Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.
If all goes as planned, the US will eliminate all greenhouse…
At GreenBiz, we’ve been reporting on the world of sustainable business for over two decades, but this year has been unlike any other. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to…
From wildfires in California and locust attacks in Ethiopia to job losses caused by pandemic lockdowns in Italy and Myanmar, climate change and COVID-19 disrupted food production and tipped millions…
2020 has been a difficult year, but there are some glints of light in the gloom. From nature-friendly farms to anti-ageing worms and even a way of conjuring vodka out of thin air, here are a few…
The 60-year-old congresswoman will be the first Native American cabinet secretary next month when she takes over at interior.
Debra Haaland is making American history.
The 60-year-old congresswoman…
The European Union's executive branch on Tuesday announced new rules for plastic waste shipments—including a ban on some exports to poorer countries—that will take effect on January 1 as part of the…
Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestation.
In the misty, hilly terrain of Wayanad, in the southern Indian state…
Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities.
Brazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government’s plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway…
I needed something to fight for after the People’s Vote campaign collapsed. So I unleashed my inner ecowarrior.
Anyone who objects to my incessant posting of tree photos on social media can blame…
Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseases.
Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a…
From record-breaking wildfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us.
The climate is changing, its effects are deadly, and it’s getting worse every year.
Extreme weather claimed thousands of lives and caused losses worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide this year, says Christian Aid
BARCELONA - Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes…
Species that grow faster could be better at pulling carbon from the atmosphere, but could also come with risks
Armand Séguin planted his first genetically modified tree — a poplar — more than 20…
Conservationists have captured video footage of an extremely adorable turtle "tsunami."
Sound impossible? What the videographers are calling a "tsunami" is actually comprised of an endangered…
World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes.
The global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land…
In a virtual meeting, representatives of the Global Environment Facility’s 184 member countries moved this week to financially support countries seeking to protect nature and tackle environmental…
Tom Kennedy learned about the long-term contamination of his family's drinking water about two months after he was told that his breast cancer had metastasized to his brain and was terminal.