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Ireland to Plant 440 Million Trees in 20 Years to Fight Climate Change
Ireland will plant 440 million trees by 2040 as part of its efforts to combat the climate crisis, The Irish Times reported Saturday.NoneThe government had already promised to plant more trees as part...
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Milwaukee Urges Residents to Stop Vaping Immediately
The city of Milwaukee issued a health alert last week urging its residents to stop vaping immediately. The health alert came after came in the wake of 16 hospitalizations where chemical pneumonia, a...
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Pope Francis Urges World to Act Fast on Climate Emergency Pointing to...
Pope Francis on Sunday — when Hurricane Dorian began pounding the Bahamas with record strength — urged the world to heed calls made by rising youth and indigenous peoples to take swift action to...
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Will Picking the Impossible Whopper Over Beef Help You Stay Healthy?
More restaurant chains are turning to faux-meat options.But experts say just because it's not meat, doesn't mean it's significantly healthier.In general, diets lower in meat can be healthier. But...
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'Neanderthals' in Power Won’t Deal With Climate Crisis, Says John Kerry
Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, argued at a conference in Melbourne that economic and environmental benefits stem from investments in renewable energy, but climate crisis deniers in power...
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Brazil's Satellite Agency is Back Online: Fire Hotspots have Doubled
By Rhett ButlerBrazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) resumed releasing deforestation data after nearly a month-long hiatus that followed the firing of the agency's director on Aug. 2.The...
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Greta Thunberg Says 'Haters' Attacking Her Asperger's Have 'Nowhere Left to Go'
Champions of Greta Thunberg — and the 16-year-old climate activist herself — hit back against malicious right-wing bullies over the weekend as she called her Asperger's syndrome diagnosis a...
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First Crowdfunded Park in BC Saves 2K Acres From Loggers
A Canadian charity has successfully crowdfunded $3 million to save 800 hectares (approximately 1,977 acres) of wilderness from development. Instead, the property on British Columbia's Princess Louisa...
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Mass Extinction Event 2 Billion Years Ago Killed 99% of Life on Earth, Study...
Some two billion years ago, a significant decline of once-abundant oxygen killed as much as 99 percent of all life on Earth in a mass extinction event larger than the one responsible for the dinosaur...
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Germany to Ban Glyphosate From End of 2023
Use of glyphosate will be banned in Germany from the end of 2023, after a phased effort to reduce its application by farmers.The ban, agreed by the Cabinet on Wednesday, is part of an insect...
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Germany to Ban Glyphosate From End of 2023
Use of glyphosate will be banned in Germany from the end of 2023, after a phased effort to reduce its application by farmers.The ban, agreed by the Cabinet on Wednesday, is part of an insect...
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Elizabeth Warren Adopts $3 Trillion Climate Crisis Plan, Challenges All 2020...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she would adopt Gov. Jay Inslee's climate crisis plan and add in an $1 trillion in investments to help protect workers and to fund a dramatic shift in...
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Prince Harry Launches Sustainable Travel Initiative 'Travalyst' With 5 Big...
Prince Harry launched a sustainable travel initiative Tuesday in Amsterdam, a city that has been impacted by excessive tourism, the Associated Press reported.The initiative, called Travalyst, is a...
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Norway Urges Its Companies Not to Fund Amazon Deforestation
Norway has urged its companies that actively do business in Brazil to make sure that they are not contributing to destruction of the Amazon rainforest, as Reuters reported.Norway's Climate and...
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Bill McKibben: This Climate Strike Is Part of the Disruption We Need
By Bill McKibbenBusiness as usual is what's doing us in.We live on a planet that finds itself rather suddenly in the midst of an enormous physical crisis. Because we burn so much coal and gas and oil,...
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Trump Admin Reverses Standards for Energy Efficient Light Bulbs
The Trump administration is rolling back energy efficiency standards for light bulbs that would have kept millions of tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, CNBC reported Wednesday.The...
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Plastics in Fossil Record: ‘This Is What Our Generations Will Be Remembered for’
When future archaeologists attempt to dig below the earth's surface to understand contemporary civilization, they will likely find one ubiquitous substance: plastic.NoneThe first detailed study of...
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India Set to Ban 6 Single-Use Plastics on Gandhi's Birthday
The government of India is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on October 2, officials announced, in its most sweeping measure yet to eradicate single-use plastics from...
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5 Essential Policies to Enact the Perfect Climate Crisis Plan
By Jackie FilsonWe're going to make this very simple. These are the 5 non-negotiable policies an ideal climate plan must include:1. A Halt on All New Fossil Fuel Development AbolishFossilFuels on...
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Democrats' Climate Crisis Town Hall Lasted 7 Hours
For the first time, Democratic contenders for President participated in a town hall solely focused on the climate crisis. For more than seven hours last night, 10 candidates fielded questions from an...
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