More than 360 businesses and investors called on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and world leaders on Wednesday to continue to support agreed curbs on global warming and to speed up efforts to move to a low-carbon economy. In a statement addressed to Trump, U.S. President Barack Obama, members of the U.S. Congress and global leaders, […]
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Pollution in Asia Has Potential Catastrophic Consequences for Ozone Layer
A weird phenomenon is happening high above the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas that could prove to be an atmospheric nightmare. Photo by studio023/via Adobe A weird phenomenon is happening high above the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas that could prove to be an atmospheric nightmare. Pollutants that gather from India and China in the […]
Tesla Unveils Next Step In Green Energy
Hold onto your butts solar aficionados, the next generation solar roof is coming, and it looks good. During a brief event Friday night, Elon Musk presented his plan to integrate solar roofs with Powerwall power packs. But that’s not all. On Saturday Musk expanded on his talk by explaining via Twitter that the new solar […]
Great Barrier Reef declared dead
The Great Barrier Reef has been declared dead by scientists at 25 million years old — bringing an end to the colorful life of the world’s largest single structure of living organisms. The incredible Coral Sea wilderness, which stretches for roughly 1,400 miles over an area of roughly 133,00 square miles, has finally succumbed to […]
Is Hurricane Matthew racist?
“As per its coiner Ben Chavis, environmental racism is situation of poor minority communities in areas of higher environmental risk that can come about [in] 3 ways, most of which happen all at once. 1) Marginalization, 2) Degradation of protections 3) Making environment worse. Looking globally at the effects of colonialism, exploitation, and climate change […]
Goodbye World: We’ve Passed the Carbon Tipping Point For Good
It’s a banner week for the end of the world, because we’ve officially pushed atmospheric carbon levels past their dreaded 400 parts per million. Permanently. According to a blog post last Friday from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, “it already seems safe to conclude that we won’t be seeing a monthly value below 400 ppm […]
France to Ban Plastic Dishes by 2020, Decision Stirs Controversy
France just passed a law against plastic cups, cutlery, and plates. By 2020, the Energy Transition for Green Growth will go into effect and said plastics will start phasing out. Should it be illegal to negatively impact climate change? Or should it be legal to sell harmful goods despite the detrimental environmental impact? Either way, […]
Air Pollution Exceeds WHO Limits for 92 Percent of World’s People
Nine out of 10 people worldwide live in places where air pollution exceeds guidelines, putting them at higher risk of heart disease, strokes and cancer, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. A new air quality monitoring model, that uses satellite data as well as traditional ground measurements, shows that 92 percent of the world’s population […]
River pollution puts 323m at risk from life-threatening diseases, says UN
A week before Russia’s Daldykan river was turned red by a leak from a metals plant, the UN issued a warning as chilling as it was overlooked: 323 million people are at risk from life-threatening diseases caused by the pollution of rivers and lakes. Cholera, typhoid and other deadly pathogens are increasing in more than […]
Bayer’s $66 billion deal for Monsanto is biggest takeover of 2016
To clinch a deal, Germany’s Bayer pumped even more money into its bid for the U.S. seed giant, valuing it at $66 billion, including debt. It’s the third time Bayer (BAYRY) has cranked up its offer, and this time it was enough to win the backing of Monsanto’s board. The takeover would create a vast […]
Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun
NORFOLK, Va. – Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through. Five hundred miles down the Atlantic Coast, the only road to Tybee Island, Ga., is disappearing beneath the sea several times […]