Plastic bags charge set to be extended to small shops in England
The 5p charge for plastic bags is expected to be applied to small shops under government plans to be unveiled by Theresa May this week as...
As Trump opens more waters for oil exploration, the tiny nation of Belize shows a better way
On Thursday (Jan. 4), Donald Trump proposed allowing oil drilling in nearly all waters situated off of US shores. If the proposal passes,...
In New York, Drawing Flood Maps Is a ‘Game of Inches’
With its 520 miles of coastline and thousands of acres of waterfront development, New York has more residents living in high-risk flood...
China to create new forests the size of Ireland
China will plant new forests covering an area roughly the size of Ireland this year as it aims to increase forest coverage to 23 percent...
Bringing the world’s dead zones back to life
For lovers of seafood it’s a bonanza. Thousands of blue crabs stacked on top of each other in the shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay,...
Australia's emissions are rising. It's time for this government to quit pretending
In the week before Christmas the government yet again released its latest data on greenhouse gas emissions in the hope they would be...
Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again
Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of...
4,000 times greater: the warming power of hydroflourocarbons compared to carbon dioxide.
Ozone depletion was the first human threat to the global atmosphere to be recognized. It was also the first to be addressed by the...
Dreadful viral diseases on the rise in Africa due to climate change and deforestation
Beautiful, patterned white lines and detailed symbols traced the walls of the room. Inside there, in Gbolaka-Ta village, young Liberian...
Day Zero: Residents fear taps will run dry as water crisis worsens in Cape Town
As the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, residents of Cape Town, South Africa, ushered in 2018 - the start of a new year and the start of...