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<strong>TikTok Campaign Targets Controversial Alaska Willow Oil Project</strong>

TikTok Campaign Targets Controversial Alaska Willow Oil Project

With 161.5 million views and counting on TikTok alone, the #StopWillow social media campaign has left no question of the groundswell of opposition to the proposed oil development project Willow on Alaska’s remote North Slope. Social media users have been using the hashtag to voice their resistance to President Joe Biden’s failure to keep his […]

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    Wildfire Smoke Linked to Ozone Layer Damage

    Wildfire Smoke Linked to Ozone Layer Damage

    A new study led by chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that wildfire smoke particles, which can remain in the stratosphere for a year, can cause chemical reactions that deplete the protective ozone layer. The findings occurred during the megafire in Australia in December 2019 to January 2020. The study, published in the […]

    NREL’s Desalination Device Makes Waves

    NREL’s Desalination Device Makes Waves

    In 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Waves to Water Prize. The contest’s goal was to encourage the development of small desalination systems which could help coastal communities in times of climate disaster and recovery and also to help provide clean drinking water to areas where water is scarce. In April of 2022, […]

    The Inside Story of ‘the Largest Conservation Agreement in the History of the World’

    The Inside Story of ‘the Largest Conservation Agreement in the History of the World’

    On Saturday, March 4, world leaders finally agreed on a treaty to protect the high seas.  The accord reached by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction establishes a mechanism for sharing the benefits of scientific discoveries from marine life, enforces environmental impact assessments for new human activities in international waters […]

    Agricultural Emissions to Push World Past 1.5°C of Warming, New Study Warns

    Agricultural Emissions to Push World Past 1.5°C of Warming, New Study Warns

    Food production to meet modern human diets is expected to contribute enough emissions to push global warming past the 1.5°C target, according to a new study. The analysis found that emissions from current global food systems, which are primarily focused on meat, dairy and rice production, could contribute at least 0.7°C of warming by 2100, […]