Solar modules no longer need to simply wind up in the landfill once they’re decommissioned. Is a panel cracked? Shattered? At the end of its warranty lifetime? That panel can still serve a purpose, whether run through a recycling process and fed back into the supply chain; or repurposed or reused as a replacement panel […]

BAD NEWS FROM the high seas: the Ocean Cleanup’s 600-meter-long floating tube, which was supposed to catch plastic whilst somehow surviving the relentless forces of the ocean, has done neither. In November, the organization—which has raised $40 million from donors and companies—announced that the thing wasn’t really catching plastic, and last week it said the giant tube […]

LOS ANGELES — A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs. Boyan Slat, who launched the Pacific Ocean cleanup project, told NBC News last week that the 2,000-foot long floating boom will […]

 “It was a tough day to be on the beach, especially with a young whale, where we may have had something to do with its demise,” said Bill McLellan, state stranding coordinator and professor of marine biology at UNCW. McLellan reflected on a stressful Sunday when he and his team were called to Masonboro unexpectedly […]

Two weeks before the state’s annual homeless “point-in-time” count, officials say they’re still short hundreds of volunteers. Starting Jan. 22, teams will canvass the state to tally Hawaii’s homeless population. The annual count is a federal requirement. Results are tied to money that will go towards combating the statewide crisis — so accuracy is critical. […]

Last year’s 3.4% jump in emissions is the largest since 2010 recession and second largest gain in more than two decades A new analysis shows US greenhouse gas levels are increasing as the Trump administration unravels efforts to slow climate change. Carbon emissions rose sharply last year, increasing 3.4%, according to new estimates from the economic firm Rhodium […]

Across the country, far more people are in danger of becoming climate refugees than you might think. Early in the morning of November 8 in Paradise, California, Mark Mesku got a call from his daughter. “She said, ‘Dad, you got to get out. The whole town’s on fire.’” Mesku looked outside, saw the sky filled […]

More than 90% of the effect of global warming is being absorbed by the oceans, with the seas absorbing energy equivalent to a nuclear bomb every second, a new study has found. New research has analysed records going back to 1871, and found that only a tiny amount of the heat trapped by climate change is affecting […]

People might want to do their homework if they’re planning on recycling more in 2019, especially when it comes to holiday trash. Recycling centers nationwide are becoming more selective about the waste they accept, largely because of changes to the industry. Many environmentalists come to the Bridging the Gap Recycling Center off Deramus Ave. with […]

Green party MP presses Veolia to accept more plastic waste The recycling company Veolia has been accused of refusing to adapt a 30-year contract to allow Brighton and Hove council to collect more plastic waste as local authorities struggle to meet a national target of 50%. Caroline Lucas, the Green party MP for Brighton Pavilion, said the […]