The Biden administration announced Monday that it will provide $6 billion in funding for projects that will reduce emissions from the industrial sector; This is the largest-ever U.S. investment in decarbonizing domestic industry to combat climate change. The industrial sector is responsible for approximately 25% of all the country’s emissions and has proven difficult to… Read More »
When the upper stage of the 165-foot-long (50 meters) SpaceX Starship crashed into the Indian Ocean last week during its third test flight, environmentally conscious observers wondered whether the stainless steel vehicle, which likely contained hundreds of kilograms of leftover fuel, would pose a hazard. Marine life. The good news is that it’s not like… Read More »
Screenshot of an Instagram post taken on March 13, 2024 It promotes a variety of CBD products on its website and encourages people to follow the paleo diet, a controversial meat-focused eating plan that gained popularity in the United States in the early 2010s. The phenomenon is misleading in comparing the carbon footprint of plant-based… Read More »
A crisis is looming in the systems that feed us. More than a third of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the way we produce, process and package food. It is also a major driver of the declining diversity of life on Earth. Solving these problems will require radical reform of agriculture. But so far… Read More »
The Biden administration has frozen pending decisions on applications for permits to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries outside the United States’ free trade partners. During this pause, which will last up to 15 months, the administration has promised to “carefully examine” economic, environmental and national security issues related to LNG exports. Environmental advocates,… Read More »
It has come to this point. With the Earth at its hottest point in recorded history and humans doing their best to stop it from overheating, a growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a potential solution that could leap from the pages of science fiction: giant beach umbrellas floating in space. The idea… Read More »
Urban agriculture is expected to be a key feature of 21st century sustainability and can provide many benefits for communities and cities, including providing fresh produce in neighborhoods with few options. Among these benefits, growing food in backyards, community gardens, or urban farms can shorten the distance fruits and vegetables must travel between producers and… Read More »
A report from the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef notes a 15 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; This means the sector is on track to meet its target of reducing emissions by a third before 2030. (Dean Manning – image credit) A report on the sustainability of Canada’s beef industry says the same… Read More »
Forests are an important part of the Earth’s operating system. They reduce the formation of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year. This slows global temperature increases and resulting changes in climate. In the US, forests account for 12% of the… Read More »