A Major Fossil Fuel State Is J...
Pennsylvania is the nation’s No. 2 natural gas producer, and No. 3 in coal. Its governor says ‘we need to get serious’ about the climate crisis.
read moreThe Ocean Cleanup project fina...
It only took six years, tens of millions of dollars, and a few unsuccessful attempts (or “unscheduled learning opportunities,” in the words of 25-year-old founder and CEO Boyan Slat). The nonprofit’s prior, unsuccessful designs failed to catch any plastic, broke, or overflowed.
read moreThis situation brings me to de...
Two Australian scientists speak of their personal grief and anxiety concerning the conditions of the iconic Great Barrier Reef. Reposted from The Conversation with permission.
read moreHard Times in the Climate Deni...
Last week, the Heartland Institute was again trumpeting climate science denial at its 13th “International Conference on Climate Change” at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. But by a number of measures, the Chicago-based free market think tank’s science denial doesn’t exactly seem to be a growing — or cohesive — movement at this point.
read moreThrowing Away the Future: How ...
We will only see real change when companies like Nestlé, Unilever, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, which profit from single-use models, end their expanding plastic use and invest heavily in systems that prioritize reuse.
read moreA ‘Chilling Message’: Trump Cr...
President Trump’s political feud with California has spread collateral damage across more than a dozen other states, which have seen their regulatory authority curtailed and their autonomy threatened by a Trump administration intent on weakening the environmental statutes of the country’s most populous state.
read moreAt CarbonPositive ’19, Archite...
At the instigation of architect Ed Mazria, last week’s conference traced how carbon becomes operationalized in the built environment.
read moreOceans face dire threats from ...
Can something under threat also be a source of its own salvation? Climate change is wreaking havoc on the oceans. But the seas also hold tremendous potential for mitigation.
read moreHouston’s pocket prairies: Nat...
Humans are innovators and tend to look to technology to solve problems. But increasingly, people are turning to the natural world for solutions as well. For Houston, that means reintroducing the prairie.
read moreFormer Ukrainian president des...
Ukraine’s former president categorically denied that Joe Biden had ever asked him to open or close any criminal cases, effectively knocking down President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory about the former vice president.
read moreThe Beam Podcast, Episode 1: P...
The Earth is warming at a faster pace than the world’s scientists thought it would, and the climate crisis has become an emergency. Fossil fuels are the largest contributor to climate change.
read moreCourt: Trump’s EPA Can’t...
A Trump-appointed judge was involved in the ruling. Without a strong plan for cutting coal power plant emissions, meeting ozone requirements gets much harder.
read moreKilling California car polluti...
If you want to upend a half-century of legal tradition, you better have a damn-solid argument to justify your move. Especially if it’s a legal move so broad that it could nullify local speed limits.
read moreA Huge Iceberg Split From Anta...
A massive iceberg with the robotic sounding name D28 has separated in recent days from an ice sheet in Antarctica, prompting both awe and concern around the world.
read moreAt the Thai-Burma Border, a Ga...
Estudio Cavernas trains Burmese migrants to sustainably construct their own community center at the heart of a municipal waste site.
read moreThe media made a giant mistake...
With a damning record of his extortionate call with the Ukrainian president public for all to see, President Donald Trump is facing the strongest political headwinds he has seen and staring down the barrel of a daunting and potent impeachment inquiry.
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