February 2 is World Wetlands Day, and if an environmental issue ever needed a day dedicated to raising awareness, it would be wetlands protection. For most of human history, wetlands have been known as swamps or bogs, believed to be the source of disease, and scorned as unproductive. Wetlands have been and continue to be systematically destroyed around the world. […]
Lab-grown meat is a type of cellular agriculture that grows proteins from a culture, cell by cell, instead of farming it. It’s also called genetically-engineered or cultured meat as well as test-tube meat and stem cell steak. Singapore was the first country to approve a lab-grown meat product, bringing the possibility of getting our dinner from scientists rather than farmers […]
Ski slopes in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina pictured in early January with barely any snow. Photo credit: Reuters / Kirsten Donovan. By Anders Lorenzen 2022 was dominated by extreme weather events, and if the start of 2023 is anything to go by, this trend is set to continue. As 2022 turned into 2023, record-high temperatures swept across the European […]
By Jeremy Williams Britain is working towards the long-term goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Japan and the EU have set the same date, and Russia and China have chosen 2060. While these dates still feel like a long way away, there are some countries that have already reached net zero. This small handful of countries is […]
A Roadmap for the Clean Energy Future We Need We must reject the false choice between quickly ramping up transmission and protecting communities from harmful permitting decisions. Philippe Put / CC BY 2.0 We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the new clean energy economy that is essential to stabilize the climate. Both the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and […]
Why Your Air Quality Matters and How You Can Fix It A new EPA standard for PM 2.5 falls short. We need your help to push the EPA to do better. Particulate air monitors in use in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice Bad air quality is the world’s leading environmental killer. In the United […]
Participants of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 are seen in a hall at Davos Congress Centre. Photo credit: Reuters / Arnd Wiegmann. By Anders Lorenzen A survey carried out ahead of the annual Davos gathering in the lucrative alpine resort in Switzerland, which aims to ‘focus on the state of the world and the challenges ahead’, concluded that […]
Two new pipelines being laid in late December 2022. The pipelines will connect an oil and gas field in Arunachal Pradesh to a central gas gathering station in Assam, passing through nearly 20 kilometres of protected forest. Photo credit: Gurvinder Singh. By Gurvinder Singh Nearly 3,000 trees are to be felled during the construction of oil and gas pipelines in […]
She Grew up in the Amazon, and Now She’s Fighting For Its Life Brazilian politician Marina Silva talks with Earthjustice about the importance of addressing climate change in the wake of the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires. Brazilian politician Marina Silva has called for her country to move rapidly toward clean energy. Molly Crabapple for Earthjustice The Amazon rainforest is one […]
One of the Most Important Agencies Overseeing U.S. Energy Faces Deadlock A vacancy at a little-known but critical federal agency threatens to stall U.S. climate goals. Help us urge Biden to fill the seat. A wind turbine at the Twin Groves Wind Farm outside of Bloomington, Illinois. The government agency FERC has the power to accelerate the adoption of wind […]