All Environment
- Difference MakerShe wasn’t an environmental expert, but now she has a ‘Green Nobel’
Claire Nouvian helped to secure an EU ban on deep-sea trawling and has received a Goldman Environmental Prize, which is given to grass-roots environmentalists who are struggling for change.
- First LookMongolian herders leave nomadic lifestyle for the city
For Mongolian herders, life is changing fast. Around 68,000 herders a year move to the capital of Ulaanbaatar, with many pointing to climate change as a driving factor.
- First LookIndian inventors curb air pollution by turning exhaust into ink
A team of Indian engineers have found a way to turn air pollution into ink. The device they came up with, which attaches to generators, captures 90 percent of the soot particles from cooled diesel exhaust.
- Where women lead on climate change
Women often bear the brunt of climate change's impact. In Guatemala, they also have become some of the country's most visible environmental activists.
- First LookLawsuits target oil and gas leases in fight for imperiled sage grouse
Wildlife advocates asked courts to reverse lease sales in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada, in order to preserve the habitat of the fast-disappearing greater sage grouse.
- First LookCosta Rica's president elect promises zero-carbon transport
The first-of-its-kind pledge from a Costa Rican leader to remove gas and diesel from the country's transportation faces significant challenges. A plan to achieve that goal will most likely be ready by 2021.
- First LookHigh court ruling exhorts Pakistan to curb air pollution levels
In an effort to improve air quality following a lawsuit against the Pakistan government, Pakistan's top judges are pressuring the government to better address air pollution by adding pollution filters in factories and air quality monitors.
- Even in Trump era, green energy innovation is sparking, not sputtering
Congress has kept in place federal funds that support the key period when inventors have to build prototypes to show potential investors. Some corporations and states also help maintain momentum on clean energy.
- Are proposed EPA rules a move toward transparency or an attack on science?
A proposal by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt that aims to limit the scientific research that the agency can use to set rules illustrates a widening rift between Republicans and the scientific community.
- Are environmentalists hypocrites?
Concern for the environment often rises alongside material wealth. Yet that wealth in turn drives environmental destruction. Is there a way out?
- US counties get mixed grades in ‘State of the Air’ pollution report
The American Lung Association’s annual report on pollution levels in the United States warns that 2 in 5 Americans live in counties with too much ozone or particulate pollution.
- First LookEngineers reconstruct the Mighty Mississippi to predict effects of erosion
Engineers hope the 10,000-square-foot foam replica of the Lower Mississippi can help them study and prevent coastal erosion. The Delta region is on the front lines of land loss due to erosion.
- First LookInsect farms emerge as an alternate source of protein
A small but growing insect-farming industry is attracting attention from global food brands looking for alternate and sustainable sources of protein for both animal feed and human consumption.
- Russian consumerism may be poisoning this town. But nascent civil society is pushing back.
Locals in Volokolamsk say the massive garbage dump outside of their town is poisoning their children. The dump is a byproduct of Russia's transformation from communist to capitalist society – but the locals' lawsuit to move it shows that civil society is growing too.
- First LookAround the globe, museums seek to solve climate change
Curators are planning a new wave of museums devoted to climate change. They are pushing city planners and experts to use museums to foster empathy in citizens on climate issues, which will also be used as platforms for scientists to have their voices heard.
- First LookBrazil plants chocolate forests to save the Amazon
Brazil's cattle ranchers are planting cocoa on their used-up pasture, with financial support from international environmental groups. Cocoa plantations can imitate natural forests by helping to restore native plant and wildlife species and absorb carbon dioxide.
- How Fukushima turned a nuclear advocate into an antinuclear champion
Naoto Kan, Japan's former prime minister, was devoted to the idea of nuclear power. But after his country's nuclear disaster in 2011, he turned into an improbable activist against atomic energy. Can he persuade the pro-nuke French?
- First LookConstruction of massive water tunnels wins approval in California
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved a plan to help fund two tunnels connecting the Sacramento River to drought-sensitive communities around the state, but the plan is criticized by environmentalists.
- First LookYouths take up activism to counter climate change
Youth-led climate organizations are springing up around the globe and pushing for measures to counter climate change. Drawing from personal experience, they are rallying to hold their governments accountable for failing to properly address problems.
- First LookFacebook's latest low mark: selling illegal and threatened animal parts
Facebook become one of the 20 technology companies that joined the Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online. But weeks after joining scores of internationally banned wildlife products were found for sale in public and private Facebook groups.