A sea of pollution: New widespread contamination in oceans amid coronavirus pandemic
“If only one percent of the masks were to be disposed of incorrectly and dispersed in nature, this would result in up to 10 million masks per month polluting the environment.”
New bill would block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
Trump notoriously campaigned on slashing Obama-era environmental regulations and rolling back the EPA. It seems he is following through.
Bayer announces plan to end glyphosate-based herbicide sales to US consumers by 2023
The company will replace glyphosate in the consumer lawn and garden segment with other "known and well-established active ingredients."
Maryland bans fracking
“Maryland is taking a huge step forward, but communities are continuing to suffer as fracking and extreme extraction expands worldwide.”
Illinois introduces Clean Energy Jobs Act – could make the state America’s clean energy...
“We need the benefits of clean energy to reach all 102 counties in Illinois as we put Illinois on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050.”
EPA to curb HFCs, severe climate-damaging pollutants used as coolants
Scientists estimate that a global push to reduce HFCs could avoid a half degree Celsius of global warming over this century.
Current dispute over ICBMs is a quarrel over how to fine-tune the doomsday machinery
Challenging rote assumptions about ICBMs will be essential to disrupt the march toward nuclear apocalypse.
The bee is officially on the verge of extinction
With our own health and well-being directly linked to these insects, we have to make it a priority to ensure the bee population's survival.
‘Species extinction is a choice’: Groups urge strong global pact to save life on...
"Please make 2022 the year in which the world chooses to stop extinction and commits the resources to do so," says a letter ahead of an international summit next week. "Life on Earth depends on it."
Deforestation puts lizards in North America at risk, new report finds
Forest loss, along with climate change, is creating a lack of shelter for lizards from extreme temperatures and nearly one in five could face population decline in the next century.