Plastics set to overtake coal plants on GHG emissions, new study shows
Experts say that policymakers do not currently account for the impact plastics currently have on climate change and that the issue is flying under the radar.
Chaco Canyon’s future: a pledge for environmental justice and tribal rights
Amid environmental concerns and cultural significance, the Honoring Chaco Initiative aims to transform the Greater Chaco Landscape, but real progress remains in limbo.
220+ medical journals unite to demand urgent action on climate emergency
“The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C and to restore nature,” warn journals in unprecedented joint editorial.
World’s first plastic fishing company wants to rid the oceans of pollution
The technique has utilized thousands of littered plastic bottles.
Here’s our best opportunity to save the oceans — and ourselves
It’s been said we should thank the ocean for every second breath of oxygen we take. In fact, we owe it far more than...
Department of Interior announces protection of more than 351,000 acres of Chaco Canyon
This action is an effort to "protect the Chaco Canyon and the greater connected landscape, and to ensure that public land management better reflects the sacred sites, stories, and cultural resources in the region."
US voters increasingly concerned about climate crisis
"Climate has taken over as an issue on its own. People are finally understanding that we have a truly existential crisis on our hands."
The plastics industry’s wish list for a second Trump administration
Endorsed by petrochemical lobbyists, the legislation is being criticized by environmentalists who are calling it the industry’s own Project 2025.
How climate change is washing away precious evidence of our distant past
Archaeologists and policymakers are now working side by side to keep peatlands protected environments, to help capture and preserve both carbon and the evidence of the UK’s history.
Zika Pesticide Spraying is Killing Millions of Honeybees
An aerial pesticide being sprayed throughout South Carolina county to help prevent Zika has resulted in the tragic death of millions of honeybees.