Earth is getting warmer and its oceans rising faster than just a few decades ago, the United Nations’ chief meteorological arm said in a Sunday report that serves as a motivational Read more
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What is COP27? Key issues for markets to watch as U.N. climate talks kick off in Egypt
Scores of high-profile government officials, corporate interests and protestors converage by Egypt’s Red Sea for the next two weeks, charged with quickening the progress in curbing costly and deadly global Read more
Famous glaciers like Kilimanjaro and Yellowstone could disappear in decades: UN
Some of the world’s most famous glaciers, including those in the Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks in the U.S., are at great risk of disappearing by 2050 due to global Read more
Amazon.com funneling more dollars to women fighting climate change
It’s all hands on deck if the world is to solve its climate-change dilemma in just a few decades. But money in female entrepreneurial hands is much harder to come Read more
Some 75% of Americans would take a job in solar or EVs, which can pay 21% more
Roughly 75% of Americans like the idea of a well-paying, secure job in what some have billed the green Industrial Revolution — a stronger shift in coming months, years and Read more
Don’t toss your Halloween candy wrappers without reading this first
Halloween fun is actually serious business, and that means the potential for lots of waste at a time when more of our shopping aims to be environmentally sound. There are Read more
Inflation is coming for your Christmas tree
If you’re planning on buying a Christmas tree this year, start thinking about it now — and maybe even put some money aside. Supply-chain disruptions and global inflation have affected Read more
Farm groups rally against SEC proposal to report climate data
Big agricultural groups say a proposal from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring companies to report their carbon footprint could drive small farmers out of business. Skeptics say it Read more
U.K. says new P.M. Rishi Sunak won’t go to U.N. climate conference
New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday. Sunak’s office said the decision was based on “pressing Read more
This Earth-friendly sugar alternative from discarded plants boosts fiber intake
It’s hard to kick the sugar habit entirely, even when we know our lives can be much healthier without the dozen-plus teaspoons many of us consume daily in cookies, our Read more