Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Wax worm saliva can degrade stubborn plastic within hours, scientists find

Wax worms (Galleria mellonella) could both digest and biodegrade plastic, causing visible damage to a PE-plastic bag in just 40 minutes.

‘Are you serious?’ John Kerry interrupts GOP climate denial logic in disbelief

Meanwhile, the Republicans on the committee indicated they intend to do nothing but continue a long history of delay and denial on climate change.

Nuclear power pushing at the UN’s COP28 Climate Change Conference

In the way of a vested interest, nuclear interests, corporate and governmental, moved in on COP28.

Infographic: The Surprising Ways You Consume Oil Every Day

Less than half the oil we consume is used for gasoline. Petroleum also goes into a bunch of everyday products. Some useful, and many we could live without.

People in Arkansas Poisoned by Koch Brothers-Owned Paper Plant

Residents have been reported experiencing respiratory and sinus problems, sore throats, nausea and allergies which could be from these factory toxins.

5 disturbing DAPL developments you need to know

As one demonstrator told the publication, “There’s a very real possibility that once the new president is inaugurated, our voices won't matter.”

State backers of anti-protest bills received campaign funding from oil and gas industry, report...

Legal experts have warned that critical infrastructure laws may well be unconstitutional.

UN report finds world leaders fall short of meeting Paris Agreement goal

They have so far continued to make choices that push them further away from targets they agreed upon five years ago to protect the climate and their citizens.

Why march for science?

The positive effects of science on our lives are everywhere. And the needs for more and more responsible science are also everywhere.

"The Paris Agreement Will See the Planet Burn": Former Bolivian Climate Negotiator Pablo Solón

Pablo Solón once sat at the same table as the world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a U.N. agreement on global warming. Now he stands on the outside.