Germany considers imposing ‘meat tax’ to protect the climate
Lawmakers in Germany said this week it might be time to raise the sales tax on meat in order to help protect the climate and improve animal welfare, according to EcoWatch: “German politicians from the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens on Wednesday proposed raising the value added tax (VAT) on meat to the standard […]
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Study Finds No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health
Fracking is not only a threat to the environment, it’s a threat to public health, and we now have independent peer-reviewed studies to prove it. Hydraulic fracking is the process by which oil and gas companies use chemicals to squeeze natural gas out of shale rocks underground. If you’ve ever seen videos of people being […]
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Largest nature reserve in Africa may lose half its land to oil development
The Termit and Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve in Niger was established in 2012 and is the largest on the African continent, covering nearly 38,600 square miles of desert and mountains in the southern Sahara, an area three times the size of Belgium and as large as the U.S. state of Maine. It has been […]
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Scientists Call For Transition To Vegetarian Diets In Leaked Report
An alarming new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is calling for drastic changes the world needs to start making now in order to combat the climate crisis. Food waste and land use are among the top contributors to carbon emissions in our world today. In particular, our addiction to beef has […]
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Study Suggests Reconsidering Use Of Airships To Create Cleaner Hydrogen Economy
As the world desperately searches for new ways to cut carbon emissions and make transportation more environmentally friendly, a new compelling study is suggesting that we should reconsider using hydrogen airships. The shipping industry that crosses the ocean on a daily basis only makes up three percent of carbon emissions, and even it is looking […]
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The European Investment Bank says it will refuse to fund fossil fuel projects by the end of 2020
Effective on January 1, 2021, the European Investment Bank (EIB), says it will no longer loan a dime of its money to any fossil fuel company and will instead use its funds to fight global climate change through investments in clean, renewable energy, Bloomberg reports: “’The bank will phase out support to energy projects reliant […]
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Insect populations plummet in the U.S. as pesticide use drastically increases
The insect apocalypse is upon us, and it’s the widespread use of pesticides that is to blame, posing a serious threat to ecosystems, the food supply and our own survival. For some time now, experts have been warning us about the mass decline of insects that threatens wildlife and humans. Most people may overtake the […]
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July was the hottest month ever recorded on the planet
June laid claim to being the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, but July said “hold my beer” and scorched the planet unlike any other. Now it holds the dubious title. The United States and Europe both experienced horrible heat waves in July that sent temperatures soaring above 100 degrees. In fact, it was so […]
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Irish teen wins global science award for developing method to remove microplastics from water
An 18-year-old Irish teen recently won the Google Science Fair for a project he submitted that removes microplastics from water, according to the Journal of Ireland: “(Fionn Ferreira’s) project examined a new method for extracting microplastics (plastic particles less than 5mm in diameter) from water. Microplastics or microbeads are mostly used in soaps, shower gels and facial […]
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Costa Rica achieves nearly 100 percent of their power needs via renewable energy sources
In a world that is continuing to struggle to make the transition to clean renewable energy sources to reduce carbon emissions, one of the lone bright spots is Costa Rica, which has nearly achieved 100 percent of its power through renewables, according to a new report. In October of 2017, Costa Rica generated a record […]
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