140335

With the federal government retreating from climate action, cities and states have increasingly stepped in to ease emissions and address the crisis. But new research finds that those efforts often … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/can-cities-make-landlords-care-about-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/that-ends-now-german-court-ruling-raises-pressure-to-fix-stalled-climate-plans/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/that-ends-now-german-court-ruling-raises-pressure-to-fix-stalled-climate-plans/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:43:41 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140336

Climate groups in Germany are celebrating a major legal victory after the country’s top court ruled that the federal government must strengthen climate protection plans. On Thursday, 29 January, the administrative … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/that-ends-now-german-court-ruling-raises-pressure-to-fix-stalled-climate-plans/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/fast-fashion-why-changes-in-return-policies-dont-do-enough-to-address-environmental-damage/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/fast-fashion-why-changes-in-return-policies-dont-do-enough-to-address-environmental-damage/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:41:10 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=138421

Online fashion retailer Asos recently introduced additional fees for customers who return lots of items, marking a significant shift in the fast fashion model that has relied on free, frictionless … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/fast-fashion-why-changes-in-return-policies-dont-do-enough-to-address-environmental-damage/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/regenerative-agriculture-finally-has-a-seat-at-the-table-at-usda/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/regenerative-agriculture-finally-has-a-seat-at-the-table-at-usda/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:37:16 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=138423

 Something unusual and long overdue recently took place at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Two regenerative agriculture pioneers, Rick Clark of Indiana and Blake Alexander of California, stood alongside … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/regenerative-agriculture-finally-has-a-seat-at-the-table-at-usda/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:35:49 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=138420

The Taiwanese semiconductor industry’s power demand is forecast to grow eightfold by 2028. Rapid expansion of wind energy to support the demand is impacting the livelihoods of oyster farmers and … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/ugandas-debt-crisis-deepens-ahead-of-elections/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/ugandas-debt-crisis-deepens-ahead-of-elections/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:59:31 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=137538

Uganda’s national debt stands at $32.3 billion (€27.5 billion), with the government recently approving a loan of 9 trillion Ugandan shillings ($2.5 billion, €2.1 billion), fueling concern over the country’s spiraling finances. For … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/ugandas-debt-crisis-deepens-ahead-of-elections/feed/ 0