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
08/06/2021
For a Clean Ocean, Just Add Oysters
From picturesque Mediterranean isles to New York’s bustling harbor, strategically placed oyster colonies are depolluting the sea with ease.
08/04/2021
Wildcats return to Netherlands after centuries’ absence
Rewilding of forests and ‘saturated’ habitats in Germany and Belgium behind growing population.
08/02/2021
‘Green Bitcoin Mining’: The Big Profits In Clean Crypto
Bitcoin is infamous for wasting enough electricity to add 40 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere a year—but now, a growing cadre of U.S. miners are developing green, and lucrative, new strategies worth a fortune all their own.
08/06/2021
How to fight climate despair
We’re not powerless, even if it feels that way.
08/09/2021
Explainer: The U.N. climate report’s five futures – decoded
The U.N. climate panel report released Monday on the physical science of climate change uses five possible scenarios for the future.
08/05/2021
Decades-old sea otter translocations prove successful
Sea otters translocated to new parts of the Pacific half a century ago have mostly burgeoned into healthy, sustaining populations despite having a nearly 90% death rate in some areas at the time they were reintroduced.
08/05/2021
Apocalypse When?
System change is required to avert potential catastrophes such as climate change-induced weather events, declining agricultural productivity, and future pandemics. But it is difficult to get people to tackle such threats in concert when most perceive only a slow deterioration.
08/05/2021
Biden, in a Push to Phase Out Gas Cars, Tightens Pollution Rules
The president is restoring and strengthening tailpipe emissions regulations from the Obama era and has set a target that half of all vehicles sold in the United States be electric by 2030.
08/03/2021
DHL to add Eviation’s electric cargo planes to its fleet
As delivery on demand explodes, shipping and logistics providers like DHL are under pressure to make every mode of their operations more sustainable — aircraft, trucks, last-mile delivery vans, and even their buildings.
08/02/2021
The Weird, Sustainable Booze of the Future Tastes … Good?
Small distilleries like Empirical Spirits are working on uncategorizable drinks made of stuff like plum pits, for the resilient quaff of tomorrow.
08/03/2021
One policy that could challenge a century of fossil-fuel dominance
A clean electricity standard could be “the biggest change in our energy policy since the lights went on.”
08/02/2021