Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Environment
09/27/2021
You May Already Be Wearing the World’s Most Sustainable Jeans
A family-owned Italian denim manufacturer is turning one of fashion’s most toxic staples green, one global brand at a time.
09/28/2021
Vertical farms are growing more and more vegetables in urban areas
They don’t need soil or sunlight.
09/28/2021
In the face of unprecedented challenges, humanity is on the move
Whatever the next normal is, it will not adapt to us-we will have to adapt to it.
10/14/2021
What Could Go Right? Go ahead, have those babies
They’ll be all right despite our warming world. Plus, an undersea cable shares renewable energy, Bali cleans up its rivers, and more.
09/24/2021
Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model.
Francis Waskey’s house used to stand four feet above ground on wooden stilts. Now, the mud underneath it has swallowed them whole.
08/17/2021
We have hit “peak car”
In the 2020s there are clear signs that enthusiasm for cars is finally waning. Even some people within the industry now acknowledge that the world is now at, or has passed, “peak car” — the point at which car ownership and use level off and start to decline. Car production may never exceed its level in 2017.
09/28/2021
Little fluffy clouds may help save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
09/24/2021
Montana tribe finalizes historic $1.9 billion water rights settlement
After decades of negotiations, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) have finalized a $1.9 billion water rights settlement that resolves thousands of tribal claims tied to waterways throughout western Montana.
09/24/2021
Scottish Highlands to be transformed by major rewilding project
An area equivalent to 250,000 football pitches is to be rewilded as part of an ambitious project to bring nature back to the Scottish Highlands.
09/20/2021
Explaining the Exponential Growth of Renewable Energy
The rapid growth of solar and wind power in recent years has breathed hope into global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the most dangerous effects of climate change.
09/23/2021
EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants
In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
09/17/2021