Pesticide Residues Found in 70% of Produce Sold In US Even After Washing
About 70% of fresh produce sold in the US has pesticide residues on it even after it is washed, […]
What Really Happens To Plastic Drink Bottles You Toss In Your Recycling Bin
by Emily Chung: They’re usually turned into carpets and pillows, but 100% recycled bottles do exist… […]
Sustainable Activism For Animal Lovers
by Sarah Bowen: Self-care tools for people who advocate for the more-than-human world… […]
Helping The Pollinators At Frey Vineyards
by Frey Vineyards: The United States alone grows more than 100 crops that either need or benefit from pollinators, yet in many places, the essential service of pollination is at risk from habitat loss and [...]
Google Bans Ads That Spread Climate Misinformation
by Corbin Hiar: The new rules could put pressure on Facebook to take similar steps… […]
Biden Admin Targets 700% Community Solar Growth By 2025
by John Engel: The Biden administration has set a target of powering 5 million American homes with community solar projects by 2025– an ambition that would require 700% growth of current capacity… […]
The Decreasing Cost Of Renewables Unlikely To Plateau Any Time Soon
by Doug Johnson: Early price forecasts underestimated how good we’d get at making green energy… […]
Airless Tires Are Finally Coming In 2024: Here’s Why You’ll Want A Set
by Brian Cooley: Immunity to flats is just the beginning for a tire that could change your driving life… […]
How The World Already Prevented Far Worse Warming This Century
by James Temple: The Montreal Protocol was designed to heal the ozone layer. It may have also fended off several degrees of warming—and a collapse of forests and croplands… […]
Battery Recycling’s Big Chance
by John Engel: The demand for electric vehicles has never been higher… […]
We Are Living In A Climate Emergency, And We’re Going To Say So
by Mark Fischetti: It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed… […]
Biosphere 2: The Once Infamous Live-In Terrarium Is Transforming Climate Research
by Keridwen Cornelius: Despite its controversial past, the quirky desert facility is becoming increasingly relevant as it turns 30… […]
Critical Groundwater Supplies May Never Recover From Drought
by (Science Daily): Along with hurricanes and wildfires, there’s another important, but seldom-discussed effect of climate change — toxic water and sinking land made worse by groundwater drought… […]
How Telescopes Make The Universe Self-Aware
by Brian Resnick: Telescopes are time machines. Someday, they could take us to a time before starlight… […]
The Enduring Hope Of Jane Goodall
by Clara Nugent: In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was around 6 years old, she was often woken from her sleep by the blare of air-raid sirens… […]
Midwest States form Coalition to Accelerate EV Adoption
by John Engel: The governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin signed a memorandum of understanding […]
‘World’s fastest,’ 3-Minute EV Charger Has Arrived
by John Engel: Swiss sustainable technology firm ABB unveiled what it calls the world’s fast EV charger, delivering 100km of range in less than three minutes to up to four vehicles at once… […]
Ford Unveils Plans For EV Mega Campus In Tennessee
by John Engel: Ford Motor Company announced plans on Tuesday for a massive electric vehicle manufacturing campus in Tennessee… […]
Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Lived In The Americas Earlier Than Once Thought
by Scott Neuman: The question of when humans first migrated to North America has long been a matter of hot debate among researchers who have continually uncovered evidence of ever-earlier dates… […]
10 Largest Solar Projects Completed In The U.S. So Far In 2021
by John Engel: The U.S. added 4.8 gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2021, a 15% increase from the first half of 2020 and nearly halfway to the total capacity added [...]
The World’s Largest Direct Air Capture Plant Is Now Pulling CO2 From the Air in Iceland
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: A little over four years ago, the world’s first commercial plant for sucking carbon dioxide out of the air opened near Zurich, Switzerland… […]
The Race for Fusion Power Heats Up as Multiple Projects Hit New Milestones
by Ed Gant: Fusion power could be a silver bullet for the world’s energy and environmental woes, but it’s famously always 30 years away. A recent flurry of announcements is raising hopes that maybe the [...]
Massive Infrastructure Projects Selected To Deliver Clean Energy To New York City
by John Engel: The projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 77 million metric tons over the next 15 years… […]
Boise, Idaho to reach 100% clean electricity goal by 2023
Days after President Biden visited Boise, Idaho to highlight the need for action on climate change, […]
Bezos Earth Fund Pledges $1 Billion To Nature Conservation
by Fang Block: The Bezos Earth Fund announced it will grant US$1 billion to help protect and conserve nature and indigenous peoples and cultures beginning with the Congo Basin… […]
Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Trial Was a Smashing Success. Will It Start A New Trend?
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of working from home was unthinkable to a lot of people… […]
Better Than Batteries? A Startup That’s Storing Energy in Concrete Blocks Just Raised $100 Million
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Sixth Assessment Report in early August, and the outlook isn’t good. The report has added renewed urgency to humanity’s effort to curb climate change… [...]
Electrifying The Future: Toyota Puts Over $13 Billion Into Battery Technology
by Edd Gent: The world’s largest car manufacturer by volume has been sluggish in its efforts to electrify compared to competitors. But Toyota has just announced a huge investment in battery technology that may be a [...]
This Wildly Reinvented Wind Turbine Generates Five Times More Energy Than Its Competitors
by Elissaveta M Brandon: It could power up to 100,000 households… […]
SpaceX Plans To Fly Humans Around The Moon In 2023
by Mike Wall: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and a hand-picked coterie of artists could embark on a lunar mission within five years… […]
New York Law Phases Out Most Gas-Powered Vehicles By 2035
by Lora Kolodny: New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Wednesday that effectively bans the sale of new internal combustion engine cars, off-road vehicles, light-duty trucks and equipment by 2035… […]
SpaceX Launches Four People To Orbit In Company’s First-Ever Tourism Mission
by Jackie Wattles: A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit Wednesday evening, carrying four people — none of whom are professional astronauts — and kicking off the first-ever mission to Earth’s orbit crewed entirely by tourists… [...]
World’s Largest Carbon-Sucking Plant Starts Making Tiny Dent In Emissions
by Akshat Rathi: Startups Climeworks and Carbfix are working together to store carbon dioxide removed from the air deep underground… […]
World EV Day: Why Fleets Might Go Electric Before You Do
by Bob Fesmire: Today is World EV Day, a celebration of the electrification of transport. But while consumer vehicles take up most of the e-mobility headlines, there is another segment of the market that is poised [...]
100% Renewable Energy? Germany Can Get There By 2030, Study Claims
by John Engel: Germany can, and must, meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement by achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030, a new study claims… […]
Three Ways To Prevent Our Next Massive Power Failure
by Emily Pontecorvo: Hurricane Ida exposed the grid’s weaknesses. It didn’t have to be this way… […]
Is American Hydropower In Jeopardy?
by Ryan Slattery: Alarming low water levels are closing power plants and reducing production at others… […]
Mercedes-Benz Introduces 5 New Electric Vehicles
by Marc Carter: The new EVs range from an electric version of the iconic G-Wagen, to a midsize electric sedan and a new small electric crossover… […]
How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
by Sandy Milne: Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts… […]
The One Big Thing Elon Musk Says Could Tackle Climate Change
by Mike Brown: Elon Musk gave an endorsement for the idea of a carbon tax during the company’s first-quarter 2021 earnings call… […]
The Ancient Persian Way To Keep Cool
by Kimiya Shokoohi: From ancient Egypt to the Persian Empire, an ingenious method of catching the breeze kept people cool for millennia. In the search for emissions-free cooling, the “wind catcher” could once again come [...]
Extreme Heat Could Kill Nearly 60,000 Americans Yearly By 2050: Report
by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman: Black and Latinx people are disproportionately impacted by heat stress… […]
Shell To install 50,000 EV Chargers In The UK
by John Engel: Shell will install 50,000 on-street electric vehicle chargers in the UK by 2025, the company announced on Wednesday… […]
How To Start And Care For Your First Garden
by Emma Grace Brown: If you’re starting your first garden, you’re probably feeling excited about the prospect of growing […]
Chinese Firm Claims ‘World’s First’ Cobalt-Free EV Battery
by John Engel: Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer SVOLT Energy has unveiled the world’s first cobalt-free battery… […]