This Country Just Banned Groce...

May 26, 2015 by

This Country Just Banned Grocery Stores From Throwing Out Food

[Translate] by Samantha Page   THINK PROGRESS Up to a half of all food is wasted, reports show. CREDIT: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson...

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Can cities, businesses, and ot...

May 24, 2015 by

Can cities, businesses, and other new climate actors help bridge the emissions gap?

[Translate] Shutterstock By Amy Weinfurter   GRIST As the international community continues to struggle to advance a global climate...

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Scientists destroy another cli...

May 22, 2015 by

Scientists destroy another climate denier myth: Rising CO2 levels aren’t good for plants

[Translate] In a 40-year study, the benefits of increased CO2 couldn’t make up for the harmful impacts of a changed climate...

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These New Giant Wind Turbines ...

May 20, 2015 by

These New Giant Wind Turbines Could Dramatically Change Energy Production In The U.S.

[Translate] by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Dennis Schroeder/NREL Since 1980, wind energy costs have fallen by more than a...

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It Only Took Four Months For C...

May 17, 2015 by

It Only Took Four Months For China To Achieve A Jaw-Dropping Reduction In Carbon Emissions

[Translate] by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock China is the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, sale so small...

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PERMAFROST THAW WOULD HAVE RUN...

May 15, 2015 by

PERMAFROST THAW WOULD HAVE RUNAWAY EFFECT ON CARBON RELEASE

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     A bank of thawing permafrost near the Kolyma River in...

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Global Carbon Dioxide Concentr...

May 7, 2015 by

Global Carbon Dioxide Concentration Hit Record High in March

[Translate] Environment Recorded levels have not been seen at least since monitoring began—and likely in all of human history. By...

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BREAKING: California Governor ...

Apr 29, 2015 by

BREAKING: California Governor Issues North America’s Most Aggressive Climate Goal

[Translate] by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo On Wednesday morning, four-term California Governor Jerry Brown issued...

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Thirty years on, scientist who...

Apr 18, 2015 by

Thirty years on, scientist who discovered ozone layer hole warns: ‘it will still take years to heal’

[Translate] Ozone layer The Observer The lessons of a landmark moment in climate research have not been learned Two images that...

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In Landmark Case, Dutch Citize...

Apr 14, 2015 by

In Landmark Case, Dutch Citizens Sue Their Government Over Failure To Act On Climate Change

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS by Natasha Geiling The Hague, Netherlands, where the climate case will be heard. CREDIT: Shutterstock...

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5 years after a deadly coal mi...

Apr 3, 2015 by

5 years after a deadly coal mine disaster, what’s changed?

[Translate] Governor Earl Ray Tomblin By Mason Adams GRIST It was mid-afternoon on the Monday after Easter, April 5, 2010, when a...

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Ted Cruz Is Trying To Gut The ...

Mar 30, 2015 by

Ted Cruz Is Trying To Gut The Clean Air Act And Repeal All Climate Regulation

[Translate] by Emily Atkin CLIMATE PROGRESS Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) CREDIT: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez Just a few days before Sen. Ted Cruz...

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A way to get power to the worl...

Mar 29, 2015 by

A way to get power to the world’s poor without making climate change worse

[Translate] DIVatUSAID By David Roberts  GRIST Back on October, I did a couple of posts — one, two — on the Scylla and Charybdis of...

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Mexico Pledges To Hit Peak Emi...

Mar 29, 2015 by

Mexico Pledges To Hit Peak Emissions By 2026

[Translate]    kate.sheppard huffington post WASHINGTON — The Mexican government pledged to hit peak emissions by 2026 in...

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Cutting Food Waste Could Save ...

Mar 18, 2015 by

Cutting Food Waste Could Save $300 Billion And Feed Hungry: Report

[Translate] Reuters By Chris Arsenault ROME, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Reducing consumer food waste could save the...

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SAVE THE HUMANS

Mar 9, 2015 by

SAVE THE HUMANS

[Translate] MobyDJ, singer-songwriter and musician A few years ago, I was talking with Al Gore (yes, I’m name dropping). I...

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The First Solar-Powered Flight...

Mar 9, 2015 by

The First Solar-Powered Flight Around The World Just Took Off

[Translate]   by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Courtesy of Solar Impulse© On Monday in Abu Dhabi, diagnosis two Swiss...

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SHELL WITHDRAWS FROM LARGEST T...

Feb 25, 2015 by

SHELL WITHDRAWS FROM LARGEST TAR SANDS PROJECT YET

[Translate] by Ari Phillips CLIMATE PROGRESS Alberta tar sands, 2010. CREDIT: flickr/ NWFblogs Keystone XL is not the only deciding...

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FROM THE CONCORDE TO SCI-FI CL...

Feb 23, 2015 by

FROM THE CONCORDE TO SCI-FI CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

[Translate] Touting “sci-fi climate solutions” – untested technologies not really scalable to the dimensions of our...

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CLIMATE DENIAL GETS A BILLION ...

Feb 2, 2015 by

CLIMATE DENIAL GETS A BILLION DOLLAR BOOST BY THE KOCH’S

[Translate] Climate denial gets a billion-dollar boost: Why the Kochs’ 2016 spending spree could mean planetary disaster Lindsay...

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William McDonough: Helping Sto...

Jan 25, 2015 by

[Translate] The Huffington Post  |  By Paige Lavender Bill McDonough, co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, argued...

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We have to build much smarter ...

Jan 13, 2015 by

We have to build much smarter cities if we want to fight climate change

[Translate] Shutterstock By John Light GRIST If we can develop better cities, we can make a big dent in future greenhouse gas...

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