Lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic had the added benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by around seven percent, or 2.6 billion metric tons, in 2020.
The net ecosystem service of an urban tree is worth thousands of dollars.
Thanks to Victorian street planners, many British streets were designed to be full of big trees and, with 84% of the…
Anj Sharma, 16, and her team hope to force change they say is not coming quickly enough from government.
Eight teenagers and an octogenarian nun head to an Australian court on Tuesday to launch what…
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-Infants and young children are particularly sensitive to chemical exposure due to their rapid metabolic rate, high surface area to body weight ratio, and fast growing organs and…
‘Ending coal use, whether for power generation or for industry, is crucial for facing down the climate emergency,’ said one campaigner.
The government has been accused of “rank hypocrisy” as it…
The condor, a vulture threatened by giant wind turbines, may be helped by energy company’s breeding project.
An energy company in California is teaming up with federal wildlife officials and the…
Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement allowing for the construction of a 1,445 km (898 miles) crude oil pipeline.
The $3.5bn (£2.7m) project will connect Uganda's oil fields to Tanzania's…
Sainted grandfather of electric guitars will no longer be made with the type of ash that causes its special ‘twang’, because of climate change.
The wood that is used to make the guitars of some of…
The owner of the second-largest coal mine in the U.S. by production volume is planning for the asset’s closure as retirement dates approach for several plants that burn much of the mine’s fuel.
Making an informed buying decision about sustainable bathroom products, like toilet paper, takes more than a trip to the store. The whole lifecycle of the paper and packaging determines whether your…
UN report offers bedrock for hope for broken planet, says António Guterres.
Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses…
2020 was a year of disruption, awakening, and change, with many things forced onto us that were outside of our control. There was no hiding from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, the Black Lives…
While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has given farmers in the country a 2024 deadline to stop using glyphosate, The Guardian reported Tuesday that agrochemical company Bayer, industry…
At first glance, the round black pellets could easily be mistaken for animal dung. But these hardy little balls contain acacia seeds that are helping regrow Kenya's depleted forests.
In a tranche of…
Melting ice in the Arctic allowed a gas tanker to sail through the Northern Sea Route in the middle of winter.
A tanker sailed through Arctic sea ice in February for the first time, the latest sign…
Global study shows blazes diminish forest density and tree size, making woods likely to sequester less carbon.
More fierce and frequent fires are reducing forest density and tree size and may damage…
Priced out of online access, poor children are turning to backyard teachers as Covid closes state classrooms.
It’s Friday morning and Help Mabwe is preparing to give the day’s illicit lessons. Round…
Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first World Report on Hearing, released…
Registration is now open for a series of regional events 3-4 March that will launch and set the scene for the 2021 edition of the Regional Climate Weeks.
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