World’s happiest countries are looking beyond net zero
People sit on an unusually high bench at the sunset in Copenhagen, on May 9, 2023. The height of a dozen public benches across Denmark was increased by 85 cm …
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1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution
For Gaddy, who is African American, the report’s findings confirm what she and her neighbors in Newark’s predominantly Black South Ward have experienced for years. Gaddy and her three children …
Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
WASHINGTON — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas …
Sleep apnea can be tied to air pollution, suggests new study
NEW DELHI: Can air pollution add to the risk and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts? A new …
Negotiations on global plastic treaty to resume in Canada
Ottawa – Negotiators from 175 countries are meeting from Tuesday in Canada to nail down a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, with many sticking points to be resolved …
Earth Day: How a senator’s idea more than 50 years ago got people fighting for their planet
Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir …
forever chemical, PFAS, PFOS regulation to cost $1.5 billion annually
Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, …
Tenth consecutive monthly global heat record shocks climate scientists
An excavator drives past a dried-up pond in Vietnam’s southern Ben Tre province on March 19, 2024. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images Scientists on Tuesday confirmed that last …
How this UK-based firm is growing a more sustainable cannabis
Cannabis plants grow in the clone room at Aurora Deutschland GmbH, a manufacturer of medical Cannabis products, in Leuna, Germany September 11, 2023. Lisi Niesner | Reuters Growing cannabis indoors …
NASA Space Junk Tears Through Florida Home
Have you ever been sitting in your home, minding your own business when suddenly a two-pound hunk of junk from the heavens smashed through the ceiling? No? Me neither. But …