“When looking at the status of planet Earth and the influence of current global agriculture practices upon it, there’s a lot of reason to worry, but also reason for hope […]” “Currently, almost half of MORE
“Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour. And we are telling you to act as if you loved your children above all else.” -Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg took MORE
By end of 2020, the restaurant industry will be banned from using single-use straws. By 2025, towns and cities across China must reduce the consumption of single-use plastic items in the restaurant industry by 30 percent. MORE
About 62,000 dead or dying common murres (Uria aalge), the trophically dominant fish-eating seabird of the North Pacific, washed ashore between summer 2015 and spring 2016 on beaches from California to Alaska. Most birds were MORE
The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed building a $119 billion dollar, six mile sea wall “to protect the New York area as storms become more frequent, and destructive, on a warming Earth.” “The Corps’s MORE
China isn’t the only nation at risk of losing its biodiversity. An explosive United Nations report released this past May found that up to a million species are at risk of extinction because of human activities. About 66% of the global marine environment has been significantly altered by humans, and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened, the report said. MORE
“Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 is a climate failure any way you slice it,” the Sierra Club’s Ben Beachy told me. Beyond continuing to allow companies to seek lax climate and environmental rules outside the United States, MORE
It was a lifesaving mission as dramatic as any in the months-long battle against the wildfires that have torn through the Australian bush. But instead of a race to save humans or animals, a specialized MORE
The Trump administration is preparing to further dismantle environmental regulations by vastly reducing the reach of federal protections for streams and wetlands — delivering a major win for farmers, developers, miners and oil and gas MORE
The Philippines remained on alert Tuesday as authorities declared a “calamity zone” around Taal Volcano, which began spewing ash and lava over the weekend. They warned of indications that it could be on the cusp MORE
Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases. The new analysis shows the past five years are the top five warmest years recorded in the ocean MORE
The impacts of the climate crisis are now clearly manifesting in ways beyond rising temperatures. In Australia, the conditions for severe bushfires are occurring far more regularly (hot days, dry land and high winds). And MORE
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to speed permitting for major infrastructure projects like oil pipelines, road expansions and bridges. It is one of the biggest deregulatory actions of the president’s tenure and comes MORE
“We hear a lot about the overall greenhouse gas and economic impacts of the transition the U.S. has undergone in shifting from coal towards natural gas, but the smaller-scale decisions that make up this larger trend have really important local consequences. MORE
Conservationists and wildlife experts are anxious that raging bushfires sweeping through Australia have resulted in “catastrophic losses”, amid fears an entire species may have been wiped out. Kangaroo Island, located off the country’s southern coast and home to the MORE
On 3 August 2014, residents of Toledo, Ohio, woke to the news that overnight their water supply had become toxic. They were advised not only to avoid drinking the water, but also touching it – MORE
ABC Adelaide Spinning fire comes in three rough forms: Fire-whirls – these are relatively small on the ground but can reach hundreds of metres into the air, like a dust devil or willy-willy Fire-generated tornadoes – stronger than MORE
“I never understood wind. I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody. I know it is very expensive. They are made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost MORE
He said there were also “many other factors” responsible for the unprecedented number of fires during a record-breaking heat wave. MORE
Blowout in Ohio released more methane than many countries do in an entire year (CNN) In February 2018, a blowout at a natural gas well in rural Ohio forced nearby residents to evacuate, but the incident MORE
Exhausted delegates reached agreement on the key question of increasing the global response to curbing carbon. All countries will need to put new climate pledges on the table by the time of the next major MORE
Time Magazine has chosen Greta Thunberg as 2019 Person of the Year. The 16-year-old is a Swedish climate crisis activist and is the youngest person to be named. Charles Lindbergh was the youngest at 25 MORE
A powerful volcanic eruption has rocked New Zealand’s White Island, a small uninhabited volcanic islet sticking up out of the sea in the Bay of Plenty, 50 kilometres offshore of the country’s North Island. Although MORE
A new Nature study published this week found that oxygen levels in worldwide oceans have dipped by more than 2% in the last half-century. While the change may seem small, scientists say even subtle shifts in gas levels can alter entire ecosystems. MORE
Speaking in a voice and with a level of detail that suggested the importance he was giving the issue, Trump told the high-level meeting, that the government is “looking very strongly” at water pressure troubles MORE