Ocean plastic pollution is an increasingly devastating crisis, and this new infographic shows exactly where the plastic trash is coming from, where it ends up and why it’s important to start our fight against this environmental scourge at the beach. The graph, provided by UK-based Eunomia Research & Consulting, shows that more than 80 percent […]
Apple is seeking to sell a whole different product. No, not cars—yet. Try renewable energy. The iPhone maker has created an energy subsidiary in Delaware called Apple Energy LLC to sell surplus electricity generated by its various renewable energy projects. Apple Plans to Sell Excess Rooftop Solar Energy From Headquarters https://t.co/2ruM8gq3rK #solarenergy #apple pic.twitter.com/kOlDajSm6I — RenewableEnergyWorld (@REWorld) […]
While genetically modified (GMO) foods seem to proliferate across the U.S., many other nations do not allow such products to enter or grow within their borders. Brazil grows 29 varieties of GMO corn while the U.S. grows 43 different types, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications. Photo credit: Flickr A Bloomberg […]
U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken scheduled Wednesday an oral argument for the youths’ landmark climate lawsuit for Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. PST in Eugene, Oregon. The youth plaintiffs after the hearing on March 9 in Eugene, Oregon. Photo credit: Our Children’s Trust The 21 young plaintiffs received a favorable decision in their case […]
Solar is on track for another record-shattering year. According to a new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the U.S. solar industry will install 14.5 gigawatts of capacity in 2016, nearly doubling the 7.5 gigawatts in capacity installed in 2015. The U.S. solar market will nearly double in 2016, thanks […]
In one of the remaining four states that explicitly ban third-party solar sales, a small nonprofit is continuing its fight against the nation’s biggest utility over the right to sell solar power to churches and other nonprofits without the utility’s involvement. North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN), a 28-year-old environmental nonprofit with an […]
June 8 marks World Oceans Day, but what if we celebrated oceans every day? Covering more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, oceans, more than anything, define our small blue planet. We should celebrate their complex and vibrant ecosystems, life-sustaining services, calming effects and unimaginable diversity, much of which we have not yet even discovered. […]
The world’s rhinoceros population is seeing not one but two new and rare additions. In the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, an eastern black rhino gave birth to a baby girl named Mobo. Over in the Bardia National Park in Nepal, a greater one-horned rhino gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Actor and noted […]
The 2016 Sustainia100 is out today and this year’s solutions provide a glimpse into a global business landscape that is seizing a world of opportunities that arise from the UN’s newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Get ready for an inspirational round-the-world trip to the 100 most innovative, available, scalable and sustainable solutions to the […]
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