European Union leaders reached an eleventh-hour agreement Friday to reduce the bloc’s collective greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent of 1990 levels by 2030. The deal, hashed out over a negotiation all-nighter, managed to reconcile differences between wealthier Western European countries and Eastern European countries such as Poland that are still heavily dependent on coal, […]
Many people shop online for everything from clothes to appliances. If they do not like the product, they simply return it. But there’s an environmental cost to returns. Meagan Knowlton is a sustainability manager at Optoro, a company that helps retailers process and resell returns. Optoro estimates that each year, returns in the U.S. create […]
As carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, some have suggested geoengineering our way out of the climate crisis by intentionally cooling the earth’s atmosphere. Now, a new study has shown that at least one popular global cooling strategy is unlikely to work if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. “I think the paper provides yet […]
By Hyejune Park and Cosette Marie Joyner Armstrong A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years – from US$28 billion in 2019 to US$80 billion in 2029 – in a […]
By Gero Rueter The science is clear. If we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the same rate we have been doing for the past decades, 80 years from now, our planet will be at least four degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels. “And the warming won’t stop there,” climate researcher and oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf told […]
From air pollution caused by cars and trucks to methane leaks, many of the same emissions that cause climate change also harm public health. Crystal Upperman is with Aclima, a California-based company that measures ground-level air pollution. She says the results of those measurements vary dramatically, even on a local level. For example, Aclima mapped […]
By Julia Conley Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday denounced the “audacity” of oil giant Shell after it waded into the global discussion about the climate crisis by asking members of the public what they would do to reduce carbon emissions. “I’m willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when […]
By Daniel Grossman Millions of stacks and tailpipes in cities around the world send up 70 percent of the carbon dioxide ejected into the atmosphere by human beings. And in the parts of the world, including the U.S., where many governments at all levels have offered only anemic or counterproductive responses to the climate crisis, […]
Exxon Mobil will lay off an estimated 14,000 workers, about 15% of its global workforce, including 1,900 workers in the U.S., the company announced Thursday. Analysts said the layoffs are part of an effort by the beleaguered company to maintain its stock dividend despite sharply reduced demand during the coronavirus pandemic. While other oil majors […]
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