A 19-year-old South African student has created her own brand of edible, biodegradable straws. Leila Siljeur, a chemical engineering student of Stellenbosch University, developed Eat Me Straws as a…
Greenhouse gases thrust into the atmosphere mainly by burning fossil fuels are warming Earth's surface more quickly than previously understood, according to new climate models set to replace those…
The classical Greek philosopher Socrates believed the ideal house should be warm in winter and cool in summer. With clarity of thought like that, it's easy to see how the great man got his reputation…
MANGOCHI, MALAWI - Plastic bags continue to pollute Lake Malawi, despite a government ban on their use. Conservationists say the plastic is a threat to about 1,000 fish species found in the Africa's…
Harare (CNN)Authorities in Zimbawe are scrambling to meet the water needs of the country's capital Harare after the city's main water treatment plant was shut down on Monday, leaving 1 million people…
MIT researchers list the energy storage technologies that could enable a 100 percent renewable grid.
Last week, the city of Los Angeles inked a deal for a solar-plus-storage system at a record-low…
MPIGI, UGANDA — Faith Aweko of Uganda describes herself as a "waste-preneur." She has come up with an innovative way to transform discarded plastic bags into backpacks for everyday use.
Aweko has…
Inaugural World Poverty Forum – dubbed ‘Davos with the poor’ – to take place in Kenya’s Kibera to ensure voices of poorest are heard.
A global conference on poverty is to take place in Africa’s…
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Stories about lead poisoning in the first world and water rights sold for a pittance to corporations are commonplace. As a result of that, more eyes than ever are trained on the earth’s water and…
Meteorologists are warning Nigerians to expect more flooding nationwide, raising fears of food shortages.
Food supplies are threatened in northwest Nigeriawhere floods have destroyed crops.
Dozens…
Over the weekend, attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities sent shock waves through the global energy network. Ten drones disrupted production at two installations that together account for 5 percent…
"Global greenhouse gas emissions need to decline today rather than tomorrow, and global CO2 emissions should be brought to net zero."
New climate models unveiled by French researchers Tuesday showed…
Responding to today's funding announcements from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the UN in New York, Dr Alison Doig, head of global policy at Christian Aid, said:
‘While we welcome the prime…
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg—visiting the United States from her native Sweden to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit beginning Monday in New York—spoke during a hearing of the…
The international community is falling well short of providing the cash needed to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030, according to a report released on Monday (12 November 2018).
At the…
I was 18 when I started college at the University of East Anglia in England. I had just completed eight years at a British Army school in Germany. My parents dropped me off on campus with a couple of…
Extreme events linked to climate change, such as the heatwave in Europe this year, are occurring sooner than expected, an ex-chief scientist says.
Prof Sir David King says he's been scared by the…
Lawyer Farhana Yamin explains what drove her to civil disobedience after three decades of environmental advocacy for the IPCC, the United Nations and more.
On 16 April this year, I superglued my…
Revoking the state’s tough fuel-efficiency standards would increase US greenhouse-gas emissions.
US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke California’s legal authority to set its…