Renewable Energy Grows Despite Political Pushback
Jul 8, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
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Jul 7, 2026, 7:00 am By Mitch Ratcliffe
In 1979, Hazel Johnson went door to door through her Chicago neighborhood with one question: how…Guest Idea: Construction Sites Burn Fuel While Equipment Idles for Hours Every Day
Jul 7, 2026, 7:00 am By Guest Contributor
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Jul 6, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
The U.S. recycling industry generates $184 billion annually and supports more than 603,000 jobs…Cosmetics Packaging: The Ugly Truth
Jul 3, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
The average American bathroom cabinet holds an estimated 40 personal care products, including…Design for Disassembly: Breaking the Take-Make-Waste Product Cycle
Jul 1, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Nine percent. That’s the share of all plastic ever manufactured that has been recycled, according…Sustainability In Your Ear: Shareholder Democracy and Causeway Impact Founders on Building Shareholder Influence
Jun 29, 2026, 7:00 am By Mitch Ratcliffe
If you hold a 401(k), an IRA, or a single index fund, you own a sliver of hundreds of American…Earth911 Inspiration: Faithful Stewardship of the Earth
Jun 26, 2026, 3:05 am By Earth911
Today’s inspiration comes from Pope John Paul II’s 1987 homily from his Mass for the Rural…For Two Decades, the Salmon Count Was Wrong and Puget Sound’s Orcas Paid the Price
Jun 25, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
For more than 20 years, fisheries managers set Chinook salmon recovery goals, closed fishing…Guest Idea: Home Microplastics Reduction Strategies That Work
Jun 24, 2026, 7:00 am By Guest Contributor
Imagine a typical suburban neighborhood. Homeowners are tending their gardens and children are…Made From Scratch: The Virgin Materials Price Tag on Four Everyday Products
Jun 23, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
It takes roughly 2,700 liters of water to make a single cotton t-shirt, about the same amount the…Sustainability In Your Ear: Kendra MacDonald Steers to the Blue Economy at Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Jun 22, 2026, 7:00 am By Mitch Ratcliffe
The ocean produces about half the oxygen we breathe, absorbs roughly 30% of the carbon dioxide we…The Circular Economy Has a Blind Spot: The Stuff That Grows Back
Jun 22, 2026, 6:55 am By Earth911
A new Ellen MacArthur Foundation report argues that the materials we can actually regrow, including…Climate Change Is Stealing Our Sleep — and the Economic Impact Could Reach the Trillions
Jun 19, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
By the end of this century, hotter nights could cost the average person roughly 16 hours of sleep a…Yard Waste: Composting’s Success Story With a Methane Asterisk
Jun 18, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
In 1990, American landfills buried about 25 million tons of grass, leaves, and branches a year. By…Do Tires Tower Over Other Recycled Materials?
Jun 16, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Tires get recycled more than almost anything else Americans throw away. About 79% of worn-out tires…How Humans Created Genetic Bottlenecks Inside Threatened Species
Jun 15, 2026, 7:00 am By Earth911
Graft a patch of skin from one wild cheetah onto another, unrelated cheetah, and the recipient’s…Sustainability In Your Ear: Urban Surfer’s Sifiso Gumbi on Organizing South Africa’s Recycling System
Jun 15, 2026, 7:00 am By Mitch Ratcliffe
In South Africa, informal waste pickers recover between 80% and 90% of all plastic and paper that…Recycling Solar Panels In 2026: Investments Paying Off
7:00am By Earth911
A solar panel installed this spring will likely still be generating electricity when today’s…Earth911 Inspiration: What Kind of Difference Will You Make?
3:05am By Earth911
The late, renowned scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall reminds us that we all have an impact…
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