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After spinning for under two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power plants. That’s according to a new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand – which also shows within six months a turbine can generate […]
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The largest facility yet to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere just turned on in Iceland. Much bigger carbon removal projects are in the works in the US.
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EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Billion in Grants to Mobilize Private Capital and Deliver Clean Energy and Climate Solutions to Communities Across America
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Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years
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Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies reached a deal to shut down their coal-fired power plants in the first half of the 2030s, in a significant step towards the transition away from fossil fuels.
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World leaders and negotiators meet in Ottawa from 21-29 April to prepare a new UN Treaty on global plastic pollution.
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Hope can fuel the action needed to keep tackling the climate crisis. Experts say tremendous progress has already been made.
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New limits on forever chemicals in water should reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million Americans, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
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New initiatives from Kiehl’s, Sephora, Shoppers Drug Mart and Ulta lay further groundwork for reducing the beauty industry’s massive plastic footprint.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $20 billion to nonprofit organizations to help finance projects that boost clean energy and reduce emissions.
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As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you.
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The Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule limiting releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling operations on federal and tribal lands.
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The hidden environmental impacts of the way we write code are adding up. To address the problem, the green software movement is springing up, full of tips and best practices for writing more energy-efficient code. Learn how to write green code for websites, apps, or AI.
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Wind and solar power growth are big contributors to the record percentage
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The funds are part of a push by the Biden administration to help the auto industry, and Michigan, prepare for a transition to electric vehicles.
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Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.
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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste.
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Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to end the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution.
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Funds will be targeted at disadvantaged areas to create 200,000 jobs, after last week’s oil and gas lease restrictions in Alaska
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Pumping a clean-energy by-product into “dead zones” could restore local ecosystems.
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As the air gets cleaner, the world is also losing an important cooling effect.
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Watch live with us as a total solar eclipse moves across Mexico, the United States and Canada. Weather permitting, people throughout most of North and Central
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A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy
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The melting of polar ice due to global warming is affecting Earth’s rotation and could have an impact on precision timekeeping, a new study says.
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Iconic rock band Metallica is going to "ride the lightning" in more ways that one as they use electric trucks on their European tour.
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