The Household Product Cleaning Up More Than Just Your Countertops.
Veles is a spray cleanser made from organic waste—the first in what founder Amanda Weeks hopes will be a whole trash-based product line.
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GEF Council provides boost to nature protection amid pandemic.
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 priorities amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and endorsed new approaches to engage with t
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ASK SARA: 'What can I realistically do about climate change?'
The past few months have shown that individuals have an absolutely gobsmackingly critical role to play in confronting a global crisis. Hi Sara,
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ASK SARA: Where did the climate come from?' and other kids' questions about climate change
Inquiring children want to know what will happen if sea levels rise, how to talk about climate change with friends at school, and more. Dear readers,
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ASK SARA: 'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?'
'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?' Dear readers,
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Weather disasters cost $150bn in 2020, revealing impact of climate change – report.
From Australian bushfires to Atlantic hurricanes, insurance damages were the highest annual total ever, says Christian Aid study.
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Massachusetts city to post climate change warning stickers at gas stations.
Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’
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EU Bans Exporting Unsorted Plastic Waste to Poorer Countries.
The European Union's executive branch on Tuesday announced new rules for plastic waste shipments—including a ban on some exports to poorer co
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Reasons to be hopeful in 2021.
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 nuggets of good cheer to look forward to in 2021
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'It's as if we've learned nothing': alarm over Amazon road project.
Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities.
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'I'll be fierce for all of us': Deb Haaland on climate, Native rights and Biden.
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.
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Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis?
Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.
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Alastair Campbell: I couldn’t stop Brexit, but I could do my bit to save the planet.
I needed something to fight for after the People’s Vote campaign collapsed. So I unleashed my inner ecowarrior.
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How a 'tree mortgage' scheme could turn an Indian town carbon neutral.
Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestation.
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Boxing Day sets new record for wind power generation in Britain.
Storm Bella heralds first 24-hour period where turbines supply more than half of country’s electricity. Boxing Day saw yet another record broken for wind power generation in Britain.
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Pollution killed nearly 1.7m people in India in 2019 – study.
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 study that lays bare the human cost of the country’s toxic urban air.
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Biden must be our 'climate president'. He can start by ending pipeline projects
There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5C of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk.
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Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint.
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity.
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This Year Was A Disaster For The Planet.
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.
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From floods and fires to locusts, 'climate breakdown' cost rich and poor in 2020.
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 brought "catastrophic results for millions" across rich and poor nations in 2020, causing
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