A global plastics treaty can end the Age of Plastic
This indigenous worldview can lead treaty negotiations, creating systems that are less demanding of our planet and value nature over profit.
New York bans single-use plastic bags
New York becomes the second state to ban single-use plastic bags starting in March 2020.
It’s time to stop calling natural gas a ‘bridge fuel’ to a safe climate,...
“We simply have no more time to debate what’s already been settled. We must move swiftly to a fully renewable energy economy and leave all fossil fuels, including gas, behind."
55 percent of Germany’s power in 2023 came from renewables
“Wind farms—especially those on land—made the largest contribution.”
We ignore thousands of threatened plant species at our own peril
Kokia drynarioides is a small but significant flowering tree endemic to Hawaii’s dry forests. Native Hawaiians used its large, scarlet flowers to...
Louisiana’s Tea Party Congressmen Seek Flood Aid – After they Rejected Sandy Relief
In 2013, when Scalise and Cassidy were members of the House, both men voted against the $50 billion aid package for New York following Superstorm Sandy.
The ecological impact of militarism
“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”
A good idea, even if it’s from Republicans
That it’s being proposed by Republicans doesn’t make the idea any less worthy.
Here’s what climate change will mean for bats
"A commitment by world governments to significantly reduce carbon emissions should be urgently sought in order to avoid further deterioration of bat communities and the important ecosystem services that they provide.”
HSBC plans to close Asian coal plants to curb emissions—while also investing £80 billion...
Bank accused of greenwashing ahead of COP26 for backing scheme while being world’s 13th biggest funder of fossil fuels