ENVIRONMENT

Scuba divers swim over a coral reef. IPBES Protecting biodiversity isn’t just important for its own sake; it’s essential for human wellbeing too. A new report from the The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) – which is often described as the “IPCC for biodiversity” – found that billions of people depend

Bald eagles are a famous Endangered Species Act success story. Andy Morffew / CC BY 2.0 A federal judge on Tuesday restored a wide swath of Endangered Species Act protections gutted by the Trump administration. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Northern California comes as the Biden administration is working on replacement

A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 737 airplane taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport on April 27, 2022. Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via Getty Images In an ad campaign launched in 2019, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines invited airplane travelers and the rest of the aviation industry to join it in “flying responsibly.” A video

An offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. landbysea / iStock / Getty Images Plus The Biden administration issued a proposal Friday for how to handle offshore drilling over the next five years.  The proposal would ban new drilling for oil and gas off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but allow up to 11

Leather is everywhere – in our shoes, our purses and luggage, our winter jackets and stylish furniture – but its effect is seen globally.  To create the leather for our clothing, homewares, and other purposes, billions of cows are slaughtered each year. The livestock sector – which produces both food products and leather – is

As we strive for a more environmentally conscientious world, everything we eat, drink and buy can be looked at from the vantage point of sustainability. And that includes simple pleasures like wine. In California, wine means big business, and it’s standard practice for winemakers to coat their grapes with a sulfur-based fungicide in order to

NanoAvionics used a GoPro Hero 7 mounted on a selfie stick to take the first-ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in space with an immersive view of Earth. NanoAvionics In 1968, a photograph taken from space helped galvanize the environmental movement. The famous “Earthrise” image of our planet rising from the moon helped raise awareness about the

Crystal Bay on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Esteban Martinena Guerrero / iStock / Getty Images Plus Fourth of July firework shows are getting harder and harder to stage as high summer temperatures fueled by the climate crisis increase the risk that they will spark wildfires. But one town in the drought-stricken West has

A couple stand on a sandbar at low tide at Grays Beach in Yarmouth, Massachusetts in 2019, as effects of climate change are apparent in the beach’s erosion. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via Getty Images Romantic partners can be the sounding boards for each other’s thoughts on all sorts of issues, including the

In this handout photo provided by NASA, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 on May 19, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Joel Kowsky / NASA / Getty Images Rockets used for space tourism could potentially have a much bigger effect on the global

UN Secretary General António Guterres speaks on the first day of the UN Ocean Conference, June 27, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. Pedro Fiúza / NurPhoto via Getty Images From sea level rise to ocean acidification to plastic pollution, our planet faces an “ocean emergency,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said on the first day of

People walking in Tokyo’s Shibuya district with umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun on June 27, 2022. David Mareuil / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images June in the Northern Hemisphere has been sweltering so far, with every continent setting high temperature records. Japan set a record for the month on Saturday when the city

Pekic / E+ / Getty Images More than one-third of U.S households are renters, and it is crucial that they are included in the conversation surrounding sustainability.1 Our eco-friendly renting guide will show both renters and landlords how they can make a difference in their communities.  In 2020, almost half of American renters were cost

Gearing up for a summer road trip? Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, or minimizing factory-farmed meat and dairy in your diet, eating on the road can be tough. Ask a plant-based friend and they’ll tell you the struggle of ordering at the drive-through window; they’ve probably eaten more meals of French fries and hamburger buns topped

Despite their name, invasive species can be deceptively cute, stunning, or fragrant, inspiring people to introduce them to non-native habitats. But the issue is that some species are moved to a new area, either on purpose or by mistake, and are met with a lack of natural predators, allowing them to crowd out native species.

A gas station in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 2022. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images Could Los Angeles become the largest city yet to ban the construction of new gas stations?  The idea might seem improbable. The City of Angels is infamous for its reliance on cars. Its public transit system