Thanks to famous sites like Love Canal, everybody knows that a Superfund site is seriously polluted. But most polluted areas are not famous – there are more than 1300 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List, and many of them have been waiting for 40 years without much action. Chances are you live close to at least one heavily polluted […]
Remember when summertime meant living was easy? Summer used to be the season of backyard barbecues, trips to the beach, and vegetable gardens full of fresh produce. Those things aren’t gone, but these days summer seems more likely to be about dealing with heat waves, Category 5 hurricanes, and wildfires. It’s not just your imagination that things are getting worse. […]
For many of us, the Climate Crisis looks like a brick wall, something the internal combustion-driven economy will slam into and total the system we grew up in. John J. Berger, Ph.D., author of Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth, explored the path forward without getting up with the doom-saying that discourages people from […]
Farmed salmon has been touted as a solution to food scarcity as the world turns to eating more seafood. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that seafood production must increase 29.3% by 2030 to keep up with demand. Our guest today is Simen Sætre, who coauthored The New Fish: The Truth about Farmed Salmon and the Consequences We […]
Thinking of abandoning your internal combustion engine for an electric vehicle (EV)? There are more electric vehicles than ever before, and numerous vehicle types, including electric pickups, luxury EVs, and SUVs on the market. Advances in battery technology are also boosting vehicle range, and an increasingly robust charging infrastructure makes electric cars more appealing than ever. Tesla sets itself apart […]
Lawsuits have always been a useful strategy for the environmental movement. But historically, environmental nonprofits like Earthjustice usually brought those lawsuits against the government. They often hinged on government’s failure to enforce its own laws or negligence in protecting citizens. Now cash-strapped governments dealing with unprecedented natural disaster recovery costs are suing corporations for damages, opening another front in the […]
The European Union recently passed the Deforestation Regulation, a groundbreaking law that requires companies to prove their products are not linked to deforestation in order to import them into the EU. What products are covered? And can the regulations help you choose products that don’t harm forests too, even if you live outside of Europe? Deforestation is a major environmental […]
Anyone who lives near a body of water is probably familiar with toxic algal blooms. As the climate and bodies of water warm, they are becoming more common and more severe. And with impacts that range from foul odors to sea mammal die-off, it’s worth learning how to stop contributing to toxic algal blooms, even if you live far from […]
Even if you’re not much of a gardener, you are probably aware of the harm that invasive plant species can cause. But plants are not the only species that can wreak havoc in the landscape. The pests that prey on non-native plants can be even more devastating when they escape the garden and find defenseless native plants to feed on. […]
Each year, humans use more natural resources and pour more CO2 into the atmosphere. Today, humans used up the planet’s capacity to support life for the year. After falling earlier every year, including on July 29 during 2021, in 2023 humans managed consume and pollute a bit more slowly. Earth Overshoot Day marks the day when “humanity’s demand for ecological […]