What resolutions if any did negotiators agree on at the recent COP28 climate talks in Abu Dhabi? Are environmental advocates happy with the results?
Environment
Let’s Give the Wary Wolverine Some Space
Wolverines are extremely solitary animals that purposefully avoid humans, so seeing one in the wild is typically a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
Wolverines are extremely solitary animals that purposefully avoid humans, so seeing one in the wild is typically a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
Wolves Are Back in Colorado, Some Residents Are Happier About That Than Others
A Colorado effort to reintroduce gray wolves sparks debate about the human place in the natural world.
A Colorado effort to reintroduce gray wolves sparks debate about the human place in the natural world.
Virginia Legislation Aims to Unleash Competition to Speed Progress on Clean Electricity
The proposal would erode investor-owned utilities’ monopoly on power generation by requiring more than a third of clean power to come from customers or third-party developers.
The proposal would erode investor-owned utilities’ monopoly on power generation by requiring more than a third of clean power to come from customers or third-party developers.
Organic Farming in Europe Is Shedding Its Niche Label
Europeans are increasingly keen to eat food that is both healthy for them and gentle on the environment.
Europeans are increasingly keen to eat food that is both healthy for them and gentle on the environment.
Invisible No More: Voices From Native America [Excerpt]
What Indigenous peoples know about fire.
What Indigenous peoples know about fire.
Europe Forges New Bonds Between Agriculture and Biodiversity
As the environmental and economic costs of industrial farming grow, so do opportunities to spur an ecological change.
As the environmental and economic costs of industrial farming grow, so do opportunities to spur an ecological change.
Compostable Plastic: Too Good to Be True?
Dear EarthTalk: Is compostable plastic too good to be true?
Is compostable plastic too good to be true?
Graphic: A Third of U.S. Corn Is Used to Produce Ethanol
The nation’s corn is used in animal feed, alcohol and artificial sweeteners, but a major portion is used for biofuels.
The nation’s corn is used in animal feed, alcohol and artificial sweeteners, but a major portion is used for biofuels.
What Happens to the Ocean if We Take Out All the Fish? A Marine Ecologist Explains the Complex Roles Fish Play in Their Ecosystem
What would happen to the ocean if we took out all the fish?
What would happen to the ocean if we took out all the fish?
Chicago Could Be First Major Midwestern City to Ban Gas in New Construction
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
Sure, It’s Going to Cost Money to Transition to a Greener Economy, but the Truth Is That We Can’t Put a Price on Our Survival
When figures are used to propose solutions to big problems, the result is often sufficiently dizzying that, in practice, the headlines go unnoticed or are soon forgotten.
When figures are used to propose solutions to big problems, the result is often sufficiently dizzying that, in practice, the headlines go unnoticed or are soon forgotten.
Maine Towns Band Together to Offer ‘Energy Navigators,’ Extra Funding for Home Energy Upgrades
The program, funded by a federal grant and set to launch in mid-2024, aims to fill cost gaps and ease confusion over government rebates as residents seek to cut heating costs and emissions.
The program, funded by a federal grant and set to launch in mid-2024, aims to fill cost gaps and ease confusion over government rebates as residents seek to cut heating costs and emissions.
My Letter for the Environment, 2024
We all need to change the way we think about community, the natural world, happiness and wealth.
We all need to change the way we think about community, the natural world, happiness and wealth.
Could Floating Plant Islands Help Remove PFAS From Waterways in the Cape Fear Basin?
Recent study by Swedish researchers suggests that plants could play a role in purifying PFAS-contaminated wetlands.
Recent study by Swedish researchers suggests that plants could play a role in purifying PFAS-contaminated wetlands.
The Science of Dishwashing: Changing Habits for a Greener World
Dishes dried with a tea towel were found to carry more bacteria than those left to air-dry in a draining rack.
Dishes dried with a tea towel were found to carry more bacteria than those left to air-dry in a draining rack.