With sales of electric cars surging, China is on track to hit peak gasoline demand next year, two new analyses find. Already, more than half of all EVs worldwide can be found on Chinese roads, and this year EVs are projected to account for more than a third of new car sales in China. With plug-in cars increasingly displacing gas […]
Athletic Clothing Textile Swaps for a Healthier Workout
With high levels of BPA found in synthetic athletic wear that sheds microplastics when laundered, you may be looking for safer alternatives for your workout gear. These tiny plastics are polluting the air and water and putting our health at risk. Fortunately, several brands and suppliers offer alternatives to virgin petroleum-based fabrics — including polyester, nylon, acrylic, rayon, polyamide, and […]
Earth911 Podcast: SuperCircle Breaks the Textiles Logjam
SuperCircle, a textiles recycling startup, has cracked the circular economy code for fashion brands. Meet Chloe Songer and Start Ahlum, co-founders of SuperCircle, which provides clothing takeback and recycling services to leading clothing brands, including tentree, Reformation, Mate the Label, and the circular sneaker brand Thousand Fell — which Songer and Ahlum also co-founded in 2018. SuperCircle launched in 2022 […]
Analysis: Leading scientist accuse Guardian of misinformation as Danish researchers highlight concerns over potential collapse of the AMOC current system
A proposed tipping cascade where the AMOC would mediate a connection between the other tipping elements. Graphic credit: Nico Wunderling, Jonathan F. Donges, Jürgen Kurths, and Ricarda Winkelmann – Earth System Dynamics paper – Interacting tipping elements increase risk of climate domino effects under global warming, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen In a recent study, Danish researchers […]
Earth911 Podcast: Consumer Reports’ New Electric Yard Tool Recommendations
Welcome to the hottest part of summer, when the heat and smoke season may have you looking at your yard and thinking that it’s time to upgrade from gas lawn equipment to electric, or to go back to manual tools. Tobie Stanger, a senior editor at Consumer Reports, joins the conversation to talk about the independent, nonprofit product review site’s […]
Wind Turbine Recycling Prize Offers $5.1 Million to Entrepreneurs, Promotes Local Solutions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched the $5.1 million Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the competition aims to identify and develop a cost-effective recycling industry for two critical materials in wind turbines: fiber-reinforced composites and the rare earth elements that enable efficient electricity generation. Editor’s note: We’re preparing to launch the Earth911 Circular Economy […]
Earth911 Inspiration: A Green Future or None at All
Today’s inspiration is from Bob Brown, an Australian environmentalist, doctor, former politician, and founder of Bush Heritage Australia and the Bob Brown Foundation: “The future will either be green or not at all.” Earth911 inspiration posters: Post them and share your desire to help people think of the planet first, every day. Click the poster to get a larger image. Join […]
Huge investor warns about Earth Overshoot Day
Photo credit: Earth Overshoot Day. By Anders Lorenzen Earth Overshoot Day is the day of the year when we have already used up all the resources the Earth can generate. It has been happening earlier and earlier each year since the 1970s. This year the day falls on the 2nd of August. It is estimated it would take 1.7 Earths […]
Gardening With the Three Sisters
If you’ve never grown a vegetable garden before, it can be a lot to take on all at once. Many beginners plant too much of too many things, only to become overwhelmed midseason and give up. But you don’t have to go straight from houseplants to homesteading. Themed vegetable gardens are a great way to focus your efforts and improve […]