When it comes to the people he chooses to protect the nation’s environment, President Donald Trump sure knows how to pick’em. In his brief stint at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt wracked up an impressive amount of truly bizarre scandals, including blowing thousands of taxpayer dollars on “tactical pants.” Ryan Zinke, the […]
By 2050, there will be 10 billion people on the earth, and global income will triple. Feeding more people with more money will increase the environmental pressures put on the planet by the global food system by between 50 and 92 percent. If nothing is done, those pressures will push Earth “beyond the planetary boundaries […]
The same red tide choking Florida’s Gulf coast has spread to waters off Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, forcing the closure of many popular beaches on Thursday and leaving hundreds of dead fish in its wake, according to local reports. This is the first time in decades the toxic algae has affected both of Florida’s […]
Thailand’s iconic Maya Bay, made popular by the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach, will be closed to tourists indefinitely, CNN Travel reported. The beach had been closed temporarily since June 1 to restore the damage done by more than a million yearly visitors, but on Tuesday Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation […]
One of President Donald Trump‘s stated justifications for rolling back environmental regulations has been to bring back jobs in highly-polluting industries like coal. But a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday found that, for “communities of racial/ethnic minorities,” welcoming polluting industries for the sake of employment is a tradeoff […]
The ailing orca whale J50 was declared “missing and now presumed dead” by the Center for Whale Research Thursday, after a three-day search by the organization in the waters between Washington state and Canada failed to locate her. She would be the third Southern Resident killer whale to die since June, bringing their numbers down […]
The amount of trash humans have left on this earth can feel like an overwhelming challenge: 900 Empire State buildings worth of plastic were produced in 2015 and at least 8 million tons of that enters the world’s oceans every year. Luckily, three different events this coming Saturday are giving people around the world a […]
There’s no question that air pollution is bad for your body, from lung cancer to heart disease. Even President Trump‘s coal-friendly U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) admits that dirty air can increase adverse health effects and cause death. Now, researchers from Arizona State University have determined another air pollution risk: dementia. The new paper, published […]
From coast-to-coast smoke to record-breaking heat waves, going outside can be pretty scary, especially this past summer. That’s why San Francisco-based startup LogicInk is creating simple, stick-on sensors that give you live feedback about some of the nastier elements in the environment. Their first product, LogicInk UV, can detect harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays, which can […]
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