“As residents of Mexico City are being asked to stay indoors to avoid hazardous air quality, WRI’s Resource Watch team is tracking the fires breaking out in Mexico and Central America in near-real time,” the World Resources Institute emailed CleanTechnica.
A couple in California has been awarded more than $2 billion in damages for health issues a jury found were caused by Roundup, a week killer manufactured by Monsanto. That’s a lot of money, but it’s unlikely anyone would want to switch places with the plaintiffs.
About half of the world’s land is collectively held. Most of that land is not legally recognized under national laws, and even less of that land is formally documented with a land title.
Imagine Lagos, Nigeria, a city of 22 million. What was once a small coastal town just a few decades ago has exploded into a sprawling megacity spanning 452 square miles. Its rapid growth has stretched the city’s services impossibly thin: Less than 10 percent of people live in homes with sewer connections; less than 20 percent have access to tap water. Many houses are in slums and informal settlements at the city’s periphery. Now picture Lagos twice as big.
Do governments around the world have what it takes to save millions of species from extinction?
Preserving and restoring forests is an effective step toward mitigating climate change, and comes with a host of other benefits.
A new study has used tree ring data records to measure drought conditions around the world. It finds a correlation between human activity and drought going back to the early 1900s.
Researchers at the University of Sussex have devised a way to use naturally occurring bacteria to target a specific agricultural pest. It could signal the end of pesticide use as we know it.
Carl’s Jr is beefing up its lineup of flame broiled sandwiches with a new patty that promises to take its sandwiches Beyond Beef. The fast food chain is adding the Beyond Beef burger to its menu by upgrading its flagship Famous Star burger to what they are calling the Beyond Famous Star.
To avoid eating our way toward catastrophic climate change, we must transition to a low-carbon diet. But as the issue of meat consumption slowly gains traction amongst consumers and business, our governments are lagging behind, mostly ignoring it entirely. But how can policymakers help us all to make more sustainable choices for the dinner table?
