Photo by Masis Dzuk via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Article by Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times California’s severe drought has probably made a lot of us more aware of our water footprint, which is the amount of fresh water we use plus the amount used for the goods...
Photo via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Article by Aris Folley via The Hill Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for a second year in a row. According to The Associated Press, two lawmakers from Sweden, Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling,...
Photo by Steffen Prößdorf via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) Article by Janelle Griffith, Today Ellen DeGeneres has taken up the cause of a black Texas high school student who was told he won't be allowed to return to school or attend his graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks...
Photo courtesy of AFP Photo/STR Article via Agence France-Presse (AFP) China will ban plastic bags in major cities and single-use straws from restaurants by the end of this year in a bid to cut down on waste. The country is one of the world's biggest users of plastic,...
Image courtesy of PxFuel (CC0) Article via Associated Press Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minster warning on Monday that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin...
Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Article by Christine Fisher, EnGadget Electric vehicles will play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but they are not yet a perfect solution. Today, most EVs run on lithium-ion batteries made with heavy metals like...
Image courtesy of Omoeko Media via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Article by Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa The funding pitch for off-grid energy companies across Africa can be boiled down to one poignant statistic: the continent is home to world’s slowest electrification rate. The problem is most significant in...
Image courtesy of Getty Article by Jimmy Nsubuga, yahoo news UK A street in the City of London is set to become the first to ban petrol and diesel cars. Continue reading here....
Image courtesy of PXFuel (Creative Commons, CC0) Article by Elise Solé, Yahoo Lifestyle Chili peppers aren’t for the faint of heart, but maybe they should be. Scientists in Italy say the spice slashes the mortality rate from heart attack and cerebrovascular disease (which restricts blood flow to the...
Image by Daniel Lobo via Flickr (CC0 1.0) Article by Rozina Sabur, via The Telegraph A city in Illinois has announced it will create a reparations fund for its African American community through a new tax on marijuana sales. Recreational use of the drug will become legal in the...