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At the instigation of architect Ed Mazria, last week’s conference traced how carbon becomes operationalized in the built environment.
read moreAt the instigation of architect Ed Mazria, last week’s conference traced how carbon becomes operationalized in the built environment.
read morePractitioners have finally begun taking a more nuanced approach to the carbon emitted by new buildings. Are they too late?
read moreThe energy already embodied in the built environment is a precious unnatural resource. It’s time to start treating it like one.
read moreGreta previously did not eat or talk to people because of her depression, her father reveals in a new interview
read moreThe country’s east coast was dotted with apocalyptic scenes on the last day of the warmest decade on record in Australia.
read moreAnd 6 other disturbing numbers that show just how bad the climate change crisis has gotten.
read moreNearly 1,100 scientists, practitioners and experts in groundwater and related fields from 92 countries have called on the governments and non-governmental organizations to “act now” to ensure global groundwater sustainability.
read moreThese are the items I’d buy again because they’re well made and make our world a better, cleaner place.
read moreArtificial intelligence, robots, and other advanced technologies are already transforming the world of work – and their impact is just beginning.
read moreHere’s what the major fossil fuel companies are committing to do on climate change, and how that falls far short of what’s needed.
read moreIt was another year in which natural disasters occurred with unnatural force and frequency: Mozambique was submerged by two deadly cyclones, some of its worst storms of record; Japan, Australia, and the southern U.S. sizzled in heat waves; and even the Arctic was on fire.
read morePermanent protections for free-flowing rivers need to be a centerpiece of every country’s national climate action plan. Chile can lead the way.
read moreThe galvanizing force of garbage piling up in the streets.
read moreIt has been two years since severe drought forced twenty nine-year old Amena and her four children to leave their village Petaw Qol in Waras. Now, they reside in Bamyan city.
read moreLouisiana still hasn’t finished investigating 540 oil spills after Hurricane Katrina. The state is likely leaving millions of dollars in remediation fines on the table — money that environmental groups say they need as storms get stronger.
read moreA decade of ice, ocean and atmospheric studies found systems nearing dangerous tipping points. As the evidence mounted, countries worldwide began to see the risk.
read moreThe Green New Deal resolution that was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives in February hit a wall in the Senate, where it was called unrealistic and unaffordable.
read moreThe Midwest floods revealed another benefit of sustainable agriculture: fields that had been farmed with conservation practices recovered faster.
read moreThe Garbage Café in India is tackling the country’s plastic crisis while also giving a hearty meal to the poor and the homeless.
read moreGERM OF AN IDEA
Collecting bacteria from whales is about as complicated as you would think.
The loss of the federal pollution tracker, supporters say, will inhibit public access to data on environmental hazards.
read morePast meltdowns occurred with temperatures only slightly higher than today’s, suggesting the world is overestimating the ice sheet’s stability, scientists say.
read moreThis sacred river offers clues to the spread of one of the world’s most daunting health problems: germs impervious to common medicines.
read moreThe Sierra Club has come out in support of the impeachment and removal of President Trump from office. We have never before called for the impeachment or removal of a sitting President, but Trump’s abuse of power and disregard for the law has undermined our democracy.
read moreEven as international climate negotiators tried to make progress at the UN climate summit in Madrid in early December, fossil fuel production and consumption has continued to rise, and major oil companies have been seeking new horizons to exploit.
read moreMany proposed drilling areas are right next to organic farms or ranches. Farmers worry that could put crops, water supplies and wildlife at risk.
read moreThe first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in fact one of the largest methane leaks ever recorded in the United States.
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