Tag: pollution

Natural gas, while not ideal, is still less dirty to burn than coal.

More people are eating meat in China, leading to farmers using more fertilizers.

This is an unmitigated catastrophe.

It comes down to the inefficient engines they use.

I like plant.

Plastics are one of the most widespread contaminants on Earth -- and every bit of it was made by humans.

Yet another problem associated with pollution.

It's not like you could just flip a switch and... oh.

Consequences of the Amazon fires continue to pop up.

Breathe in that sweet urban air.

Long-term exposure to all major air pollutants is linked with higher incidence of lung damage.

So let's clean it up.

On one hand, northwest India needs to tackle groundwater depletion. On the other hand, air pollution claimed the lives of ...

China's pollution is ironically hurting its renewable energy technology.

There's more plastic in the deep than there is on the surface.

Please, tell me again how this has nothing to do with emissions.

Researchers are trying to map the pollution impact of all the foods we eat.

Researchers are calling for change on all levels of society.

Even pristine mountainous landscapes are now polluted with microplastics.

That's a lot of kids.

Oh boy, it's not pretty.

Today's vote is "essential in order to protect the marine environment and reduce the costs of environmental damage attributed to ...

Thrash we've thrown away years ago is killing ocean life as you're reading this.

This is just adding more salt to the wound.

The study was performed on Chinese cities -- but the air pollution problem is very much a global one.

A gruelling reminder to curb our plastic pollution.

The drugs we take are reaching natural ecosystems, and moving up the food chain.

Pollution is a silent killer -- and it's affecting almost all the planet's children.

It's the first to show that humans are eating plastic.

PCBs have been banned almost two decades ago but their effects are still widely felt by the iconic orcas.

This is an observational study and, as such, the findings cannot be used to establish a cause-effect relationship -- but ...

Go Cali, go!

An intriguing policy.

Just throw them in the trash if you don't want them on your plate later on.

Nobody likes oil in their water.

The discovery paves the way for advanced materials that have the same functionality as living organisms.

It's not a simple problem and it doesn't have a simple answer -- but here's what we can do.

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

Don't breathe too hard.

The emissions total around 13 million metric tons.

Now you know exactly what your purchases do.

Despite some city and state-wide measures, no other country in the Americas has banned plastic bags.

These are steps in the right direction.

Yikes.

It should basically be called Arctic sea plastic by now.

Don't breathe too hard.

Taxing plastic bags or coffee cups works -- and the rest of the world should follow suit.

Another problem caused by climate change.

Strike another win for the bad guys.

That's a lot of CO2.