Thursday, March 28, 2024

The planet is not a dumping ground

The real problem is not waste, but plastic itself.

Colorado River water shortage declared for first time in history

Another bleak indicator of the magnitude of the drought across the West made worse by climate change.

Trump budget undercuts US commitment to global wildlife conservation

For the planet’s most spectacular and endangered wildlife, public participation in the seemingly mundane wrangling over budgetary priorities has never been more important.

Victory for activists as DNC considers hosting a climate-specific debate

Youth and climate activists had relentlessly expressed their desire for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to host a climate change presidential debate....

Activists make last-minute bid to stop Shell from blasting for oil in whale breeding...

“We know that Shell is a climate criminal, destroying people’s lives and the planet for profit.”

Oil industry ponders getting ‘dragged into low-carbon future’ while claiming it ‘stepped up’ on...

As the DeSmog series Fracking for Plastics notes, Saetre is not alone in his ambition to either burn all the oil and gas or turn it into plastics.

Ocean plastic could triple by 2040, report finds

"If we're going to significantly reduce ocean plastic pollution, we need an innovative and rigorous approach to ensure that the strategies we design are set up to delivering results."

Giant water battery cuts university’s energy costs by $100 million over next 25 years

“Universities have a very large energy footprint and we wanted to tackle that and reduce that expense.”

Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding

ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research.