Sixteen youth plaintiffs are suing the state of Montana for their right to access a clean and healthful environment in a case scheduled to go to trial next year. Attorneys for the Oregon-based Our Children’s Trust, the Western Environmental Law Center and Kalispell-based McGarvey Law...
PHYS.ORG - Technology
China will end subsidies for electric and hybrid cars at the end of the year, authorities have announced, saying the strength of sales in the sector meant state support was no longer needed. In a statement published Friday, the Ministry of Finance said purchase subsidies would be reduced by 30...
Households in England, Scotland and Wales are set to have hundreds of pounds knocked off energy bills as part of a package worth billions to help people cope with soaring prices. The government is to scrap a plan to give people £200 off bills from October which would be repaid over five years....
Five major "nature recovery" projects across England will help tackle wildlife loss and climate change, the government said. The schemes cover 99,200 hectares (245,000 acres) of land in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Somerset, the West Midlands and the Peak District. The aim is to manage land...
As more alternative protein companies make their way onto supermarket shelves and restaurant menus, their business models and impact promises face increasing criticism. Skeptics question how healthy plant-based burgers, sausages and milks are, what the startups' actual environmental footprint is...
Environmental activists are stepping up efforts to dissuade banks and insurance companies from supporting the $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, due to run 1,443 kilometres from the oil rigs near Lake Albert in Western Uganda to Tanga Port, Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean....
PHYS.ORG - Earth
Community-led science uncovers high air pollution from fracking in Ohio county
Some residents of Belmont County in eastern Ohio have long suffered from headaches, fatigue, nausea and burning sensations in their throats and noses. They suspected these symptoms were the result of air pollution from fracking facilities that dominate the area, but regulators dismissed and...
Bloomberg Climate Adaptation
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, is leading to more extreme weather events and African nations are among those that will face heightened food and water insecurity. At least 16 million people are already at risk...
More than 3 billion people depend on marine resources for their livelihoods. Image via Shutterstock/Dane Gillett This article was originally published on World Resources Institute. Sustainability and equity are two sides of the same coin. Equity is a prerequisite for a sustainable ocean economy,...
The U.S. Air Force is testing 40 of Pvilions integrated-solar military tent designs in a wide variety of geographies, including Alaska and New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Pvilion One of my favorite summer-time gadgets is the bouquet of solar lights and lanterns scattered in my backyard, where I...
Skeptical Science
A cloudless sky on a sunny day looks featureless and inactive to our eyes. In reality, invisible to us a perfect frenzy of chemistry is happening in the daytime sky. For people interested in tracking the life history of a given compound in Earth's atmosphere there are many details to capture and...
More than 300 solar projects in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed in 2022 due to lack of equipment. Image via Shutterstock/Bilanol The current global energy crisis has generated a new surge of enthusiasm about the future of renewable energy. Advocates of solar and wind power are seizing...
New York Times - Climate Section
This year, one of the last fugitives of the Earth Liberation Front pleaded guilty to arson - at a moment when climate activists are again flirting with radical ideas. The Two Elk Lodge in Vail, Colo., ablaze, in October 1998.Credit...Mark Mobley/Vail Fire and Emergency Services To hear more...
US securities regulators unveiled Wednesday a proposed rule to tighten disclosure requirements on the rising number of investments that tout their commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Seeking to address the problem of "greenwashing," where financial investments may...
The top ten per cent most valuable homes in the western United States are 70% more likely to be in high wildfire hazard areas than median-value properties, measured by county, according to a new study published today in Environmental Research Letters. Researchers at Resources for the Future, an...
The number of buildings being knocked down must be reduced because demolition and rebuilding adds to climate change, MPs say. Previously developers have been encouraged to knock down old, poorly-insulated homes and offices and replace them with buildings needing less heating. More recently the...
MIT -Climatechange
Lama Willa Baker challenges MIT audience to look beyond technology to solve the climate crises
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TED Talks - Climate Change
PHYS.ORG - Biology
Riding through Canadian polar bear country in a Tundra Buggy - essentially a monster truck that keeps riders safely distanced from wildlife - a BYU engineering capstone team scoured the landscape with sharp eyes. When they finally spotted their first polar bear of the day, they ecstatically sent...