Energy and Water Need to Be Researched Together: Contact Your Representatives
Wed 7:00am By Earth911
From 1980 through 2024, the United States averaged 9 weather and climate disasters per year, each…Guest Idea: How to Choose a Laundry Detergent That’s Better for the Planet
Wed 7:00am By Guest Contributor
A single load of synthetic laundry can shed hundreds of thousands of plastic microfibers into…PaintCare Reveals How Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Can Grow
Tue 7:00am By Earth911
Open the cabinet under almost any kitchen sink, then check the garage shelf and the basement corner.…18.2 Million Mattresses Disposed a Year, and Most of Them Get Buried
Mon 7:00am By Earth911
Pull the sheets back from the numbers and the American mattress starts to look less like a product…Sustainability In Your Ear: IFT’s Brendan Niemira on Why Food Science Is Climate Science
Mon 7:00am By Mitch Ratcliffe
About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system, but the public…Guest Idea: Wildfire-Resistant Plant Selection
May 29, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Picture two houses in the aftermath of a California wildfire. What’s left of one is a scorched…Vertebrate and Insect Extinctions in the 21st Century
May 28, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Run an insect trap through a German nature reserve today and it will catch a fraction of the insects…Guest Idea: The Hidden Environmental Cost of Digital Hoarding
May 27, 2026, 7:00 am By Guest Contributor
Every photo, email and forgotten download stored in the cloud lives somewhere physical. Most of the…What Pet Waste Costs: The Litter, Bags, and Packaging Filling America’s Landfills
May 26, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Every year, Americans bury an estimated two million tons or more of used clay cat litter — clay…Sustainability In Your Ear: Trex Makes Circularity Work
May 25, 2026, 7:00 am By Mitch Ratcliffe
Less than 2% of Americans can put plastic film in their curbside recycling bin, according to The…The EPA Is Changing the Rules for Plastic Recycling Plants
May 25, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
On March 20, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule change that could…Guest Idea: How the Birmingham Darter Could Be Saved by the Project Marvel Data Center
May 22, 2026, 7:00 am By Guest Contributor
Three small, easily overlooked fish swimming in Valley Creek near Birmingham, Alabama, are: the…Diaper Dilemma: $840 a Year, 500 Years to Decompose
May 21, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
A typical American baby goes through roughly 2,500 to 3,000 disposable diapers in the first year of…The Extinctions We Watched Happen
May 21, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
On August 26, 2009, an Australian biologist’s audio detector picked up a single bat working its…The World Is Wasting About $29 Trillion a Year. Here’s Where It Goes.
May 19, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Imagine if every time the world made $100, it threw away $31 of it. Not lost. Not saved. Just wasted…Glass: Recycling’s Negative-Value Problem
May 19, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
The average American household uses about 150 pounds of glass containers each year, but more than…When the Lawn Becomes the Fuse: How Climate Change Is Rewiring Grass and Wildfire
May 18, 2026, 7:01 am By Earth911
More than 25,000 square miles of the U.S. Great Basin, an area nearly twelve times the size of…Sustainability In Your Ear: EarthRating’s Martin Johnston On Making Sustainability Claims Creditable
May 18, 2026, 7:00 am By Mitch Ratcliffe
A traditional sustainability certification can take six to eight weeks and thousands of dollars in…The State of Fusion Energy in 2026: Real Reactors, Real Grids, Real Caveats
May 14, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
On April 30, a fusion company took a step that would have seemed like science fiction just five…Paper Towels, Tissues, and Napkins: America’s 13 Billion-Pound Waste Habit
May 14, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
40 pounds of paper towels per American per year. The United States is the world’s most committed…
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