Wildfires can reduce biodiversity—can biodiversity be used to reduce wildfires?
A biodiversity experiment in Australia showed animal species can help reduce flammable leaf litter by 24 percent.
The beginning of the end for oil?
No matter how this pandemic finally plays out, the post-Covid-19 world is bound to have a very different look from the pre-pandemic one and energy use is likely to be among the areas most affected by the transformations underway.
Report: Nearly half of Americans breathing unhealthy air
The EPA recently announced it would not be strengthening the standard for particle pollution or soot, despite the agency’s own analysis showing that strengthening the standard by 25 percent could save 12,500 lives per year.
Sweden shuts down its last coal plant two years early
The announcement moves both Stockholm and the E.U. forward in their plans to fight the climate crisis.
Citigroup announces ban on financing Arctic drilling
Citigroup now joins Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, along with several global banks to end funding oil and gas exploration in the Arctic.
5 ways environmental damage drives human diseases like COVID-19
Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.
Instead of protecting public health during COVID-19 crisis, Trump moves to prop up ‘dirty,...
"Every federal dollar wasted on this effort is a dollar stolen from cleaning up the industry's toxic pollution legacy in the Navajo Nation and across the West."
Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce rot in fields
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to begin purchasing US$3 billion in fresh produce, dairy and meat to support farmers and eventually distribute it to food pantries and other organizations feeding Americans in need.
The solutions to the climate crisis no one is talking about
We deserve a world without fossil fuels. A world in which workers and communities thrive and our shared climate comes before industry profits.
Microplastics found in Antarctic sea ice samples for first time, scientists say
The researchers conclude that the findings present a "crucial need for stringent methods" when it comes to both to recovering and measuring microplastic particles from polar regions.