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…
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The Gaza War is an Environmental Catastrophe
Toxic waste, water-borne diseases, vast carbon emissions: Dr. Mariam Abd El Hay describes the myriad harms of Israel’s assault to the region’s ecosystems. “Ever-worsening shortages…
Ozone pollution shrinks tropical forest growth
While the ozone layer in the atmosphere protects the earth from the sun’s radiation, at the ground level, ozone is a pollutant that reduces the…
Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future
Asphalt contributes to the urban heat island effect and makes places more prone to flooding. Planners are rethinking its place in cities. It all started…
Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves
“All of this was mangroves,” says marine scientist Mona Webber, pointing toward a line of ghostly gray boulders separating the road from the sea. We’re…
Fungi can both help, combat and prevent climate change
There are many ways to fight climate change. Using fungi to combat climate change is benign, easy, and less expensive than high-tech solutions. Industrial agriculture…
The fight against deadly soot
The health risks from tiny airborne particulate matter may soon face stricter federal regulation. But improving air quality remains a complex challenge. This September a…
‘We’re Taking Action Into Our Own Hands’ — A Community Stands Against a Landfill
Long Island residents and their allies seek environmental justice after decades of pollution. As you drive down East Woodside Avenue in Brookhaven, New York, a…
EU presses ahead with tariff on embedded emissions
The EU wants its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to increase carbon prices at home and drive climate ambition abroad In its 16th year, the European…
Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics
Forty nations — producers of 80% of annual carbon emissions — made pledges of heightened climate ambition this week at U.S. President Joe Biden’s Leaders…
Wildfires’ toxic air leaves damage long after the smoke clears
When researchers arrived in this town tucked in the Northern Rockies three years ago, they could still smell the smoke a day after it cleared…
Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?
Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats February 4, 2020 — A great…
A middle path to sustainable farming
By Natasha Gilbert Agricultural economists are homing in on hybrid, low-input methods that will both safeguard the environment and feed the future billions Alfalfa, oats…