Washington moves to ban "detrimental" bottled water operations
Washington state, known for mountains, glaciers and rainforests, has an abundance of fresh water. To protect those...
Jimmy Carter's solar plant powers half his Georgia hometown
Half of Plains, Georgia’s energy comes from solar panels, thanks to former President — and former farmer —...
Greenpeace finds most 'recyclable' plastics are sent to landfills
Greenpeace recently published a study “to determine the legitimacy of ‘recyclable’ claims and labels on consumer...
Adorable baby gorilla wants you to recycle your phone
The first lowland gorilla born in the Los Angeles Zoo in 20 years is building her fan base while raising awareness...
Critics question Amazon's sustainability amidst Bezos Earth Fund launch
Earlier this week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos vowed to mitigate the impact of climate change by establishing the Bezos...
Craft beer waste saves Montana town $1M for wastewater treatment
A Montana town has found a money-saving solution to its sewage and wastewater treatment expenses, thanks to a nearby...
January 2020 was the hottest January on record
Citing 141 years of records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has called last month...
Startup creates compostable, single-serve coffee bags for your busy mornings
Worried about the environmental costs of single-use coffee pods? Steeped Coffee has a game-changing solution for...
Taylor Guitars and the sustainable approach to instrument-making
Since 1974, Taylor Guitars has been a champion guitar brand, renowned for its signature sound and instrument-manufacturing innovations....
Antarctica reaches record high temperature
The frozen continent recently logged its warmest temperature to date, a whopping 65 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s...
Climate crisis drives bumblebees closer to extinction
The climate crisis, rampant misuse of pesticides, lack of plant diversity, habitat loss, parasites and pathogens...
Light pollution, habitat loss and pesticides push fireflies toward extinction
There are more than 2,000 species of fireflies, and scientists are sounding the alarm that some of these species...
Sustainable agriculture cleans up rivers in Cuba
New scientific findings reveal that Cuba’s rivers are in better health than the Mississippi River. The research...
Pacific Ocean’s elevated acidity is dissolving Dungeness crabs’ shells
A new study commissioned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and published recently on...
Prime Roots will debut fungi-based “bacon” on Valentine’s Day 2020
Prime Roots is upending the food landscape with mushrooms as another protein source. On February 14, the startup...
New technological process transforms everyday trash into graphene
Rice University researchers have succeeded in creating graphene, not from costly purified starting materials, but...
Adventurous, sustainable cricket-based snacks
For Westerners, snacking on insects isn’t mainstream. But that may change, thanks to the rising trend of edible...
Hundreds of Amazon employees risk jobs to protest company's climate policies
Hundreds of Amazon employees have joined in solidarity, forming the advocacy group Amazon Employees for Climate...
EWG warns ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating US drinking water at levels far worse than expected
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, persist in the environment,...
Scientists announce the Doomsday Clock is within 100 seconds to midnight
Since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been warning the public about how close humankind is to irreversible...
China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
As the world’s most populous country, with close to 1.5 billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity...
Children hurt after Delta jet dumps fuel on schools
On January 14, a Delta jet malfunctioned and dumped jet fuel over Los Angeles-area schools. The incident injured...
Quorn introduces carbon footprint labeling
In a trailblazing move, Quorn, the meatless food manufacturer headquartered in the U.K., is now leveraging carbon...
Impossible Foods debuts plant-based pork at CES
Impossible Foods has unveiled its newest meatless product, Impossible Pork. The Silicon Valley-based company continues...
Fires in Australia create dangerous weather conditions
Authorities warn that the unprecedented ferocity of Australia’s wildfires can produce extreme weather systems...
Taking a stand against climate change, the Golden Globes goes vegan
This weekend, the 77th annual Golden Globes, which took place at the Beverly Hilton in California’s celebrated...
Half a billion Australian animals, even 30% of koala population, likely lost to wildfires
Record-breaking wildfires have ravaged millions of Australian acres for many months now. Ecologists estimate upward...
The Amazon has lost over 10 million football fields of forest in a decade
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) recently published its International Statistic of the Decade, and the “winner”...
Saving New Zealand’s kakapo from extinction
One of the world’s rarest birds, the kakapo, is on the brink of extinction. Found only on some New Zealand sanctuaries,...
White Sands officially becomes the 62nd national park
Last week, President Donald Trump signed legislation, seen here, designating White Sands National Park as the 62nd...