Fishing Fleets Operate Across 55 Percent of the World's Oceans
Feb 22, 2018, 2:52 pm By Yale e360More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times…Europe Takes First Steps in Electrifying World's Shipping Fleets
Feb 22, 2018, 5:00 am By Yale e360Container ships, tankers, freighters, and cruise liners are a significant source of CO2 emissions…Hundreds of U.S. Mayors Collectively Oppose Trump Reversal of Clean Power Plan
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Mayors from 233 U.S. cities, representing more than 51 million Americans in 46 states and…Greenwashed Timber: How Sustainable Forest Certification Has Failed
5:00am By Yale e360The Forest Stewardship Council was established to create an international system for certifying…Michigan's Largest Utility to Stop Burning Coal By 2040
Mon 2:17pm By Yale e360Michigan’s largest utility, Consumers Energy, has announced it will stop burning coal by 2040 in…Tokyo Plans to Build 1,150-Foot Wooden Skyscraper
Feb 16, 2018, 3:03 pm By Yale e360The Japanese wood products company Sumitomo Forestry Co. has announced plans to build a 350-meter…Draft UN Report Says World Has Little Chance of Keeping Warming Below 1.5 Degrees
Feb 15, 2018, 2:18 pm By Yale e360A leaked draft copy of a United Nations climate change report says there is a “very high risk”…Dying Waters: India Struggles to Clean Up Its Polluted Urban Rivers
Feb 15, 2018, 5:00 am By Yale e360
India’s booming population and rapidly expanding urban areas have exacted a huge toll on its…As Ice Sheets Melt Faster, Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating Every Year
Feb 13, 2018, 1:24 pm By Yale e360
The melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is speeding up the pace of sea level rise a…Iceland Could Use More Energy Mining Bitcoin Than Powering Homes in 2018
Feb 12, 2018, 2:13 pm By Yale e360Iceland is expected to use more energy processing Bitcoin transactions in 2018 than it uses to power…In Defense of Biodiversity: Why Protecting Species from Extinction Matters
Feb 12, 2018, 5:00 am By Yale e360
A number of biologists have recently made the argument that extinction is part of evolution and that…EPA Fines Declined More than 70 Percent in 2017
Feb 9, 2018, 12:28 pm By Yale e360The Environmental Protection Agency fined polluters $1.6 billion in penalties for breaking emissions…New Trump Administration Flood Standards Mirror Obama-Era Rules
Feb 8, 2018, 1:16 pm By Yale e360Six months after President Trump revoked an Obama-era rule mandating that federally funded projects…Saudi Arabia Makes Big Push to Boost Domestic Renewable Energy
Feb 7, 2018, 1:54 pm By Yale e360The world’s largest exporter of oil, Saudi Arabia, is shifting away from fossil fuels toward…Cape Town Residents Begin Stockpiling Water Ahead of Government Shutdown of Taps
Feb 6, 2018, 12:32 pm By Yale e360Hundreds of residents in Cape Town, one of Africa’s largest economic and tourism hubs, are lining…Can the World Find Solutions to the Nitrogen Pollution Crisis?
Feb 6, 2018, 6:17 am By Yale e360More and more nitrogen keeps pouring into waterways, unleashing algal blooms and creating dead…A Record Number of U.S. Scientists Are Running for Office in 2018
Feb 5, 2018, 1:19 pm By Yale e360
An unprecedented number of candidates with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math…Following Trump Decision, Mining Claims Now Open on Utah Public Lands
Feb 2, 2018, 1:15 pm By Yale e360A decision by the Trump administration to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of…In New Park, China Creates a Refuge for the Imperiled Siberian Tiger
Feb 1, 2018, 9:06 am By Yale e360
As part of a new national park system, China is setting aside a vast territory that is home to small…For the First Time, Renewables Produce More Electricity in the EU Than Coal
Jan 31, 2018, 3:22 pm By Yale e360Driven by rapid growth in renewable energy in the UK and Germany, the European Union generated more…
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