The Green Revolution Spreading...
Replacing black asphalt and shingles with plants can lower the surrounding air temperature, filter dirty storm water and reduce a building’s energy use.
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A new study published on Monday adds to growing evidence of the negative health effects of air pollution on pregnant women and their fetuses.
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Fearing devastation, scientists have begun their survey.
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Google, whose unofficial company motto was once “Don’t be evil,” counts major deniers of the climate crisis among the groups “that receive the most substantial contributions” from the tech giant’s U.S. Government Affairs and Public Policy team.
read moreSo, You’ve Got 100% Renewable ...
Manufacturers seeking to decarbonize have a long row to hoe. They can order up a package of renewable energy and carbon offsets to power their factories and offices, but that’s just for starters.
read moreElizabeth Warren’s new climate...
A number of Democratic candidates for president have released ambitious environmental plans that make the environmental platforms of yore look like yesterday’s lunch.
read moreNew Study Warns 5 Billion Peop...
“If we continue on this trajectory, ecosystems will be unable to provide natural insurance in the face of climate change-induced impacts on food, water, and infrastructure.”
read moreAsk a Scientist: How Can Cerea...
I’ve been a cereal killer all my life. I eat it nearly every day for breakfast, and I often eat it at night, too, for a snack.
read moreWhat Are Californians Supposed...
PG&E is turning off the power to protect against another fire. It’s created a new kind of disaster.
read moreWhy Amazon Fires Keep Raging 1...
Many of the thousands of fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon are set by ranchers. A deal inked 10 years ago was meant to stop the problem, but the ecological arson goes on as the Earth warms.
read moreThe Country’s “Most Polluted A...
“This is political retribution against California, plain and simple.”
read moreHow the US could afford ‘Medic...
Health care is Americans’ number-one priority, based on recent polls, so it’s no wonder it’s been a hot topic in the Democratic primary.
read moreTHE PLASTICS INDUSTRY’S LONG F...
PLASTIC PRODUCTION REALLY began in earnest in the 1950s. It’s hard to remember, but we once got along without it. Of course, plastic offered great convenience, and its production skyrocketed.
read moreWhy Extinction Rebellion is oc...
Hundreds of climate protesters around the world were arrested Monday, kicking off Extinction Rebellion’s “International Rebellion,” two weeks of direct action and civil disobedience protests in 60 countries.
read moreOn Climate Change, Biden Has a...
When Michaelyn Mankel approached Joseph R. Biden Jr. at an Iowa steak fry last month to demand dramatic action on climate change, the former vice president clasped the 24-year-old’s hands and assured her, “You’ve got a better deal from me than anybody.”
read moreDick’s Sporting Goods destroye...
“If we really think these things should be off the street, we need to destroy them,” said the retailer’s CEO.
read moreHow to save sinking cities and...
New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.
read moreParticulate Matter Air Polluti...
Air pollution is a complicated mixture that includes both invisible gases and solid particles or liquid droplets that float in the air. These pollutants are everywhere—in your home and workplace, in your neighborhood park, near busy (and not-so busy) roadways. And they can make us very sick.
read moreWant to know what climate chan...
Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon.
read moreAs Sea Levels Rise, So Do Ghos...
Saltwater is killing woodlands along the East Coast, sometimes surprisingly far from the sea.
read moreIn The Mountains, Climate Cha...
The melting of glaciers and loss of snow has a cascading effect for ecosystems, agriculture and billions of people downstream.
read moreNew York City Wants to Put a C...
The island, which has an unusual history and considerable real estate potential, could host a complex devoted to climate policy under the plan, which is in its early stages.
read moreTrump’s USDA Is Letting Factor...
Workers are getting injured, but the Department of Agriculture says their safety is not its responsibility.
read moreA 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.
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