Save wildlife, save forests, and avoid pandemics
Covid-19 emerged from the wilderness. That alone is reason to protect the forests, control trade in wildlife – and avoid pandemics. The post Save wildlife,...Ireland’s Supreme Court damns climate policies
The country’s highest judicial authority, Ireland’s Supreme Court, says the government’s climate policy is not up to the job. The post Ireland’s Supreme Court damns...Bigger cars make bigger profits, but only for a few
Manufacturers who promote bigger cars earn more but harm efforts to cut carbon emissions and reduce unhealthy air. The post Bigger cars make bigger profits,...The poor pay for the grim legacy of uranium mining
Uranium mining costs humans dearly. The nuclear industry prefers not to discuss the price paid by miners and their families. The post The poor pay...
Waste plastic cascade could triple in 20 years
In a throwaway world, some discards are forever. New research measures the crisis of the world’s waste plastic.
World’s nuclear fusion dream takes a leap forward
Nuclear fusion is the most ambitious project in the world, recreating on Earth the complex heat-producing reactions of the sun in the hope of making...Holidays at home can help to slow climate heating
Staycationing − spending holidays at home − can protect the planet by cutting the aircraft emissions which heat the Earth. The post Holidays at home...Rising heat affects Europe’s floods and droughts
Patterns of Europe’s floods and droughts are starting to change: each could be more extreme, and far likelier with rising heat. The post Rising heat...