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In fighting deforestation, lets celebrate our victories: but beware the law of unintended consequences
Campaigns to transform the palm oil industry are having clear success on many fronts: Over twenty companies worldwide, including Unilever, Cargill, Wilmar, and Pepsico, have adopted sustainable palm o…
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We Don’t Know Enough About Nanomaterials To Be Adding Them So Freely To Our Food
Nanoparticles can be used to deliver vaccines, treat tumours, clean up oil spills, preserve food, protect skin from sun and kill bacteria. They’re so useful for purifying, thickening, colourin…
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The Bureau of Coal Leasing & Exports
The U.S may be home to the largest recoverable coal reserves in the world, but if the federal government follows through with plans to extract them at home and send them overseas, it will undermine Pr…
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New Study Suggests Airline Ticket Prices Need to Increase for Climate Policies To Work
As long as demand for air travel keeps increasing at projected rates, there’s really not much the airline industry can do to reduce its carbon emissions, according to new researchpublished by the U…
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Passive investing or active destruction: How robo-investing mows down forests for fun and profit
It’s a dynamic moment in the world of palm oil. Where, just a few years ago, not more than a handful of consumer companies showed concern over the overwhelming environmental and social costs of palm…
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Should Cruise Ships Be Taking Tourists to the Fragile Arctic?
Buying carbon offsets won’t stop global warming, but if you’re traveling, it’s your best individual option for reducing your carbon footprintWhen you’re preparing for a flight…
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Greens to sue EPA over aircraft emissions
A coalition of environmental groups said Tuesday that it would file a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to take action to curb carbon dioxide emissions…
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Conservation groups launch legal challenge to cut carbon pollution from aircraft
Challenge cites EPA’s delay in addressing one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon pollution three years after federal judge ruled agency must act SAN FRANCISCO — Conservation groups today fil…
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The tide has turned on pro-coal proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, a bipartisan group of senators decided to omit a pro-coal and anti-environment provision from a bill they introduced to reauthorize the federal Export-Import Bank. The…
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Greens say new developments should sink Keystone
New developments since the State Department’s environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline show that it should not be approved, 12 environmental groups said. Greens say new developments…