Thursday, October 15, 2026

Lifeboat Earth

At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common...

Face mask litter increased almost 9,000% during first 7 months of pandemic, study finds

“Despite millions of people being told to use face masks, little guidance was given on how to dispose of them or recycle them safely.”

CO2 storage plans risk leaving future generations with ‘carbon bombs’, energy expert warns

Many climate plans rely on carbon capture and storage in some capacity to limit warming. But Chevron’s latest struggles with an Australian project cast doubt on CCS as a reliable solution.

#BackToTheWild: 13 captive elephants to be rewilded from Kent, England to Kenya

A mission to be completed by The Aspinall Foundation, an organization that's committed to returning rare and endangered animals back to their natural habitats, will return the 13 African elephants, including 3 calves, by plane to their "ancestral homelands."

The coronavirus is a wake-up call for climate change

Perhaps the COVID-19 outbreak is the wake-up call the world needs to get people accustomed to the fact that because of climate change, we all now need to change our lifestyles to protect our lives.

Everyone has a role to play in stopping the Line 3 pipeline

Indigenous water protectors and allies are effectively engaging all four roles of social change.

Human noise pollution is harming ocean creatures

Noise from vessels, sonar, seismic surveys and construction can damage marine animals' hearing, change their behaviors and, in some cases, threaten their ability to survive.

Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.9 percent in 2023 in US

After two years of increased emissions, emissions in 2023 fell 17.2 percent lower than those recorded in 2005.

North Dakota’s oil spill record: 85 pipeline accidents in 20 years

A new study finds that Standing Rock protesters’ concerns about the DAPL pipeline are well founded.

Texas company exposed by DeSmog for radioactive fracking waste practices threatens legal action

Both during and after DeSmog’s investigation, Lotus LLC has tried various approaches to keep information about the company under wraps.