The hidden cost of AI: How energy-hungry algorithms are fueling the climate crisis
As AI adoption accelerates, its soaring energy demands and carbon footprint raise urgent concerns about sustainability, highlighting the need for greener technologies and policies to mitigate its environmental impact.
Top grocery chain eliminates 20 million individual pieces of holiday single-use plastic
“It is an absolute priority of ours to remove and reduce the amount of plastic in our stores.”
20,000 scientists have now signed ‘warning to humanity’
"Especially troubling is the current trajectory of potentially catastrophic climate change."
The deadly intersection of labor exploitation and climate change
Neither the corporate media nor our politicians who are beholden to corporate lobbyists honestly address the common root causes of (and solutions to) worker exploitation and climate change.
Exxon’s oil drilling gamble off Guyana Coast could turn country from a carbon sink...
Exxon has said that it’s committed to helping meet Paris climate goals, but at the same time, it is turning a country that was a non-oil producer into a massive oil producer.
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes
Author Paul Watson has no problem with critics calling him and his marine-life-defending colleagues pirates—it’s far better than helplessly standing by and doing nothing in the face of the violence against animals they have witnessed.
COP26: Climate pledges don’t match up with policies—or consumer behavior
The Glasgow Climate Pact kicks the climate can down the road.
Why seashells resemble spiraling galaxies and the human heart
From dissecting hearts to designing ornithopters, James Bell Pettigrew saw spirals as the blueprint of nature—but his grand vision was lost to history.
Billions in clean energy projects canceled amid Republican tax bill and fossil fuel agenda
Clean energy investments are vanishing as the Trump administration’s tax plan and rollback of Biden-era climate policies threaten America’s transition to renewables.
US Bank declares end to oil and gas pipeline loans – then quietly joins...
Environmentalists hoped that this was a chance for U.S. Bank to end its dealings with Energy Transfer Partners. It looks like this isn’t the case.