By Diana Madson On 87 acres of land owned by the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, solar panels absorb the sun’s rays. Last year, the city partnered with the local utility and a solar developer on a pair of 5-megawatt installations, which went online in September. They now generate enough electricity to fully power the city’s […]
Only the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will get to play in Super Bowl 54 in Miami Sunday. But anyone can make a #SuperCoralPlay. That’s the name of a joint campaign from MSC Cruises, the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee (MSBHC),and 54 NFL players and influencers to raise awareness about the need […]
The Australian Supreme Court has stepped in to put an immediate halt to a logging project in east Victoria while it waits for cases about the health of native species to be heard in court, according the Brisbane Times. The state’s logging agency VicForests must immediately stop logging several areas that were earmarked for clear-cutting. […]
Despite its status as the world’s No. 1 corporate plastic polluter, Coca-Cola won’t be phasing out its single-use plastic bottles anytime soon. The reason? Customers like them too much, the company’s head of sustainability Bea Perez told BBC News at the World Economic Forum in Davos Tuesday. Perez said that customers value the bottles because […]
The online cooking show Indigikitchen is providing a platform to help disseminate Indigenous food recipes — while helping eaters recognize their impact on the planet and Native communities. “Not only do Indigenous diets provide us with nutritionally balanced, seasonal local food, but they help us recognize the connection to our physical place in the world, […]
By Ashutosh Pandey Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is returning to the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the 2020 World Economic Forum with a strong and clear message: put an end to the fossil fuel “madness.” Thunberg’s missive is aimed at, among others, U.S. President Donald Trump, who in the past has mocked the […]
By Clyde Eiríkur Hull and Eric Williams Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of plastic trash every year. Finding ways to manage plastic waste is daunting even for wealthy nations, but for smaller and less-developed countries it can be overwhelming. We recently carried out a study for the Caribbean island nation of […]
Cement is a remarkable building material; it’s cheap, durable and readily available. However, its production is a leading source of carbon dioxide emissions, coughing up 2.8 gigatons of emissions every year, as Advanced Science News reported. While researchers have sought alternative means of production that would make building materials more eco-friendly, they have been unable […]
BlackRock, an investment fund that manages nearly $7 trillion, will “reshape” its strategy toward investments that support environmental sustainability, according to a letter to investors from its founder and Chief Executive Larry Fink, as The New York Times reported. In the letter, Fink wrote, “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects […]
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