January 28, 2021 — Smoke rises between houses from fuels being burned for cooking, threatening both the environment and human health through carbon dioxide emissions and indoor air pollution. Meanwhile, diapers that have not been properly disposed of are polluting waterways and sewage systems and become a potential source of disease. What do these two seemingly... Continue Reading →
Composting organic waste is so important because it improves soil health and strengthens the soil’s resilience to shocks such as drought. Of the 21 million tonnes currently landfilled in Australia, over 10 million tonnes is organics, including food and garden waste, that could be made into compost. Generating three centimetres of top soil takes 1,000... Continue Reading →
Life depends on healthy soil
Since the '50s, China has battled with the invading Gobi Desert or ‘yellow dragon’ from the North. In an attempt to halt its advancement, the Chinese government began planting a ‘Great Green Wall’ of trees in 1978. Decades and billions of trees later, the project has been proclaimed a success by the Chinese government, but... Continue Reading →
For decades China has been planting a wall of trees to halt an invading desert, has it worked?
In the final weeks before voters in Texas’ Twenty-Eighth Congressional District went to the polls in the Democratic primary between incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the most conservative House Democrats, and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros, a brand-new “dark money” group dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ads to boost Cuellar. The shadowy... Continue Reading →
Mysterious Dark Money Group That Backed ‘Big Oil’s Favorite Democrat’ Was Funded by Big Oil
The growing influence of TikTok is undeniable, especially for those aged 13 to 25. It isn’t surprising, then, that potentially the most pressing issue of this generation has a voice on the platform: the climate crisis. For the uninitiated, TikTok is an app where users create clips anywhere from just a few seconds to one... Continue Reading →
Meet the TikTok stars using viral videos to save the planet
President Biden has proposed ambitious goals for curbing climate change and investing in a cleaner U.S. economy. One critical sector is transportation, which generates 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions – more than either electric power production or industry. Shifting from cars that run on gasoline and diesel to electric vehicles, or EVs, is a... Continue Reading →
To make the US auto fleet greener, increasing fuel efficiency matters more than selling electric vehicles
In a speech Wednesday outlining his new executive actions aimed at confronting the "existential threat" of the climate crisis, President Joe Biden said he plans to ask the Democrat-controlled Congress to pass legislation eliminating the tens of billions in taxpayer subsidies the federal government continues to hand Big Oil even as the planetary emergency wreaks... Continue Reading →
Denouncing ‘Handouts to Big Oil,’ Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels
Clean hydrogen has long been touted as the only long-term green solution for long-distance trucking, due to claims that batteries will never be able to provide the power and energy required. But one of the world’s largest heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers, Volkswagen-owned Scania, which has produced both battery- and hydrogen-powered vehicles, has concluded that H2 will... Continue Reading →
Blow to clean hydrogen sector as major truck maker rules out H2 for long-distance transport
(CNN)Nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that climate change is a "global emergency," according to a survey of 1.2 million people in dozens of countries around the globe -- and many want urgent action to tackle the problem. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which ran the poll with Oxford University, described it as the largest... Continue Reading →
Almost two-thirds of people believe climate change is a global emergency, UN poll finds
The vast spending power of the federal government is unmatched. So when it decides to do something, it can move markets and shape the economy. The best — and by far biggest — example of this was the decision in 1961 to send a man to the moon by the end of the 1960s; the... Continue Reading →
Biden starts the electric-vehicle race with big plans to replace the federal fleet
For the second time in as many weeks, President Joe Biden issued sweeping executive orders to confront global climate change and other environmental crises. The orders elevate climate change as a key foreign policy and national security priority, temporarily pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, and set a national goal of protecting... Continue Reading →
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