China Wrestles with the Toxic Aftermath of Rare Earth Mining
Jul 2, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360China has been a major source of rare earth metals used in high-tech products, from smartphones to…Japan Has Officially Resumed Commercial Whaling
Jul 1, 2019, 12:25 pm By Yale e360Japan has officially reopened its commercial whaling industry after more than three decades, killing…Shifting U.S. to 100 Percent Renewables Would Cost $4.5 Trillion, Analysis Finds
Jun 28, 2019, 3:49 pm By Yale e360Converting the entire U.S. power grid to 100 percent renewable energy in the next decade is…UK’s Goal of Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 Becomes Law
Jun 27, 2019, 1:46 pm By Yale e360The United Kingdom’s goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 has now become law, making…In Greenland’s Melting Ice, A Warning on Hard Climate Choices
Jun 27, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Greenland is melting at an unprecedented rate, causing vast quantities of ice to disappear and…Electricity Demand Will Soar as Households Try to Cope With Hotter Temperatures
Jun 25, 2019, 3:40 pm By Yale e360Global energy use could increase by as much as 58 percent by 2050 as communities and industries use…Scientists Probe the Surprising Role of Trees in Methane Emissions
Jun 24, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Recent research is showing that trees, especially in tropical wetlands, are a major source of the…Declassified Cold War Spy Technology Shows How Quickly Himalayan Glaciers are Melting
Jun 21, 2019, 1:49 pm By Yale e360During the Height of the Cold War, a telescope-shaped American spy satellite code-named Hexagon…Chattanooga Become First U.S. Airport to Run Entirely On Solar
Jun 20, 2019, 2:22 pm By Yale e360Tennessee’s Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has become the first airport in the United States to…Forgotten Landscapes: Bringing Back the Rich Grasslands of the Southeast
Jun 20, 2019, 7:18 am By Yale e360
Native prairie and savanna once covered vast areas of the U.S. Southeast from Maryland to Texas, but…EPA Announces Its Replacement of Obama-Era Power Plant Rules
Jun 19, 2019, 1:36 pm By Yale e360The Trump administration has announced a new rule for power plants that gives states more control…U.S. Forests Are Being Devastated to Supply Biomass Energy Industry, Report Finds
Jun 18, 2019, 1:02 pm By Yale e360Forests in the U.S. Southeast are being devastated by demand for wood pellets to power biomass…To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line
Jun 18, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive…High Levels of DDT Found in Remote Canadian Lakes, 50 Years After Being Banned
Jun 17, 2019, 2:41 pm By Yale e360More than 6,280 tons of DDT were sprayed on the forests of New Brunswick, Canada to fight insect…Renewable Energy Capacity Now Exceeds Coal in the U.S.
Jun 13, 2019, 2:06 pm By Yale e360Renewable energy now generates more electricity in the United States than coal. Solar, wind,…Despite Industry Pleas, the EPA Halts Progress on Fuel Economy
Jun 13, 2019, 10:12 am By Yale e360
In its anti-regulatory zeal, the Trump administration is moving to weaken vehicle fuel efficiency…Enforcement Efforts to Slow Amazon Deforestation Plummet Under New Brazilian President
Jun 12, 2019, 12:32 pm By Yale e360Since taking office in January, the nationalist Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has gutted key…As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise
Jun 11, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
After decades of slow progress, desalination is increasingly being used to provide drinking water…Limiting Climate Change Would Prevent Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Annually in the U.S., Study Finds
Jun 7, 2019, 11:00 am By Yale e360Thousands of heat-related deaths in major U.S. cities could be avoided if rising global temperatures…Fuzzy Math: The Strategy Behind the Trump EPA’s Deregulation Push
Jun 6, 2019, 9:05 am By Yale e360
Polluters have long exaggerated the cost of new regulations and downplayed their benefits. Now, the…
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