Students around the world join climate strike on March 15
On Friday, March 15, tens of thousands of high school and middle school students in more than 70 countries plan...
The Refill Shoppe enforces zero-waste packaging, provides bulk refill solutions for myriad household and beauty products
With the nearly constant conversation about zero waste and minimization in general, single use packaging is a hot...
Poor air quality found at over 2,000 sites across the UK
A new study shows that close to 2,000 sites across the U.K. have poor air quality due to excess pollution. The...
New study predicts mass extinction in 140 years
A new study suggests that the old saying about history repeating itself is absolutely true. In this case, history...
Scientists believe lab-grown meat may be more harmful to the environment than farms
Scientists and environmentalists are always looking for ways to make meat consumption more environmentally friendly,...
5 key benefits of green buildings on the environment and your lifestyle
The importance of buildings in society and everyday human life can’t be underestimated. They are the center of...
Rwanda hopes to increase energy efficiency with new cooling initiative
Rwanda has big plans for a more sustainable future and is launching a new cooling initiative that will increase...
Fast food industry under pressure to decrease its global footprint stat
Fast food is one of the most popular conveniences of modern society, but it comes at a huge risk to the environment....
Australia will not reach its carbon reduction targets by 2030, claims new study
An international group called the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a damaging...
Cargill announces plan to reduce deforestation from cocoa
One of the worlds top three food corporations, Cargill, announced a plan to reduce deforestation caused by their...
Pet food manufacturers are experimenting with insects instead of meat
It is now a well-established fact that there is a link between human meat consumption and climate change, thanks...
Greenhouse gas emissions rose during 2018 after three year decline
After a solid decline for the past three years, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States rose in 2018....
Fiat Chrysler pays millions to settle emissions charges
Fiat Chrysler has reached a settlement with the Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and...
Faux fur or real fur, which one is better for the planet?
Remember the days when anti-fur advocates would sling red paint onto the fur-clad fashion lovers dressed in mink?...
Europe officially has more than one million electric cars
More than a million electric cars can now be seen on the streets of Europe, thanks in part to a sales surge in...
Recent figures reveal Spain’s human population is now outnumbered by pigs
Environmentalists are alarmed by recent data that reveals Spain's pig population now outnumbers its human one by...
Brazil meets a major emissions goal two years ahead of schedule
Brazil has just announced that it has cut 2017 greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation to levels far below...
EPA may attempt to eliminate California’s emissions independence
The U.S. Transportation Department and the EPA are expected to announce a proposal this Thursday to revoke California's...
Mystery of banned CFCs resurgence may be solved
The world recently learned that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-damaging industrial gas banned under the 1997...
NET Power’s zero-emissions natural gas plant could change the game
Last week, NET Power officially began operations at its 50-megawatt, emissions-free natural gas power plant in...
Levels of ozone-destroying CFCs are mysteriously rising
Globally banned by the Montreal protocol in 1987 for their ozone-destroying properties, chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)...
The Trump Administration just ended the program that monitors carbon emissions
While the news media focuses its attention on the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the scandals related...
Global tourism’s carbon footprint is four times bigger than we thought
For the first time, researchers have quantified the carbon footprint of global tourism around the world – and...
Your shampoo and deodorant cause a daily pollution ‘rush hour’
You may not realize it, but your shampoo, deodorant, or lotion could be contributing nearly as much urban air pollution as...
The world’s largest beer brewer invents low-carbon beer bubbles
Belgium-based AB Inbev, the world's largest beer brewing company, has created a new low-carbon method for adding...
173 countries agree to slash shipping industry emissions in historic deal
Shipping was the sole industry excluded from the 2015 Paris Agreement, even though the sector's annual carbon emissions...
The CO2 intensity of the US power sector just hit a record low
Renewable energy is winning again. The Power Sector Carbon Index just revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions...
China reports meeting its 2020 carbon intensity goals three years early
Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate official, has reported that the country has met its 2020 carbon intensity target...
Stricter climate regulations could save 150 million lives worldwide
Researchers have calculated that stronger climate regulations across the globe could help prevent up to 150 million...
EPA ends clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel companies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a key Clean Air Act provision. They're reversing the...