Denver Completes Divestment From Fossil Fuel Companies
A month after Mayor Michael Hancock announced that the City and County of Denver planned to dump its investments in fossil fuel companies, the divestment process is finished.
'You did not act in time': Greta Thunberg's full speech to MPs
Read the full text of the speech Greta Thunberg gave to MPs at the Houses of Parliament. My name is Greta Thunberg. I am 16 years old. I come from Sweden. And I speak on behalf of future generations.
60 Minutes swarmed by mosquitoes ... in Siberia?
In Soviet gulags, guards used to use mosquitoes to torture prisoners. During a recent summer reporting trip to Siberia, a 60 Minutes team found out why.
How To Start & Make a Compost Pile at Home
As gardening takes more and more of a foothold in the lives of homeowners, many are exploring the benefits of taking their home and yard waste and turning it into compost, a highly beneficial soil amendment.
Biodiversity loss accelerates with 1 million species at risk of extinction, UN report finds
People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday.
Featured Website: earthday.org
The biggest lesson from the first Earth Day: When we come together, the impact can be monumental.
Trump Signs Executive Orders In Push To Make It Easier To Build Oil And Gas Pipelines
President Trump stood in front of an audience of operating engineers in Crosby, Texas, on Wednesday and promised to make it easier for them to lay pipe.
PARENTING THE CLIMATE-CHANGE GENERATION
Kids are taking over the streets in other countries, rallying and chanting and refusing to go to school one day a week.
This Is the First Picture of a Black Hole — And That's a Big, Even Supermassive, Deal
A picture of a black hole is one of those great, self-negating concepts, like the sound of silence, the presence of absence or the lives of the dead. The nature of one refutes the other. But a picture of a black hole has arrived nonetheless — revealed Wednesday morning in simultaneous press conferences held in […]
CLIMATE 100
THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN CLIMATE POLICY At a time when young people everywhere are marching to demand action on climate, it's more important than ever to celebrate and support those with the most power to act: the people driving tangible policy change.
The 2020 Climate Test
Our next president needs to be a real climate leader. That means supporting a Green New Deal to create millions of good jobs transitioning to the 100% renewable energy-powered economy we need, opposing climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects, and refusing to take big polluters’ money. See where all the candidates stand—then, take action.
How Eco Labels Affect the Consumer
The beginnings of sustainability initiatives can be traced to the Industrial Revolution, when people first started questioning its main negative consequence - air pollution.
World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity
The world’s capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity’s failure to protect biodiversity, according to the first UN study of the plants, animals and micro-organisms that help to put meals on our plates.
The Uninhabitable Earth: Unflinching New Book Lays Out Dire Consequences of Climate Chaos
“It is worse, much worse, than you think.” That’s the opening line of a damning new book by journalist David Wallace-Wells that offers an unflinching look at the growing climate catastrophe.
The climate change lawsuit that could stop the U.S. government from supporting fossil fuels
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 kids alleges the U.S. government knowingly failed to protect them from climate change. If the plaintiffs win, it could mean massive changes for the use of fossil fuels.
Breaking: Global School Strikes
Today is historic. As I write, 100,000s of children and students have already walked out of school to strike for the climate. And their global call to action is only just beginning – with incredible images and video from Australia, the Pacific, Asia, Europe and Africa already flowing in.
Governor Polis Takes Bold Action to Advance EVs & Clean Air
Colorado's new governor is starting out the new year with a plan to reduce transportation carbon emissions to protect the environment and public health.
The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change
Just over a century ago in Ludwigshafen, Germany, a scientist named Carl Bosch assembled a team of engineers to exploit a new technique in chemistry. A year earlier, another German chemist, Fritz Haber, hit upon a process to pull nitrogen (N) from the air and combine it with hydrogen (H) to produce tiny amounts of […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline
Whether it's a deadly cold snap or a hole under an Antarctic glacier or a terrifying new report, there seem to be constant reminders now of the dangers that climate change poses to humanity.
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH WARNS OF 'APPALLING FUTURE,' TELLING DAVOS 'THE GARDEN OF EDEN IS NO MORE'
David Attenborough has told the world’s political and business leaders that mankind must work together to protect the planet, telling World Economic Forum (WEF) delegates that “the Garden of Eden is no more” and that mankind must “move beyond guilt or blame” to come up with “practical solutions.”
