The Solar Cooking Alternative
All of us depend on energy produced by the sun whenever we eat. The food that we consume comes from either plants that use solar…
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Arigna
Arigna is a village near the namesake “plundering” Arigna River in the west of Ireland. This area in the far north of County Roscommon was associated with the…
Companies Behind Campaign to ‘End Plastic Waste’ Produced 1,000 times More Plastic Than It Cleaned Up
It has taken the Alliance to End Plastic Waste five years to clear up the amount of plastic its leading oil and petrochemical members produce…
Sumitomo Ponbetsu Mine
LAST STAND: Sumitomo Ponbetsu Mine (Hokkaido, Japan)
Southeast Asia’s Mineral Boom for Renewable Energy Sparks Social Unrest
Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections Mining…
‘Like a Phoenix,’ A New Forest Emerges From the Destruction in Ukraine
Russia’s bombing of Kakhovka Dam in 2023 killed hundreds of people and tens of thousands of animals, but it’s also provided a potential ecological reset….
To Stop Climate Change, We Need Context and Strategy Alongside the Science
Shortly after I left academia to take a scientist position with a nonprofit environmental organization, a colleague from the Environmental Protection Agency – a key…
Sustainable Building Effort Reaches New Heights with Wooden Skyscrapers
Posted by: Kurt Kleiner, Knowable Magazine, October 8, 2024 Wood engineered for strength and safety offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete At…
In War-torn Syria, Efforts To Save a River Refuse to Die
Campaigns to revive the Barada River face an upstream battle Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration between Ensia and Egab exploring environmental efforts by…
Calls for Caution as Enhanced Rock Weathering Shows Carbon Capture Promise
It sounds like a simple solution: spread some crushed silicate rock atop the world’s vast agricultural lands to absorb atmospheric carbon and thereby tackle climate…
Seagrass Gardening
From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide. Chris Patrick is optimistic about seagrass…
Adaptations to an Older World Hinder Us From Saving This One
Awareness of the cognitive biases we all hold will help in the search for solutions to global environmental problems. Picture a New Yorker-style cartoon of…
Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter…