Four months after the Camp Fire destroyed the northern California towns of Paradise and Magalia, city council members in the neighboring town of Chico voted this week to declare a climate emergency that threatens their lives and well-being. Chico’s emergency declaration calls on the city to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030, […]

 Man made climate change could turn the Antarctica green as ice sheets shrink Carbon dioxide levels may have reached the same levels as the Pliocene period  This was three million years ago and could provide clues to what the future holds Scientists say there is likely to be a ‘lag’ before the true effects of hitting […]

The City of Phoenix announced Wednesday it will soon begin converting certain plastic waste into liquid fuel. The 6th most populous city in the country has partnered with a waste management company and Renewology, a technology firm, to convert plastics 3-7 into fuel. Plastic items with a number between 3 and 7 in the recycling […]

The deadly back-to-back bleaching events that hammered Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 led to a collapse in the recruitment of new corals, severely affecting the ecosystem’s ability to recover from the devastation. That’s according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, which found that the number of juvenile corals […]

Electric vehicle sales are rising, and a variety of companies are getting into the charging game. Utilities like Duke see a revenue opportunity that could slip away. With electric vehicle sales climbing, utilities are investing in thousands of new EV charging stations, recognizing that if they don’t move now, they could lose out on a […]

The electricity powering your computer or smartphone that makes it possible for you to read this article could come from one of several sources. It’s probably generated by burning natural gas or coal or from operating a nuclear reactor, unless it’s derived from hydropower or wind or solar energy. Who gets to choose? In many states, […]

A pregnant sperm whale was recently found dead on the Sardinian coast with more than 20 kilos of plastic waste in her stomach, the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement on 1 April The content of its stomach included disposable dishes, a corrugated tube, shopping bags, and a detergent package. This was the second whale […]

Global air pollution crisis is taking its greatest toll on children in south Asia The life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across the globe, with the greatest toll in south Asia, according to a major study. Air pollution contributed […]

Battery recycling is often a problem, but the valuable materials stored within don’t have to be thrown away. Our old, unused batteries are often simply thrown in the trash or emptied into a local battery recycling hotspot, but there are valuable materials contained within which are being wasted as a result. In the age of […]

Canada is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world and it’s “effectively irreversible,” a new scientific report from Environment and Climate Change Canada says. At stake is just how bad that warming gets, said several scientists presenting the Canada’s Changing Climate Report in Ottawa Monday. The report is the first in […]