Free electricity in Australia, and other eco wins this week
The Hambach forest stays After a decades-long fight, one of Germany’s last remaining pieces of intact ancient woodland has…
Ocean Power Technologies deepens European maritime security push
Ocean Power Technologies deepens European maritime security push Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock Ocean Power Technologies Inc…
National Sustainability Showcase: Southland’s Michelle and Tony Roberts receive Gordon Stephenson Trophy
Head judge Karen Williams said the couple embodied everything the national ambassador role represented. “They chased a dream,…
Seeing Green: Nature Immersion Has Its Benefits
Can nature heal? Human history regarding the relationship with nature is paradoxical. On one hand, the notion that…
A popular climate fix could accidentally trigger massive changes to global weather
As carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to climb, interest in geoengineering is growing as governments, researchers, and environmental…
Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’ | National parks
On a crisp, sunny morning at the end of June, dappled light filtered through the canopy of an…
US scientists turn dead EV battery waste into high-performing new battery
With millions of electric vehicle batteries nearing the end of their use, researchers have found a way to…
Australia welcomes draft UNESCO decision to keep Great Barrier Reef off danger list
Australia welcomed a draft UNESCO decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered site, its…
Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’
Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the…
70 years on from the killer smog: what clean air laws teach us about power, pollution and profit
Seventy years ago, London choked. For five days in December 1952, a toxic smog smothered the city. Visibility…
Canada hopes to become an ‘energy superpower’
Canada announced plans to build a major oil pipeline to boost sales to Asia and massively increase oil…
Tiny forests popping up across Sydney as part of effort to restore urban tree canopy
Tiny forests are starting to spring up in small land plots in Sydney’s suburbs as locals look to…