Orca Running offers a Social Distance Run
Since putting on its first race in 2014, Orca Running has grown to organize 25 road and trail races per year in...
Dairy farmers forced to dump milk
Dairy farmers are suffering from pandemic-related kinks in the supply chain. Even as consumers face limits on how...
Bronx Zoo tiger tests positive for coronavirus
Perhaps it’s not surprising that the first known U.S. case of an animal testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the...
How to stock a vegan pandemic pantry
As what used to be ordinary errands become brave forays into a coronavirus-paralyzed world, online grocery stores...
First home solar pavement installed on a driveway
Solar tiles aren’t just for roofs anymore. Platio, a Budapest, Hungary-based tech company, has just installed...
Experts warn against panic-buying chicks
In these toilet paper-hoarding times, people are doubting supply chains and worrying about food security. Chick...
Where to order vegetable seeds online
My grandfather always liked to garden, but he ramped up his vegetable production during World War II. Many folks...
Trump administration rolls back fuel efficiency standards
While most of the nation shelters in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Trump administration continues to...
EPA suspends environmental law enforcement
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that, in accordance with the wishes of the Trump administration,...
Nonprofit plants 80,000 trees in Kenya and Rwanda
The name of global environmental charity One Tree Planted seems excessively modest now, as they’ve just finished...
Meghan Markle narrates new Disney elephant documentary
Meghan Markle is returning to show biz to narrate a new Disney documentary about African elephants. This will be...
Scientists get closer to artificial photosynthesis for renewable energy
Scientists at Berkeley Lab are getting close to a long-held goal of using artificial photosynthesis to generate...
Border wall could end jaguar recovery
The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it will waive many public health and environmental...
Clear doesn't mean clean for Venice's canals
Images of dolphins cruising Italian ports and swans floating beneath picturesque bridges in Venice’s famous canals...
Wisconsin's hidden eco-wellness hotspot
Madison, Wisconsin is defined by water. It’s only one of two cities in the US built on an isthmus (the...
COVID-19 pandemic leads to plastic ban reversals
Health concerns are trumping environmental worries as U.S. states and cities reverse single-use plastic bans. As...
UN releases World Water Development Report 2020
Climate change further challenges the world’s overstretched water resources, ultimately threatening all aspects...
Tour 5 national parks from home
As people social distance and shelter in place, they may feel the walls closing in on them. Fortunately, the National...
Earth Day 2020 goes digital
Earth Day will take a surprising turn this year by relocating to the internet. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic,...
Pixie Retreat: Behind the scenes in a raw commercial kitchen
I’ve been vegetarian since childhood and have met people with many different takes on a healthy plant-based diet....
Air pollution could make COVID-19 more dangerous
Some climate experts are hypothesizing that living in areas with high air pollution could make cases of COVID-19...
Coronavirus and its impact on carbon emissions
As people cut back on traveling and the global economy slows, carbon emissions have dropped significantly, most...
How to make a delicious vegan pie for Pi Day
Pie is delicious on any day, but Pi Day may be the impetus to bake — or at least eat — a pie. The annual celebration...
Clean Lakes Alliance provides Madison with year-round lake fun
On a chilly February day in Madison, Wisconsin, more than 8,000 people venture onto frozen Lake Mendota. Kids toast...
Starbucks suspends personal cup use because of coronavirus
Starbucks is putting public health first until the coronavirus situation improves. The coffee giant has announced...
Humans can't count on rainforests to offset their carbon
Instead of absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, tropical rainforests could become a source of carbon in the atmosphere...
Upcoming vegan festivals around the US in 2020
As plant-based eating has crept into the mainstream in recent years, vegan festivals have proliferated. In addition...
What you need to know about CBD products
As 2020 gets underway, the deluge of CBD products continues. Suddenly, CBD oil is everywhere: from CBD...
Eco-friendly spiritual living at Holy Wisdom Monastery
A basket of bread comes around, and the person next to me removes a chunk, holds it up and says, “Bread of life.”...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide at highest level in 3 million years
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are now at the highest level they’ve been since the Pilocene Era, 3 million...