Tag: Climate change, CONSERVATION, energy, fossil fuels, Pollution, sustainability
Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly ‘junk,’ according to global watchdog investigation
Update May 25, 2023: This post has been updated with a comment from Chevron. The already questionable $2 billion a year voluntary emissions...
These massive, wing-like ‘sails’ could add wind power to cargo ships
The concept of a sailboat might conjure up thoughts of swanky sailing holidays or fearsome pirates—and some companies are hoping to bring...
The Montreal Protocol had a dramatic ice-saving side effect
The decades-old international treaty that banned ozone-depleting substances has successfully averted huge amounts of sea ice...
Colorado River deals pays Arizona, California, and Nevada $1.2 billion to use less water
On May 22, the Biden Administration and the states along the Colorado River announced that they had reached an agreement to conserve an...
Scientists swear their lab-grown ‘beef rice’ tastes ‘pleasant’
The whole point of lab-grown meat, by and large, is to create a sustainable product capable of… you know, replacing meat. Researchers at...
A new AI-powered satellite will create Google Maps for methane pollution
Methane emissions, be it from industrial cattle farming or fossil fuel extraction, are responsible for roughly 30 percent of the Earth’s...
NYC is sinking and climate change is only making it worse
The catastrophic flooding from 2012’s Hurricane Sandy inundated parts of the New York City subway system with corrosive salt water and...
Plugging methane leaks could open up thousands of jobs in Texas
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the...
This ancient farming practice could get a boost from the US farm bill
This article was originally featured on Nexus Media and Ambrook Research.. On a clear morning in April, after milking his seven cows, Tim...
Fixing the ozone hole was a bigger deal than anyone realized
This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more...
