Polls show climate change is a determining issue for 2020 elections
Recent polls indicate that climate change will be a central issue for voters in the upcoming 2020 presidential...
Green batteries? Renewable energy storage will cost nature
Our quest to save the world by achieving 100 percent renewable energy will unfortunately also be devastating for...
Labour Party launches solar panel program for 1.75M homes
Britain's Labour Party has announced a major new green program, pledging to install solar panels on up to 1.75...
Koalas declared “functionally extinct”
The Australian Koala Foundation declared koalas officially “functionally extinct,” a term which means that...
Penalties for protesting pipelines increase in 15 states
At least 15 states have passed or proposed bills that further criminalize trespassing on fossil fuel infrastructure,...
How National Parks benefit the environment
The U.S. has over 400 national parks across the country, which host a combined total to 330 million curious visitors...
Ocean explorer finds plastic waste during world’s deepest dive
This May, American Victor Vescovo broke the standing record of the world’s deepest solo dive, venturing 7 miles...
UN lists plastic as hazardous waste, votes to control international trade
On May 10, 187 countries voted to list plastic as hazardous waste and tighten control over its international trade....
Power and publicity trump protection in large marine protected areas
Nations have just one more year to reach the global marine conservation goal to protect 10 percent of the world’s...
Study calls budding octopus farm industry unethical and unsustainable
A new study by an international group of scientists denounces the up-and-coming octopus farming industry as both...
California restaurants add carbon emission surcharge
Sustainable restaurants in California are going a step further to stop climate change by adding a farm-to-table...
Ireland declares a climate emergency, promises action
On May 9, the governing and opposition parties in the Irish congress voted to declare an official climate emergency,...
Nepalese volunteers clean 3 tons of trash from Mount Everest
Fourteen Nepalese volunteers collected three tons of garbage from Mount Everest in the first two weeks of their...
California bans pesticide linked to brain damage in children
In a move that is both a victory for environmental justice and a snub to the current president, the California...
Britain celebrates first week without coal power since 1882
England has officially gone seven days without using any coal-powered source of electricity for the first time...
