Carbon capture strategies will play an essential role in drawing down CO2 levels. A carbon capture industry is developing that includes natural options like planting trees and restoring prairies and wetlands, pulling CO2 from the atmosphere with Direct Air Capture, and various technical approaches that engineer changes in the environment or rely on injecting CO2 into deep geological structures. But […]
climate change Photo credit: UN. By Anders Lorenzen On Earth Day (22nd of April), the UN’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres continued his rhetoric that tackling the climate crisis is more urgent than ever. In the below video message, Guterres explained that currently, our actions are laying waste to forests, jungles, farmland, wetlands, oceans, coral reefs, rivers, seas, and lakes and that […]
energy Photo credit: RWE. By Anders Lorenzen EDF, the French energy giant known for its nuclear portfolio, has confirmed its decarbonisation commitment by announcing it will construct the largest offshore wind farm in France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie (EMMN), a company partly owned by EDF Renewables (the renewable energy arm of EDF) and Maples Power, was selected to build […]
About the Program Please note: You must register for all 4 sessions individually. Session 1: Conservation Policy in Action At 11am EST/ 3pm UTC on Saturday, 29 April Featuring speakers Claudia Munoz-Colon, OceanEcho Fellow, and students from the 30×30 Illinois Conservation Task Force Participants will learn from youth leaders from several different regions, as they share […]
For the past year, Earth911 has honored the 52-year history of Earth Day with 52 Actions for the Earth. Each week since Earth Day 2022, we have shared an action you can take to invest in the Earth and make your own life more sustainable. Tomorrow is the 53rd annual Earth Day. This week, you can take action for the […]
This Earth Day, take informed steps toward your sustainable future. Earth911.com and YellowTin have teamed up to create a new tool for shopping and saving on electrifying your home. Our expert-authored guides help reduce your family’s impact on the planet while saving money on energy bills. Visit our new shopping platform and enter a few details about your home, transportation, […]
Energy generation and distribution are experiencing the kind of disruption that transformed many other industries over the past 20 years. But the electric grid is a stubbornly rigid physical infrastructure that will require vast investments to modernize. Dr. Tim Lieuwen, Regents’ Professor and executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech, joins the conversation to discuss accelerating the pace […]
Today’s quote is from Native American author and poet Sherman Alexie. In his award-winning book for young people, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, he wrote: “The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don’t know.” Take some time today to quietly observe the world around you and celebrate the wonders of our […]
Grocery shopping can be challenging enough, trying to decipher ingredient labels to determine which products are the healthiest. We also have organic and non-GMO logos to consider. The latest label trend is for products grown using regenerative agriculture, a holistic land-management practice focusing on soil and ecosystem health, resulting in many public health and environmental benefits like boosting biodiversity and […]