Tag: sustainability
Record heatwave threatens 130 million Americans as climate crisis escalates
"Both the record-breaking temperatures and the duration of heat present a clear and present danger, particularly for children, elders, people with disabilities, and people who work outside."
Amazon’s plastic use surges despite global cutback initiatives
Amazon's journey towards global sustainability hits a snag on home soil, as a recent report unveils a surge in plastic waste across the United States.
Thirsty fields: How agriculture drains the Colorado River’s lifeline
As water becomes increasingly scarce, what choices lie ahead for the river's sustainability?
Sustainability is not as new an idea as you might think—it’s...
Modern sustainability evolved from forest management of the 18th century, and its ancient roots go back even further. Could it help with today’s climate crisis and lumber shortage?
From the unsustainable here to the sustainable there
Very little has been done to engineer an alternate to unrestrained growth that can safeguard the planet and yet still secure a measure of prosperity fall all humans.
Movement generation works to usher in a sustainable just transition
Movement Generation educates activists on the dynamics of social and environmental justice.
When less is more
We must look critically at all the forms of consumption that could be eliminated to the ultimate benefit of all.
Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the first person to understand climate change...
As the world burns — and as kids sound the alarm — the original environmental scientist is worth revisiting.
Why Indigenous hunting is essential to forest sustainability
Hunting has a bad reputation and is rarely considered in forest governance and conservation strategies. But what if, instead, we tried to learn from it?
‘Becoming a green, sustainable society:’ Shorter work weeks is one of...
"This new paper from Autonomy is a thought experiment that should give policymakers, activists and campaigners more ballast to make the case that a Green New Deal is absolutely necessary."
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Study finds black-colored plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers may contain cancerous chemicals due to...
Researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils contain harmful flame retardants through current recycling processes.
What the Air Force doesn’t want us to notice on election night
While everyone’s attention will be on who our next president will be, the U.S. Air Force will test-launch an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with a dummy hydrogen bomb on the tip from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Trump condemns Iowa poll showing Harris in the lead, calls for criminalization of ‘suppression’...
Describing the well-regarded poll as “suppression,” Trump claimed it was skewed against him and called for it to be made “illegal,” raising concerns about his ongoing attacks on press freedom and the electoral system.
10 ways to be prepared and grounded if Trump wins
It’s important we squarely face the possibility of a Trump victory and what we’d have to do about it.
A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas...
That is what many pregnant women are now facing in states with strict abortion bans, doctors and lawyers have told ProPublica.