May 6th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
LA mayor Eric Garcetti has announced a new Green New Deal plan that will slash emissions and congestion while creating new job opportunities. The Sunrise Movement says it doesn't do enough soon enough.
May 6th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Every person on Earth should have access to reliable water supplies. Water is essential for sanitation, hygiene, and daily survival, but in some places, conflict over water is becoming more commonplace.To recognize the importance of water for everything we do, we compiled seven graphics that explain the state of the world’s vital water resources
May 6th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
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.
May 5th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Oil spills don’t make the news very often unless they are big, like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, which killed 11 people and spewed an estimated 205 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But spills happen frequently. According to data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there were 137 oil spills in 2018, about 11 per month
May 5th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
The evidence is in -- Game of Thrones has many lessons for us about climate change... if we'll only listen
May 4th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Communities around the world are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Finance is at the heart of the matter: adapting to rising sea levels, heat waves, floods, and erratic weather is becoming expensive very quickly, particularly for developing countries
May 3rd, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Originally published on WRI’s Resource Watch platform, a platform which features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens
May 2nd, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to celebrate when you look more closely at ocean-related developments
April 10th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Zero Mass Water's Source Hydropanels harness the power of the sun and use it to produce from thin air. It's known as atmospheric water generation, and the fact that Zero Mass Water's panels are able to produce pure drinking water without the need for any external electricity makes them perfect for off-grid and disaster response scenarios around the world
April 5th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
Canada's newly released report, Canada’s Changing Climate Report, comes just months after the NOAA’s annual executive summary of ongoing changes regarding land, ice, and ocean throughout the Arctic during the 2018 calendar year
March 30th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Green infrastructure like healthy forests, wetlands and coral reefs can cheaply and effectively enhance the performance of traditional built, or “gray infrastructure.”
March 25th, 2019 | by Nexus Media
The impacts of the spill left an entire generation reeling from the impacts of oil pollution
March 23rd, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Should we congratulate known polluters who concede to adding renewable energy to their mix
March 21st, 2019 | by Tina Casey
When a former coal lobbyist helms the EPA, that may be a comfort to US coal stakeholders but it's not necessarily great news for oil and gas
March 4th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The latest data from groundwater monitoring systems shows 90% of coal ash storage pits are leaching harmful toxins into the environment. The EPA wants to roll back regulations designed to protect the environment.
March 2nd, 2019 | by The Beam
An interview with Diane D’Arras, President of the International Water Association
February 28th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Voters in Toledo have approved a Bill of Rights for Lake Erie, giving it legally protected status. What happens next?
February 14th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Watergen has developed a product that it believes will play a critical role in the struggle to find clean water today and on into the future with its atmospheric water generator (AWG). The company has developed not one, not two, but four applications derived from its AWG. CleanTechnica connected with Watergen's VP of Marketing and Sales, Michael Rutman, to talk about the company's newest product, the Genny, a residential atmospheric water generator
January 17th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
The numbers of desalination facilities across the globe are increasing, but so, too, are brine byproducts
January 14th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
One hundred years ago, 1919 was a really big year: Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War I, Mahatma Gandhi began his nonviolent resistance against British rule, the Grand Canyon became a national park. And on a lighter note, pop-up toasters entered kitchens for the first time!
